
National Business Women’s Awards
Business Chameleon
Chameleons are known for how they adapt to their environment and this year has seen more business chameleons than ever before. Have you had to adapt to changes due to the Coronavirus outbreak? Have you diversified to offer new products and services? Perhaps you have changed your business model or taken your business online.

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Best New Business
You’ve come into business in the last 2 years (start date after the 1st Jan 2020) with a bang and are really getting noticed for what you do. Tell us what makes you the best of a great new crop.

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Business Woman of the Year – Micro (Less than £1 Million turnover)
This category will honor inspiring innovators and visionaries. This category is open to business leaders who have achieved accomplishments of significance over their career. Nominees will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Business Woman of the Year – Small (£1 Million to £10 Million turnover)
This category will honor inspiring innovators and visionaries. This category is open to business leaders who have achieved accomplishments of significance over their career. Nominees will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Business Woman of the Year – Medium (£10 Million to £25 Million turnover)
This category will honour inspiring innovators and visionaries. This category is open to business leaders who have achieved accomplishments of significance over their career. Nominees will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Business Woman of the Year – Large (Over £25 Million turnover)
This category will honour inspiring innovators and visionaries. This category is open to business leaders who have achieved accomplishments of significance over their career. Nominees will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Business Owner/s of the Year
The winner of this award will have created a business from scratch. Perhaps it may be in a niche area or will have brought a new MO to a familiar environment. The judges are looking for exceptional quality and dedication.

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Corporate Leader of the Year
This category is open to women in business who demonstrate being a proven leader in her organisation and brand category. Nominees will demonstrate outstanding leadership, and track record of building sales and profitability while energising and inspiring the people who report to her.

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International Women’s Award
This award is for women who own or run a business and is successfully trading internationally. The applicant should ideally be able to demonstrate where their products / services are trading outside the UK.

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Influential Business Woman of the Year
Winners in this category won’t be standing still and doing the same old things, they’ll be moving and shaking, leading in their markets. In terms of this category, enterprise can be defined as showing initiative and willingness to undertake new projects.

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Lifetime Achievement Award
This award will be presented to a woman who throughout her career has supported and equipped women in their sector to progress and accomplish significant achievements.

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Lockdown Leader
Being a leader of people and an organisation is a difficult task at any time but steering a ship through a COVID storm requires someone to take charge, make decisions and provide clear direction. This award will go to someone who has kept her team motivated and informed despite everyone working from home, someone who…

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Northern England Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in Northern England. This category is open to business owners, leaders and inspirational business women who have achieved accomplishments of significance over the past 12 months. Successful finalists will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Northern Ireland Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in Northern Ireland. This category is open to business owners, leaders and inspirational business women who have achieved accomplishments of significance over the past 12 months. Successful finalists will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Scottish Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in Scotland. This category is open to business owners, leaders and inspirational business women who have achieved accomplishments of significance over the past 12 months. Successful finalists will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Service Excellence
The winner of this category will give outstanding assistance and advice to those who buy or use the business or organisation’s products or services. They will be able to provide customer testimonials to back up their submission.

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Social Impact Award
This category will recognise the achievements of female individuals who have embedded socially and environmentally responsible practices within their business or organisation. Entrants will demonstrate significant innovation in either management and/or business practices or in their products or services and display a strong commitment to the environment, global change or an emerging female led field.

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Southern England Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in the South of England. This category is open to business owners, leaders and inspirational business women who have achieved accomplishments of significance over the past 12 months. Successful finalists will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.

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Third Sector Champion
This award is for women who either run, or who are employed to work or who volunteer a significant amount of their time working within non-governmental and non-profit-making organisations, including charities, voluntary and community groups.

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Welsh Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in Wales. This category is open to business owners, leaders and inspirational business women who have achieved accomplishments of significance over the past 12 months. Successful finalists will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity. To be eligible to…

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Young Business Woman of the Year
For business women aged 30 or less (by 1st January 2022). Candidates will demonstrate significant achievements to date and be making a distinctive contribution in their field or career. Open to nominees who possess significant leadership potential and outstanding qualities or performance. Entrants will demonstrate their capacity to shape the future with their immense energy,…