Business awards are great for reviewing strategic direction, talent retention, sales advantage and PR. Often a small business will struggle to establish recognition and credibility in the marketplace.
A business award win or nomination can open doors and have a greater impact on the growth of a smaller company. Your business will gain: a critical view of your operations, a challenge to improve and an opportunity for fame. Find the Awards Competition that matches your business and enter. The deadline for some of these awards is this week.
Anyone under 31 who has started up in the last 18 months or so is eligible and can benefit from the cash prizes and national publicity. The business can be any size and from any sector.
The entry form is available online www.advantage-ni.com/awards
Entrants must be 16-30 on 15th August 2008.
The David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards honour and reward the enterprising spirit in the Arts, Business and Social Spheres. DCEB clients Emergent Events won this award in 2006.
Open to large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit. Categories range from Best New Product or Service and Best Executive to Best Entrepreneur, Best New Company, Women Helping Women, Best Web Site, and more than 40 others. DCEB client, Irish born International Trade Consultant, Bernice Maria Paolozzi (www.bernicepaolozzi.eu) was the only representative from Ireland to receive an award at the 2007 International Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
http://thestevies.com/EntryKits/SAWIB08/EntryKit.html
You can enter the Awards yourself of nominate someone for one of the categories...
http://www.womenmeanbusiness.com/awards/index.html