THE founder of Essex-based computer recycling firm End-o-Line (EOL) Services has scooped an accolade.Jan Smith took the everywoman Hera Award for outstanding entrepreneurial success by a woman aged 49 or over.

THE founder of Essex-based computer recycling firm End-o-Line (EOL) Services has scooped an accolade.

Jan Smith took the everywoman Hera Award for outstanding entrepreneurial success by a woman aged 49 or over.

The awards, hosted by BBC presenter Fiona Bruce and attended by awards patron Dame Mary Perkins, included around 300 women of achievement including Dame Stella Rimmington.