COCKTAIL company NJAC won the St Thomas’s Church Young Entrepreneur Award, open to businessmen and women under 25.

The judge, Rev David Linaker, said NJAC owner Josh Pugh was level-headed and had “learned from some of the classic mistakes of the early start-up period”.

He said the expanding business was “really impressive” and Josh had “worked his socks off” to get to where he was.

Josh said: “It’s been a really challenging first two years. We have thoroughly enjoyed it.”

NJAC creates bespoke cocktail menus for events and provides a ‘mixology’ service.