National Business Women’s Awards
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Best New Business
You’ve come into business in the last 2 years (start date after the 1st Jan 2022) 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 Owner/s of the Year
The winner/s 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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Business Woman of the Year – Medium (£10M-£25M 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. Successful entrants will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.
Entrants in this category must have between £10,000,000 and £24,999,999 turnover in the last 12 months.

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Business Woman of the Year -Large (over £25M 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. Successful entrants will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.
Entrants in this category must have turnover of £25,000,000 or more in the last 12 months.

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Business Woman of the Year -Micro (less than £1M 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. Successful entrants will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.
Entrants in this category must have less than £1,000,000 turnover in the last 12 months.

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Business Woman of the Year -Small (£1M-£10M 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. Successful entrants will possess qualities of vision, innovation, entrepreneurial drive, leadership and demonstrate their commitment to gender diversity.
Entrants in this category must have between £1,000,000 and £9,999,999 turnover in the last 12 months.

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Community Champion
This award is for women who alongside their usual work, either focus their business on giving back to the community or allocate time to working with non-for-profit organisations and community businesses.

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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 business or organisation. 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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Employer of the Year
This category is open to female owned businesses. Our criterion to win this award is simple – tell us how you as an employer look after your employees so they take care of your business.

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Influential Business Woman of the Year
This category is open to businesses owners or business women who have had a significant impact on the business. 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.

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International Woman’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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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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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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STEM Business Woman of the Year
This category will celebrate business women operating in STEM businesses. 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 and leadership in STEM industries.

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Sustainability Award
Being “green” and “sustainable” in business terms means reducing or removing the harmful impact that products and/or services have on the environment. Open to female owned businesses, the winner of this category will ensure sustainability is at the core of their business operations.

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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.

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Young Business Woman of the Year
For business women aged 30 or less (by 1st January 2024). 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, dedication and flair.