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Introduction
The East of England Businesswoman of the Year
Award was started by the Cambridge Businesswomen’s
Network in 1989. The awards have since expanded
and evolved to acknowledge the enormous achievements
of businesswomen in the six counties of the East
of England region (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire,
Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk) and
so to act as an encouragement to others.
The
Awards
The Businesswoman of the Year Award
aims to recognise those women who work in the
region as a director, partner or senior manager
in a substantial private or public sector or not-for-profit
organisation, and who can demonstrate significant
influence on its direction and success.
The Businesswoman Entrepreneur of the
Year Award is to recognise women who
have set up their own business in the region and
achieved appreciable growth with clear further
potential.
The
Young Businesswoman of the Year Award
is for young women who have displayed enterprise
and commerciality in starting a business in the
region.
Entry criteria
- The Businesswoman
of the Year Award
For women who are directors, partners or senior
employees in a company, professional practice,
the public sector or a not-for-profit organisation
with turnover in excess of £1million.
- The Businesswoman
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Open for women who have developed their own
business with turnover of £500,000 upwards.
Demonstrable entrepreneurial spirit is as important
as the current size of the business.
- The Young Businesswoman
of the Year Award
For women who will be under 30 years of age
on 31 December 2009 and who are now running
their own business, whether established or recently
launched.
Benefits for winners
and finalists
-
Recognition of achievement for every finalist
and for her business and staff;
- Media
coverage within the region and a commemorative
video for all finalists;
- A
variety of gifts and prizes for each winner,
donated by supporters of the awards;
- Membership
of the EEBW past winners’ network.
Judging
process
Entries are required by 31 October 2009. The judging
panel will then carefully consider every entry
and select candidates for interview on 23,24 or
25 November 2009. The selected candidates will
be asked to provide further information on the
structure and finances of their businesses and,
at that stage, they may also provide other supporting
material. Each of the selected candidates will
be expected to make a short presentation to the
judges at interview.
Members of the
judging panel for 2008
Following
the interviews, the finalists for each award will
be chosen and they will then be visited at their
places of business during the course of December
2009 and into the New Year. Finally, the judges
will meet towards the end of January to select
the winner of each award.
The
Awards’ Dinner
All the finalists will be invited to a celebratory
Awards’ Dinner, to be held on 4 February
2010 at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Stansted Airport,
where the winners will be announced and the awards
presented. In advance of the dinner, a video producer
will visit the finalists and put together a brief
film of them and their businesses for showing
at the Awards’ Dinner and for incorporating
into a commemorative DVD of the awards’
evening itself.
Finalists & Sponsors 2008 |
Winners 2008 |
Awards Dinner 2008 |
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