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Business Women Scotland Awards 2016 New Entrepreneur of the Year

This award celebrates the entrepreneurial aptitude, vision, ambition, drive and commercial acumen to build a successful enterprise from start-up.

Eligibility The nominated business must be registered in Scotland, and must have a woman as the driving force behind it. Open to any business founder that has been trading for 18 months or less up to 13 th June 2016 (company registered after 13th December 2014).

Application process Entries must include a completed entry form stating the category entered, company details, paragraph describing the company, turnover and profit information, and provide a business plan. We suggest bullet point information to highlight why you should win, with information provided to match the judging criteria. You can send supporting information in addition to the entry form. All entries must be emailed to [email protected] by 9am on Monday 5th September 2016. The awards are free to enter. All information provided in your entry will be kept confidential.

Additional information for associated publicity If you are named on the short list for this category, we will require a high resolution photograph of the nominee in jpg format, and a vector based eps or high-resolution jpg of your business logo.

Awards Ceremony A short list of up to 4 companies will be announced for each category, and we would ask all shortlisted companies to purchase tickets for the Awards Dinner on Thursday 27 th October 2016 in Glasgow, where we will announce and present the winner with her award.

Dates 5th September 2016 (9am): closing date for completed entry forms 19th September 2016: shortlist announced 27th October 2016: awards presented at BWS Awards ceremony

Judging criteria  How initial targets have been exceeded  The vision for growth  The founder’s understanding of key challenges  The customers and the competitive landscape  Focusing on the market opportunity identified  The strategy to capitalise on it  How it has been executed within the first 18 months of trading BUSINESS WOMEN SCOTLAND AWARDS 2016 Entry Form

Award category New Entrepreneur of the Year (up to 18 months)

Nominee Details

Nominee’s name Company/Organisation Address Telephone Number Email Address Website address Facebook Twitter Date company registered Company registration number

If you are nominating someone else for an award, tell us who you are! Your name Company/Organisation Telephone number Email address

Give a short paragraph highlighting what the company does Enter here

Financial information – give turnover and profit so far Enter here

Tell us why you/they should win this award? Bullet point format is acceptable, separated into different headings to highlight relevant information based on the judging criteria for the award you are entering

Judging criteria  How initial targets have been exceeded  The vision for growth  The founder’s understanding of key challenges  The customers and the competitive landscape  Focusing on the market opportunity identified  The strategy to capitalise on it  How it has been executed within the first 18 months of trading