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.
The West London Business Annual Dinner is established as the highlight of the West London Business events calendar, offering excellent opportunities for the senior business community to network, entertain clients and hear the thought-provoking and inspiring views of an influential and high profile speaker. This prestigious black tie event will be held at Wembley Stadium on 11th March 2010.
In recent years our speakers have included Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways, Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, Digby Jones (as CBI CE), John Sergeant the journalist and broadcaster and Andrew Gowers editor of the Financial Times. All addressed issues and themes topical for the West London business community.
The attendee list included representatives from blue chip companies and key corporates in the area including Arora International, HSBC, Boeing, British Airways Plc, DHL, Glaxo SmithKline, Mercedes Benz and SEGRO to name but a few.
West London Business is involved in addressing the challenges that affect business competitiveness in West London. Our vision for West London is based on its economic prosperity, the need to achieve a more sustainable and attractive environment for residents, employees and employers and ensure recognition of the contribution that west London’s economy makes to the rest of London and the UK.
Local Companies taught to use Obama for inspiration
Essex and East London companies and their owners are being taught how to use the tactics of the US President to get ahead in business. The event brings together all the local Chambers of Commerce, East London Business Place and local networking groups, including women’s business groups.
Author and speaker Rod Sloane is hosting an event at the King George Conference and Banqueting Centre, Eastern Avenue, Newbury Park 6pm on Tuesday October 20th called “How To Barack Obama Your Business!”.
Rod Sloane, owner of Rod Sloane’s Small Business Marketing claims to have studied the methods and tactics Barack Obama used to win the US Presidential Race. “I believe all businesses need to know about these successful tactics” says Sloane. “That's why there is no fee to attend How to Barack Obama your Business.”
“How To Barack Obama Your Business!” starts at 6pm on Tuesday 20th October at the King George Conference and Banqueting Centre, next to the Holiday Inn, 713 Eastern Avenue, Newbury Park, Ilford, Redbridge IG2 7RH
Alexandra Kelly - Powerchex
More than 50 local businesses came along last week to the Archant London Business Awards and East London Business Place networking event, held at the CCT rooms in Docklands.
The evening was based around "how to win business", an all important factor in these tough trading conditions that we are all facing.
Glenn Addis from East London Business Place talked about the huge benefits to businesses when becoming members of ELBP, and how over the last five years, they have helped secure business for companies in the Thames Gateway area, with their extensive list of contacts. Claire Evans from Archant London introduced the Thames Gateway Business awards, and the great benefits that winning these awards could mean for your business, along with how you could spend some of the huge prize fund of £100,000 that Archant London have put up this year if you were to become one of the 15 category winners. Claire added, "Nearly all of the local businesses that have come along, are really keen to enter this years awards, having seen the range of benefits associated with being an award winner." "Even companies who have never entered awards before, with the help of the events marketing team, are really keen to enter this business, so that they are in with a chance of becoming winners and scooping the great prizes that Archant are offering".
Last year’s Thames Gateway Business of the Year winner, Alexandra Kelly from Powerchex, spoke briefly on what winning last years awards meant to her, and the importance of building awards entries into your communications plans.
Further networking events are planned for August, if you wish to register for a place, please email londonbusinessawards@archant.co.uk, or call Claire Evans on 020 8477 3939 for more details.
The Thames Gateway Business Awards are still open to enter until the 28th August 2009. Download your entry pack now.
The West London Business Awards
Entries are welcomed from all SME's who are based or operating in the West London area. All entries must be submitted by 17:00hr on Friday 31st July 2009. Entrants must read through each category and its criteria carefully and demonstrate what they have done to support their business in the last 12 months.
This years official awards ceremony will be held at Wembley Stadium on Friday 25th September. All finalists will be invited to attend the ceremony where the winners for each category will be announced. Each finalist will receive a certificate for their achievement as well as substantial publicity. Winners will go on to win a share of the £100,000 in Marketing and PR spend as well immeasurable exposure from one of the UK's leading independent publishers.
The North London Business Awards
Entries are welcomed from all SME's who are based or operating in the North London area. All entries must be submitted by 17:00hr on Friday 31st July 2009. Entrants must read through each category and its criteria carefully and demonstrate what they have done to support their business in the last 12 months.
This years official awards ceremony will be held at Wembley Stadium on Thursday 24th September. All finalists will be invited to attend the ceremony where the winners for each category will be announced. Each finalist will receive a certificate for their achievement as well as substantial publicity. Winners will go on to win a share of the £100,000 in Marketing and PR spend as well immeasurable exposure from one of the UK's leading independent publishers.
The Thames Gateway Business Awards
Entries are welcomed from all SME's who are based or operating in the North London area. All entries must be submitted by 17:00hr on Friday 31st July 2009. Entrants must read through each category and its criteria carefully and demonstrate what they have done to support their business in the last 12 months.
This years official awards ceremony will be held at Troxy, London on Thursday Friday 13th September. All finalists will be invited to attend the ceremony where the winners for each category will be announced. Each finalist will receive a certificate for their achievement as well as substantial publicity. Winners will go on to win a share of the £100,000 in Marketing and PR spend as well immeasurable exposure from one of the UK's leading independent publishers.
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