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Lincolnshire enterprise: secure a bright future for your business

March 5, 2010 Leave a Comment

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The Epic Centre in Lincoln, UK will play host to the launch of a new initiative, Innovation Advice and Guidance – Developing a robust future for business on Friday 12th March.

The launch event takes place 10.30am – 2.15pm and is free to attend, with lunch and free parking for provided.

It will feature a keynote speech on Turning Business Adversity into Opportunities by ex-Dragon Rachel Elnaugh, as well the following presentations:

  • Beyond the recession – challenges and opportunities for businesses in Lincolnshire with Professor Ted Fuller, University of Lincoln
  • The challenges facing our economy with Graeme Leach, Chief Economist, Institute of Directors
  • How Innovation Advice and Guidance can help your business with Professor David Rae, University of Lincoln

There will also be a networking lunch and a question and answer session with the panel.

The Innovation Advice and Guidance programme has been established to help local, forward-thinking firms fight the downturn. It is presented by the University of Lincoln, and jointly funded with its strategic partners, East Midlands Development Agency and Lincolnshire County Council.

For more information and to book your place at the launch event, visit Innovation Advice and Guidance.

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Use your business links to bag an award

November 24, 2009 Leave a Comment

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If you are one of LinkedIn’s European members and have made some great advances in business, you might consider nominating yourself for the LinkedIn Business Awards 2010.

The judges are looking to recognise those who have mastered the possibilities of shared intentions and ideas, and who can prove that this has helped them perform exceptionally.

These awards are open to individuals and companies (depending on the category entered) of any size based in Europe who are members of LinkedIn, with the deadline for nominations falling on 7th January 2010.

Once nominations close, LinkedIn members will be able vote for the winners in each category until 1st March 2010.

There are four categories of award:

  • Best Business Innovation of the Year
  • Business Leader of the Year
  • Rising Star of the Year
  • Best Business Startup of the Year

Visit the Linked In Business Awards 2010 for further information.

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Rewarding exceptional business growth

November 10, 2009 Leave a Comment

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The Fast Growth Business Awards 2010 are looking to identify examples of remarkable growth over the last three years.

Winners will include new businesses that have achieved significant growth, as well as more established ones that have managed to expand their international trade or market share.

To qualify for entry, businesses must be based in the UK, have less than 500 employees, and have had revenues of at least £1 million in their last 12 months’ trading.

There are 14 categories available to enter:

  • Innovative Business of the Year
  • Service Business of the Year
  • Product Business of the Year
  • Retail / Leisure Business of the Year
  • Online Business of the Year
  • Best Use of Technology
  • Green Business of the Year
  • International Business of the Year
  • New Business of the Year
  • Female Entrepreneur of the Year
  • Angel or VC-backed Business of the Year
  • Family Business of the Year
  • Social Enterprise of the Year
  • Young Entrepreneur of the Year

One of the winners of the above categories will also be crowned Fast Growth Business of the Year.

Entries must be submitted by 22nd January 2010, and there is an administration fee of £35 plus VAT.

To request an entry form or for further information, visit the Fast Growth Business Awards.

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Think your consultancy delivers the best results?

November 9, 2009 Leave a Comment

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Are you in the business of providing management consultancy? The MCA Management Awards are looking for the most effective or innovative management consultancies in the UK.

The awards are open now to those companies who have really excelled for their clients this year. This year’s awards also feature two categories celebrating the most innovative and collaborative companies.

There are 14 categories available:

  • Environment
  • Change management in the public sector
  • Change management in the private sector
  • Customer engagement
  • Operational performance in the public sector
  • Operational performance in the private sector
  • Innovation
  • International
  • Business strategy
  • Human resources
  • Outsourcing consultancy
  • Technology
  • Most Innovative Firm
  • Most Collaborative Firm

Companies must have been operating in the UK for three years and employ at least ten full time consultants to be eligible for entry.

MCA members will be charged £399 plus VAT per entry, while non-members will be charged £599 plus VAT.

Entries must be submitted by Friday 13th November 2009.

Please visit MCA Management Awards 2010 for more information.

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Rewarding innovation in science and technology

August 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

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The iawards 2009 are presented in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to honour businesses in the UK’s scientific and technological sectors.

