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Harriet Hastings

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Founder and Creative Director at Biscuiteers
📍 Mitcham, England, United Kingdom

Harriet Hastings is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Biscuiteers, the luxury hand-iced biscuit gifting company. She leveraged her extensive background in PR and marketing at firms like Penguin Books to launch the successful e-commerce brand. Harriet studied History at the University of Exeter.

Harriet is a passionate advocate for female entrepreneurs and a founding member of the Buy Women Built network. She helped establish and was the Managing Director of the prestigious Womens Prize for Fiction for many years, reflecting a deep interest in literature and supporting womens creative work.

She co-founded Biscuiteers in 2007 with her husband, Stevie Congdon, who runs a complementary catering and events company.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Founder and Creative Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mitcham, England, United Kingdom
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Female Entrepreneurship
A founding member of the "Buy Women Built" network and a long-time director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, she actively supports and champions women-led businesses.
Luxury Gifting
She founded Biscuiteers specifically to fill a gap in the market for stylish, personalized, and premium food-based gifts that could be delivered directly to consumers.
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Career

Work history

9-2007
Founder and Creative Director
Biscuiteers
Director
Lettice Events
6-1996 - 10-2023
Managing Director and Commercial Director
Women's Prize Trust/ Women's Prize for Fiction
Director of Consumer PR
Trimedia
Publicity and Marketing Director Michael Joseph
Penguin Books
In the press

Media appearances

How to be a CEO with Biscuiteers' Harriet Hastings (podcast). Featured in YouTube
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Recipe for Success – Harriet Hastings, Co‑founder of Biscuiteers. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1983 - 1986
History
University of Exeter
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