Nomination Form Summer Business Ball

Summer Business Dinner & Awards

Nomination Form

Entering one of The Nachural Summer Business Dinner & Awards yields innumerable benefits. Your involvement whether you enter, judge or sponsor can boost both your personal and your organisation’s reputation, accelerating and developing new competencies.

Award Nomination

All nominations must be accompanied by the form below.
Please complete form and submit your nomination.

Nomination Submission Closing Date:
Sunday 9th June 2024 – 11:59pm

Your Details:

Your Name

Relationship to entrant (if not nominee)

Your Email

Your Phone

Tick below all the award categories for which you wish to be considered:

Categories explained - click here

Business Start up of the YearSmall Business of the YearBusiness Woman of the YearEntrepreneur of the YearInternational/Enterprise of the YearExcellence in Diversity and InclusionPromoting ApprenticeshipsCustomer Service Excellence AwardCommunity Excellence of the YearBusiness Person of the YearExcellence in Technology/Innovation

Entrant/Nominee Details

Name

Job Title

Organisation

Address

Town/City

Country

Postcode

Phone

Email

If available link to:

Linkedin profile of nominee

Twitter profile of nominee

Facebook profile of nominee

Instagram profile of nominee

Business Details

(for all categories with the exception of those applying as individuals )

Type of company:

LimitedSole TraderPartnershipLimited GuaranteeOther

Describe your business and its activities in the following section.

Guidelines for completing nomination form (2,500 words max)

For category 1 – Start up Business of the year

Describe your product/service
Explain why you chose this sector/industry – what are your unique offerings ?

For category 2

How has the person / organisation grown its profits and turnover over the last 36 months?
What contributions do they make to their community?
What is the future vision / strategy for the organisation?
How does the nominee / organisation seek to differentiate itself from the competition?
Describe how the business has been innovative in its approach to the marketplace and its approach to improving productivity and quality ?

For categories 3,4 and 10 please follow the following guidelines

Describe the journey of the individual and what challenges they overcame and evaluate their achievements in the context of their industry/sector.
Finally, in completing the nomination, please articulate why the nominee has proven to be the best in their chosen industry – what makes them a clear achiever?
Describe how the nominee has contributed to their industry beyond what would be expected from their daily activities
Has the nominee undertaken activities outside of their working hours to contribute to their local community or organisation?

For category 5 – International Business of the Year

Describe your service/product and why you chose to enter international markets
What is the size of your international trade and what percentage of it is in terms of your total sales ?
What challenges did you overcome and what is the potential for future growth ?

For category 6 – Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion

Evidence of how an organisation has embraced diversity and inclusion as part of their overall business strategy. The organisation needs to show diversity and inclusion in practice and how their strategy has benefited the organisation and the impact it has had on its bottom line and culture.

For category 7 – Excellence in Promoting Apprenticeships

For the category of Excellence in Promoting Apprenticeships, we are keen to hear from employers who regard the employment of apprenticeships as a key strategic goal for the overall success of their business and how they have integrated apprenticeships into the workplace.

For category 8 – Excellence in Customer Service

Describe your product/service.
Size of organisation and sector.
What steps has the organisation taken to improve customer service and how is this evidenced ?

For category 9 - Community Excellence

What has the individual or organisation undertaken to the benefit of their community ? Please detail what these activities are and how the community within which they operate in have benefited from these activities – please provide evidence either with testimonials or data which shows a level of impact. Explain the reasons behind the initiation of these activities. These activities may or may not be related to COVID – both are acceptable.

For category 11 : Excellence in Technology/Innovation

Describe your product/service and what makes it different from the competition ?
What problem does it solve ?
What are the long term projections in terms of turnover and profit ( even if the business is in pre-revenue) and what is its long term vision ?
How central is technology to the business ?
How have you used technology to innovate your business ?

Date trading commenced (all entrants must have been trading for a minimum of 9 months)

Annual Turnover

Number of Employees

Has the nominee ever been declared bankrupt or had civil proceeding taken against them?
YesNo
If yes, please give details including county court judgments.

Credit checks will be made on all applicant organisations.

Additional Information

Has the nominee ever been convicted of a criminal offence?
YesNo
If yes, then please give details.

Declaration (to be signed by the person completing this form)

I herby certify that the information given in this entry form is correct. I agree to this business being nominated for this/these award(s), and its name used in any subsequent publicity. Decisions made by judges are final and binding.

If you are having any technical problems sending the nominee application please send your answers to the questions above directly to either ninderjohalnachural@gmail.com or keerat@nachural.co.uk

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