There are 13 award categories:

  • Life sciences
  • Transport
  • Energy and Environment
  • Places to Live and Work
  • Digital Communications
  • Entertainment and Media
  • Consumer Product
  • Cross Application of Technology
  • Best collaboration
  • Best British Inside
  • Inward investment
  • Best Technology Startup
  • The Next Big Thing

One finalist will then be chosen to receive the iaward of the year.

Each entry must demonstrate how it addressed one of the following challenges innovatively:

  • Healthcare and our ageing population
  • Global competition and national growth
  • Improving public services through technology
  • Global security – ranging from our national duty to tackle global poverty to the threat of international terrorism
  • Conserving finite natural resources in the face of a growing population

The 2009 awards are open to projects which launched between 1st July 2007 and 30th June 2009, and the closing date for applications is the 16th September 2009.

Visit the iawards for further information.

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Are you a live wire in business?

July 30, 2009 Leave a Comment

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If you are known for your grand and unusual ideas, the Shell LiveWIRE ‘Grand Ideas’ Awards could be for you.

Each month, a ‘Grand Ideas’ award is bestowed upon a bright young business, along with £1,000 in cash.

If you’re in your first six months of trading, and think you’ve got an innovative idea in one of the fields listed below, these awards could provide you with a welcome cash boost:

  • Guerrilla marketing
  • Viral videos or games
  • Prototypes
  • Launch parties / events
  • Legal advice for an off-the-wall idea

To enter, you must be aged between 16 and 30 and have been trading for six months or less on the deadline date of the competition. This month, that’s 31st July 2009.

Alternatively, the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009 is an annual award with a prize of £10,000 for the winner.

The deadline for entry is 11th September 2009 and according to the organisers:

The winner of this award will need to show how they are entrepreneurial, that they have a robust business model, understand their marketplace and have a clear business development strategy.

For this award, entrants must be aged between 16-30 and have been trading for between three and 18 months.

Entry forms and more information about both awards can be found at Shell LiveWIRE Awards, though registration is required.

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Celebrate business excellence, innovation and success

April 18, 2009 Leave a Comment

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One of the biggest business awards programmes in the UK opens its doors to national entries on Tuesday 21st April.

The National Business Awards National Programme 2009 is open to public and private sector organisations and celebrates business excellence in areas such as customer service, innovation and growth strategy.

There are nine categories available to enter:

  • The Badenoch & Clark Business of the Year Award
  • The Business Innovation of the Year Award
  • The City & Guilds Employer of the Year Award
  • The Customer Focus Award
  • The Entrepreneur of the Year Award
  • The Growth Strategy of the Year Award
  • The Health Work & Wellbeing Award for Small Business
  • The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business Award
  • The Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award

Registration costs £150 per category and must be completed by 3rd July. Once you are registered, you will have until 4th August 2009 to get your completed entries in.

Winners of the National Business Awards Regional Programme will go forward as finalists in the National Programme.

Visit the National Business Awards to register your interest.

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Innovation through techonology reaps rewards

March 31, 2009 Leave a Comment

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There can be little doubt that technology is currently helping some of the world’s best businesses achieve healthy growth and customer service excellence.

The Dell Small Business Awards recognise such achievements on an international level, with the deadline for entries now extended until 11.59pm on 17th April 2009.

To enter, businesses must be based in:

  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

To be in with a chance of winning, companies must demonstrate how IT has been used innovatively to improve the customer experience and successfully boost business growth.

National finalists will be announced in June 2009 and invited to provide additional information to support their entry in the form of accounts and customer testimonials. National winners will then be announced in September 2009, with the overall global winner announced later the same year.

Prizes are awarded as follows:

  • National Finalists will receive a £1,000 Dell business-class laptop computer, plus a one-year membership to an Accredited Chamber of Commerce
  • National Winners will receive a day with Dell experts and other regional winners to share best practices, ten year membership to an Accredited Chamber of Commerce, plus £15,000 in Dell technology and services
  • The Global Winner will receive conference time with Michael Dell at the global entrepreneur’s summit, £25,000 in Dell technology and services, plus lifetime membership to the International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

For more information, visit the Dell Small Business Awards.

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