| Startups Business of the Year |
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| You can't enter this directly. The lucky winner will be chosen from the winners of all the other categories and collect a cheque for £5,000. To be in with a chance of winning this coveted title, enter any of the other 12 award categories today. |
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| Online Business of the Year |
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| Is your business the next Google, Facebook or Lastminute.com? Is 60% of your turnover derived from online transactions? Great, then you could become our online business of 2009. |
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| Green Business of the Year |
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| Does your business have an environmental conscience? If you have improved your environmental profile through reducing your carbon footprint, cutting energy bills and/or reducing waste/emissions then it’s time to start telling the planet about it. |
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| Best Use of Technology |
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| Is your business at the cutting edge of technology – or are you just super smart in the way you’ve used it? If you’ve applied technology to give you an advantage in a traditional market or have come up with a totally new product, solution or service, this is the category for you. |
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| Innovative Business of the Year |
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| This category champions the entrepreneurs that see the opportunities everyone else misses. If you’re venturing where no others have dared with a ground-breaking product or service, enter today. |
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| Service Business of the Year |
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| Accountants, hairdressers, travel agents, consultancies, retailers this is your category. If your business plies its trade providing a service to others, then enter now. |
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| Product of the Year |
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| Have you got the single most useful or valued product of 2009? If you have, and it woos our judges like it’s wooing your customers, then you could claim this crown. |
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| Silver Fox Award (Over 50) |
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| If you’re 50 years' old or over and showing the young ones how to do it, then this is the category for you. |
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| Young Entrepreneur of the Year |
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| Calling all you bright young things – this category is for all business owners under 30 years’ old. |
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| Business Plan of the Year |
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| Got a great idea for a new business? Then write a business plan and see if our judges agree. To enter simply submit your business plan with any supporting material and the first page of the entry form completed. |
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| The Adversity Award |
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| This award recognises entrepreneurs who’ve overcome serious personal, financial or physical challenges in establishing their businesses. Is this you? If it is, get applying. |
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| Women in Business Award |
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| If you’re a female entrepreneur, enter here. |
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| Social Enterprise of the Year |
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| If you’re a commercial business or CIC whose main goal is to benefit a social or environmental cause; or a business that contributes a significant percentage of profits to an ethical cause, we’ll be recognising your entrepreneurial efforts for the first time. Get applying! |
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