Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

Companies of all sizes and stages of maturity – and from every corner of Business Weekly’s circulation area – have come to love the best judged and most prestigious B2B awards competition around.

We welcome entries from the smallest start-ups and spin-outs, who may well be pre-revenue, to large private companies and quoted corporations.

The playing field is levelled up across five categories so that companies compete on an equal basis.

No sectors are barred. This isn’t a jamboree for technology at the expense of traditional business.

Recent years – indeed the winners’ roll of honour over 15 years – demonstrates that manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, transport, childcare, inkjet, electronics, Life Sciences, HR, construction, healthcare & medical devices, design & print, renewable energy, consultancy, and a variety of other segments are represented in the Business Weekly Awards because they reflect the deeper and broader economy that the region now parades to the world.

While commercial success is cherished, we welcome world-leading innovation and disruptive products and services as much as a well manicured bottom line.

And the real beauty of this Awards event is that entrants win all the way, even if they lose out in the final shakedown for the crystal obelisks that have become the hallmark of the competition. Consider the benefits.

• All entrants are showcased in Business Weekly in the physical newspaper and our online version, offering superb free PR to more than 2m readers

• A rare and risk-free chance to benchmark your business against contemporaries

• A showcase for your products and services that could help you woo staff, new customers and even investors

• Wonderful opportunities for networking, notably at the glittering Awards dinner in 2006 where the cream of executive influencers gather

• Free branding throughout the star-studded Awards presentation evening

Companies will be judged in five categories – Innovation; Growth & Expansion; Private Company; Quoted Company; and International Trade.

A Business of the Year will also be chosen, with all the winners securing crystal obelisks all the way from a world-leading manufacturer based in New York.

The criteria and an entry form are included on Page III of this supplement. It is a no-cost and easy process to enter.

BAA Stansted has joined the Awards sponsors for the first time this year, partnering UK Trade & Investment to present the International Trade category. Leading global law firm Eversheds is main forensic sponsor, ably backed up by Deloitte and Lloyds TSB Corporate.

The new Peterborough Urban Regeneration Company is also sponsoring the Awards, backed by English Partnerships, to promote the Positively Peterborough campaign.

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