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The Wakefield Business Awards 2025 Entry Form - Entry Fee £50 + VAT per category for submissions up to 21st May 2025. Submissions after 21st May 2025 - Entry Fee £65 + VAT

*Not-For-Profit/Charity of the Year category is free to enter

Name of business/organisation *

Address of business/organisation *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State / Province / Region

Postal Code

Business/organisation Website / URL *

Twitter handle (if you have one):

LinkedIn page name (if you have one):

Your name *

First

Last

Your telephone number *

Your email *

Your job title *

Entry Category (choose one)- you can enter as many categories as you like but you must complete a separate form for each entry. Once you have selected a category, the relevant set of questions will appear below. *

Apprentice of the Year
Business Growth Success Story
Business Leader of the Year
Collaboration of the Year
Digital/Creative Business of the Year
Doing Good in Business
Medium or Large Business of the Year - more than 50 employees
Micro or Small Business of the Year - 0-50 employees
Multicultural Excellence Award
Not-For-Profit/Charity of the Year (No Entry Fee Will Be Charged for this Entry)
Rising Star - for the under 30s
Team of the Year
Employer of the Year

Business/Organisation size *

0-10 employees
11-50 employees
51 and above employees

In no more than 350 words, please tell us about your company strategy. *

who are your clients/customers, what are you selling them, and what did you set out to achieve this year? If you’re entering the collaboration award, tell us about the collaboration strategy. If you’re entering the Doing Good in Business award, you’ll need to tell us about your strategy for that. And if you’re hoping to win the Employer of the Year trophy, tell us about your strategy for being a great employer!

In no more than 350 words, explain your goals and objectives *

It’s much easier for the judges to award higher marks if you give them something that can actually be measured, so try to avoid “increase” or “decrease” and give them finite information on which to judge you. Relate this to your organisation, the collaboration, your objectives for employee engagement or your doing good activities.

In no more than 350 words, explain how you achieved the amazing things you’ve done? *

Tell us about the actual activity. Was your activity based on research? Or different to anything you’ve done before? Bring to life what you’ve done to deliver fabulous results this year.

In no more than 350 words, explain what was creative or innovative about what you did? *

It might not be mind-blowing, but it might be something you haven’t tried before. Maybe you targeted a new market. Perhaps you ran a creative campaign. Help the judges to see what makes you stand out.

In no more than 350 words, what were the results? *

Compare these to the goals/objectives you’ve already told us about We’re looking for impact here, so tell us, for example, “80% of our award entries have been shortlisted” rather than “we’ve written 150 award entries”. Again, giving measurable figures helps the judges to give you more points as your achievements are clearer and proven. All details are treated in the strictest confidence, of course.

Tell us about your commitment to diversity and inclusion. *

We'd like to see how you have made a clear commitment to fostering diversity within the workplace, workforce, and wider community.

Tell us about your creativity in addressing barriers and promoting unity *

How have you creatively broken down barriers and helped people from a range of backgrounds?

Tell us about your leadership - how have you shared what you've learned and acted as a role model to lead the way for others? *

Evidence of sharing what you’ve learned and acting as a role model to lead the way for others

Tell us about your collaborations - how have you used diverse voices to help you shape your activities or working together to achieve results that are more than the sum of their parts *

Evidence using diverse voices to help you shape your activities or working together to achieve results that are more than the sum of their parts

Success against your objectives - show us what you aimed to achieve and how you fared against those targets. *

Whether the impact has been a more diverse workforce, better engagement with marginalised or under-represented groups, or another measure, show us what you aimed to achieve and how you fared against those targets.

In no more than 350 words, tell us a little about the person you’re nominating and their role in the business/organisation. *

We’re happy to know they live on a canal boat or own a goat – help us visualise your amazing nominee! WE WILL ACCEPT SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR: BUSINESS LEADER OTY ONLY. APPRENTICE OTY & RISING STAR MUST BE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS/ORGANISATION.

In no more than 350 words, what were the goals set for you/your nominee this year? *

Give us measurable numbers to help us understand the scale of the task they were set. WE WILL ACCEPT SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR: BUSINESS LEADER OTY ONLY. APPRENTICE OTY & RISING STAR MUST BE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS/ORGANISATION.

In no more than 350 words, what have you/they achieved this year and how does that compare to the goals or objectives they were set? *

Ideally, you’d give us hard numbers in this section to demonstrate how fabulous your nominee is. WE WILL ACCEPT SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR: BUSINESS LEADER OTY ONLY. APPRENTICE OTY & RISING STAR MUST BE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS/ORGANISATION.

In no more than 350 words, explain what’s been difficult for you/your nominee this year. *

What obstacles to success have they overcome? WE WILL ACCEPT SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR: BUSINESS LEADER OTY ONLY. APPRENTICE OTY & RISING STAR MUST BE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS/ORGANISATION.

In no more than 350 words, why should you/your nominee win this award? *

Give us your pitch about what makes them so amazing and why they deserve this award now. WE WILL ACCEPT SELF-NOMINATIONS FOR: BUSINESS LEADER OTY ONLY. APPRENTICE OTY & RISING STAR MUST BE NOMINATED BY SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUSINESS/ORGANISATION.

If you would like to provide a link to a video that may support your entry, please add here. Please keep videos under 2 mins.

Please provide a 200 word summary about your business. This will be printed in the awards brochure if you are a finalist so do not provide any sensitive information.

Please provide a 200 word summary about your nominee. This will be printed in the awards brochure if they are a finalist so do not provide any sensitive information.

Please upload your company logo (10MB Limit) *

Click or drag a file to this area to upload.

Please upload images of you/your team/your nominee or your premises *