Awards Entry
Business Name
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Your Business Industry/Sector
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Business of the Year
What makes your business exceptional?
Share results, achievements, and what sets you apart in your industry. 

We want to see examples of: Growth in turnover/profit, impact on community, innovation, leadership.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
In ~300-500 words, explain what makes your business stand out vs competitors?
Please fill in your financial performance: turnover, profit, growth over the past 1-3 years.
Please give any evidence of leadership, strategy, and long-term vision.
Please include any examples of innovation, customer satisfaction, or community/social impact.
Emerging Business Award (for businesses under 3 years old)
Tell us about your journey so far...
...your biggest challenges and wins, and your ambitions for the next 3 years.

We're looking for: Evidence of growth, originality, overcoming start-up challenges, future vision.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
Tell us your founding story and major milestones
What challenges have you overcome, and how?
Please give any evidence of early growth (financial / customer base / product development).
What are your plans/vision for next 2-3 years?
Customer Excellence Award
How do you deliver customer service beyond expectations?
Please provide examples, testimonials or stats.

We're looking to see examples of great customer feedback/retention, service innovation, complaint handling.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
How do you ensure excellent customer service? Please provide examples or case studies.
Customer feedback, testimonials, satisfaction metrics.
How do you handle complaints / quality assurance?
Are there any innovations or strategies you’ve used to improve customer loyalty?
Innovation & Transformation Award
Describe an innovation or transformation you’ve introduced and how it’s made a difference.
We're looking for originality, measurable impact, and/or adoption of tech or practices.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
Describe a specific innovation or transformation you have delivered (product, process, service).
What was the problem or opportunity you addressed?
What impact did it have (efficiency, sales, customer experience, costs etc)?
How has it been adopted / scaled?
Team of the Year
What makes your team special?

Share how you build culture, motivate people, and deliver results together. We're looking for examples of great collaboration, staff development, culture and productivity.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.

Describe your team structure. Highlight leadership, collaboration, morale.
Please give examples of how the team has exceeded expectations.
Please give examples of any employee development / training / wellbeing / retention.
Please tell us about your achievements as a team (projects, results, culture improvements).
Community Impact Award
How does your business contribute positively to the community?
Please provide real examples or stories. 

We're looking for any examples of charitable activity, local partnerships, sustainability or social impact.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
What community / social / environmental initiatives you are involved in?
What impact have your actions had? eg. numbers, stories, partnerships, sustainability...
How integrated is this into your business values / operations?
Please give any evidence of measurable and lasting benefit to Wakefield or surrounding areas.
Business Growth Award
Show us your numbers!
Outline your growth journey, what drove it, and how you plan to sustain it.

We're looking for year-on-year turnover/profit growth, examples of job creation and/or market expansion.

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
Please provide any financial figures / metrics showing growth (turnover, profit, jobs, market expansion).
What strategies have you used to fuel growth?
How has growth been sustainable / scalable?
What challenges have you faced in growing and how did you overcome them?
Employee of the Year
Have you got an Employee that goes above and beyond?

Nominate them for this award and tell us why they deserve this recognition!

Please fill out as much information as you can below.

Employee Name
Employee Job Title
How long have they worked for your company?
What makes this employee deserving of the Employee of the Year award?
Describe the employee’s key achievements over the past year.
How has the employee gone above and beyond their normal responsibilities?
Business Turnaround Award
Has your business undergone a transformation in the last year or two?

Have you managed to turn losses into profit? Have you increased turnover/grown your team? Or changed a few things that now you looking to a brighter future?

Please fill out as much information as you can below.
Describe the challenges your business was facing before the turnaround began.
What key actions, strategies, or changes did you implement to drive the turnaround?
What measurable improvements have been achieved over the past year?
How has the business been strengthened or set up for long-term success as a result of these changes?
Supporting Material / Evidence
You may upload up to 3 files (max size 20MB in total) e.g. spreadsheets, testimonials, press coverage, photos.
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Any other info you feel strengthens your entry? (max 200 words).
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