Tickled Moon was recognised as one of the best in the business after being named as a finalist for the Creative Entrepreneur of the Year category in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022.

Alison & Simon were one of the shortlisted business leaders from across the nation to have been selected out of over 5,300 entrants – the most the awards has ever had.

The Great British Entrepreneur Awards, in partnership with Starling Bank, acknowledges and champions the hard work and uplifting stories of business owners across the UK, with an emphasis on their journey and resilience over financial achievements.

As featured in The Independent’s IndyBest list “12 best Christmas Eve box gifts 2021”. Our 2 Christmas books “The Christmas BOO!” and “The Christmas Wrapper” were judged Best Buy Overall, with 10/10.

“Packed full of charm, with the added bonus of being truly personal to your child, the fun Tickled Moon books are guaranteed to spark joy for years to come.” – IndyBest Review.

In Nov 2022, Tickled Moon was mentioned in The Guardian – in their Guardian Labs online article – “Six ways to make your baby or toddler’s Christmas truly magical”. 

And in Dec 2022 (and in print in Jan 2023), Alison and Simon were featured in another Guardian article about how their Peloton tread helps keep them healthy whilst running Tickled Moon – “Work(out) from home: one family’s quest for fitness”.

In May 2022, Tickled Moon received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis when they became one of 6 weekly winners to gain a retweet by Theo to his near half a million Twitter followers and 33k IG followers during ‘Small Business Sunday’ (#SBS).

They went on to receive their winner’s certificate from Theo at the SBS Winners Event in Feb 2023.

For more information, read our Press Release. 

LoveReading4Kids is the biggest and best recommendation site for children’s books in the UK, so we are delighted to be the only personalised books that are featured and reviewed there.

“Tickled Moon lead the field in personalised books for children and no wonder, their books are fun to read, lovely to look at and provide unforgettable reading experiences for children.” – LoveReading4Kids Review

2023

Alison featured in the Feb 2023 edition of Platinum magazine, in an article talking about being part of the ‘sandwich generation’. She talked about how she juggles Tickled Moon with helping her 91-year-old mum and being a working mum to her 2 boys. 

Also in Feb, Alison contributed to the article  “Parents share the funniest things their children have ever said” in the Metro newspaper. 

And in Mar 2023, Alison was part of an article in Best Magazine talking about her favourite 70s TV Show – “The Man From Atlantis”!

2022

Alison appeared in three magazine features in April-June 2022.

In Prima magazine she talked about the importance of her teenage diaries and how they helped her to process her thoughts and feelings. This article also appeared in Best magazine.

And an article in Candis magazine looked at Alison’s friendship of over 40 years with her oldest and dearest friend Hannah.

2020

A Christmas 2020 feature in Woman’s Own.

This double page spread was on how Alison and Simon met one Christmas in Panto and highlighted some of their family Christmases together over 20 years of marriage.