Business Of The Year (25+ Employees)

This award is open to businesses with 25 or more employees (or full-time equivalent) or, businesses with a turnover to a maximum of 25 million

Businesses entering this category must have been trading for over 2 years at the closing date for entry (Friday, 20th September 2024).

The judges will be looking for evidence of business success and a strong track record of trading

Successful entrants will be invited for an interview which will be conducted around the following headings:

Staff engagement and development; Training, reward and recognition and overall staff retention levels
Community activity (not pure advertising)
Your business’ USP
How you overcome industry issues
How you attract new business
Balance of income from different markets
A final tie breaker – In your opinion, why do you think you should win this award?

There is then 1 final ‘tiebreaker’ question to each of the candidates:

“In your opinion why do you think you should win this award”?