Awards Evening - Thursday 22 October, 2009
The West Kent Partnership continued in 2009 as sponsor for the Best Growing Business category of the West Kent Business Awards.
About the 2009 West Kent Business Excellence Awards
The West Kent Partnership continued in 2009 as sponsor for the Best Growing Business category of the West Kent Business Awards.
About the 2009 West Kent Business Excellence Awards
The West Kent Business Excellence Awards are organised by the Courier Media Group in association with the West Kent Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Following a very successful launch year last year, 2009 marks the second year of the programme.
The awards are designed to recognise excellence, innovation, best practice and corporate and social responsibility in businesses throughout West Kent.
Any business with a presence in the West Kent, either in the public or private sector, is eligible to enter and there is no limit on the number of entries that can be submitted.
Categories are generally sub-divided into small/medium and large size divisions according to the number of employees/contractors that a company has at the discretion of the judges. There will normally be two finalists in each size division. Categories that recognise individual performance IE Outstanding Business Person are not sub-divided by company size and there will generally be three finalists.
Key dates
The closing date for entries is Friday June 26th. Those individuals and companies that make it through to the finals will be advised week commencing August 17th and each will receive two complimentary tickets to the event which will be held at The Spa Hotel in Tunbridge Wells on October 22nd.
Free publicity
Several companies and individuals that enter before the end of May will be selected for special "early entrant" quarter page features with photographs in the Kent and Sussex Courier and Sevenoaks Chronicle completely free of charge. See example of an early feature from the 2008 awards programme below.
Finalists
All finalists will be the subject of a quarter-page feature with photograph in a special "Meet the Finalists" publication going out week commencing September 7th. Finalists in each category will be grouped together on the same page. If a business or individual makes it through to the finals in more than one category they will be featured the appropriate number of times. Finalists will also be listed in the Roll of Honour on this awards web site.
Winners
All winners will appear in the "Meet the Winners" articles being published week commencing October 26th and again be listed in the Roll of Honour on the web site.
Choosing which category or categories to enter
A brief description of each of the nine categories can be seen under Categories and Judges, List of Categories to help you choose which ones you want to enter. You can then find detailed information in the various drop-down boxes under Individual Categories. You will find information about the category, what the judges are looking for, specific questions to answer and some details about the judges themselves. You will also find the names of the companies or individuals that won an award in 2008.
The West Kent Business of the Year cannot be entered direct. The winner is chosen from within all the finalists at the discretion of the judges.
For full information on the awards and how to enter
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