In Englands Business Awards
Being nominated for one of the awards is an exciting time not just for you but your staff and customers too. There is soon a lot of discussion locally about which businesses are in the running and of course who might win. Always hotly contested are the individual city/town awards. But what does competing involve and what can you expect to happen next ?
Nominations
Nominations are open all year round to encourage people to put forward businesses for consideration. There is no restriction placed on who or what kind of business may be nominated because we will visit the business before any final decision is made. Since 2018 online nominations have included the option to say why you are nominating a business. But no one nominating or voting has to reveal their name or the reason for the nomination if they don’t want to. The details entered online are only checked to watch for duplicate votes.
Votes
Any member of the public can vote for the business but it is only one factor. The are also some businesses where voting or asking customers to vote is simply not appropriate. So of greater importance are the mystery shopper visits.
Street Team
During this stage we are looking at how easy is it for customers to find your business.
Mystery shoppers
Mystery shoppers can, phone you and make internet and facebook enquiries to test some of the customer experience. Some can call in to test your products and services.
The Decision
Through a combination of nominations, mystery shopping and our personal visits with you, a winner is decided.
The results night
The results night for your area is as chance to get together with other finalist businesses from your area and find out first who wins.
The Black Tie Award Dinners are held locally in a hotel in your region.
In general the retail awards are considered as follows,
If you are not involved in retail this list will not apply to your business
Individual City/Town Awards
New Business Awards
Community Awards
Independent Retailer Awards
Licensed Trade Awards
Consumers Awards
Innovation Awards
Hair Salon Awards
Barbers Awards
Beauty Salon Awards
Nail Salon Awards
Restaurant, Cafe, Eatery and Takeaway
Health & Fitness Awards
Craft and Creative Awards
Hotel and B&B Awards
Lifetime Achievement in Business Awards
We are very proud of the strict conditions the competition is guided under.
Its not possible to win just by number of votes, the human element and our feet-in-the-street approach means categories are considered very fairly and accurately.