Entering companies/organisations must be based or operating within the specified region of each award. A business can be a sole trader, a private or public limited company, a partnership or limited liability partnership, a business unit within a company or a not for profit organisation. If you are uncertain about your eligibility to enter please contact the Marketing Team at marketing.enquiries@archant.co.uk.

Entries must be submitted by a person authorised to do so. All questions on an entry form must be answered to qualify for judging. The judges reserve the right to disqualify, any application that they cannot decipher or understand. All entry information will be treated in confidence. The judges reserve the right to move entrants from one category to another if they believe it to be appropriate. You will be contacted if this is likely to happen.

Your entry will be judged by independent and impartial judges. The decision of the judges is final. The organisers will not be obliged to justify the decisions or enter into any correspondence. Any entrants for the awards must be prepared to receive media coverage and this should be accepted as condition of entry. Short listed applicants may be required to supply additional material in support of their application and may receive a visit from the judging panel in necessary. You may enter more than one category.

Entrants for Outstanding Young Person must be aged between 16-25 years as of 31st July 2009. Entrants for the Apprentice Award must be a practicing apprentice as of 31st July 2009. Entries will be acknowledged on receipt. Please note that entries and any supporting documentation will not be returned to you. Finalists of the awards will be invited to the official awards ceremony and will receive substantial publicity following this event.

Entrants will be expected to protect those aspects of their business that may be patentable, register able or otherwise secret and governed by intellectual property, copyright or similar legislation.

Archant London and the awards sponsors reserve the right to publicise the results of the competition and use winning entries in press releases and case study coverage. It is a condition of entry that entrants will co-operate with the media. Winners may refer to the competition in their own publicity material following approval by Archant London.

Archant London reserve the right to withdraw any award given should it be discovered that an entry contained false information. The organisers may audit any information supplied in your entry. The awards scheme is not open to employees of Archant nor to the employees of sponsoring companies. Archant London reserve the right to publish general information pertaining to the companies entering the awards. Details of a confidential nature will not be published. Contact details will be shared with our sponsors as a condition of entry.

Closing date for entries is Friday 31st July 2009. No liability for entries lost or delayed will be accepted. By submitting an entry to Archant London you signify your acceptance of the above terms and conditions.

Archant London are not responsible for the views and/or content expressed by our Sponsors.

If you have any queries please contact the Marketing Team on 020 8477 3954 or marketing.enquiries@archant.co.uk.