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Follow on TwitterJust over a million businesses have started up in the past three years and the Startups Awards 2008 are on the hunt to find the best of those startup businesses. Organised by Startups.co.uk, the awards celebrate and reward the most outstanding start-ups in the UK. They are now accepting entries.
Previous winners have included GlassesDirect, eCourier, GoinGreen, BeatThatQuote.com, RTL Games, 82ASK and SportStars. David Lester, the founder of Startups.co.uk has this to say:
When starting a new business it can be lonely and extremely difficult to gain the recognition that you deserve and need in order to gain client and customer loyalty. The Startups Awards are seeking to identify and recognise its fifth generation of inspirational new businesses, who have not only avoided failure, but flourished, in spite of the troubled economy.
The Startups Awards 2008 judging panel consists of some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs and business experts including Chrissie Rucker, founder, The White Company; Simon Calver, CEO, LOVEFiLM International; Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, The Black Farmer and Alan Giles, chairman, Fat Face to name just a few.
The awards cover 16 categories, including Innovative Business of the Year; Retailer of the Year; Franchisee of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year; Women in Business Award, Best Use of Technology and a new category for 2008: Social Enterprise of the Year. Winners of each category will then compete to be named the Startups Business of the Year and collect a grand prize of £5,000.
To be eligible to enter, the business must have been trading for less than three years, be privately owned, and employ fewer than 60 people. The closing date for entries is 06 July 2008 and finalists will be announced on 15 August. For details and a full list of categories visit www.startupsawards.co.uk (Warning annoying video that you can’t stop – why do people do that?)
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