Creative Business of the Year | The BIBAs: Lancashire's Premier Business Awards

Please either download this PDF 2012-Creative-Business-of-the-Year or complete the form below.

Rules: Total word count should be no more than 2000 words excluding questions and rules. All entries must be electronic and supporting information is not permitted. Please enter the entrants name and company name as you would like to see it appear on a trophy should you become a winner. Please ensure that you answer all questions. Any entries not adhering to the rules (http://www.thebibas.co.uk/the-rules) will be eliminated at the next round.
Contact name
Name of entrant
Company name
Company address
Email(valid email required)
Website
Telephone number
Fax number
Business sector
Nature of business
Main product/service
Number of employees
Legal Status of company
Year that the business started trading
Turnover in 2010
Turnover in 2011
Projected turnover in 2012
Net profit in 2010
Net profit in 2011
Projected net profit in 2012
Please provide a brief description of your business, the products or services it supplies, its customers and the markets that it operates in.
You should cover: The nature of your business. Your products and services. Your customers. Markets that you operate in.
Please outline the overall trend in your sales turnover and profit development together with a brief description of key events that have led to these changes where appropriate.
You should cover: How your sales turnover has developed. How your profit has developed. The key events that have led to any changes. (Please provide an explanation.)
What are the objectives for your business over the next 3 years?
You should cover: Main objectives for the next 3 years. How these will be achieved. Effects that these will have on the overall business.
Please expand on a key event or change that has contributed to business success over the last twelve months.
You should cover: Detailed information about the key event or change and background information of how and why it occurred. How this has impacted on the business and the business success achieved.
Please give examples of how specific strategies undertaken by your business have driven growth. Outline the strategy and the impact it has had on your business. Choose a maximum of four strategies, covering areas such as marketing, workforce development, customer service and customer loyalty, environmental impact, financial planning and control, supplier relationships and management, operations, IT, and innovations.
You should cover: Brief details of up to 4 strategies which you feel have driven growth in your business. Growth achieved and main impact that each strategy has had on the business.
Please provide examples and evidence of how your actions have been instrumental to the success of the business. Consider the following areas and please select as many as appropriate – financial success, staff motivation and development, customer development and retention, supplier relationships, operations and efficiency, community based/environmental schemes.
You should cover: Details of how your actions and ideas have been instrumental to the success of the business with evidence. Recognition you have received from the business for your achievements.
Please provide a description of your company’s approach to employee development. How does this link with your business objectives/mission statement? Why is employee development important to your organisation? Who in your organisation is involved in employee development?
You should cover: Details of your company’s approach to employee development. Explanation of how this links with your business objectives/mission statement. An outline of why employee development is important to your organisation. Details of who in your organisation is involved with workforce development, e.g. senior management, line managers, everyone etc.
Describe how any new project or initiative has improved your business.
You should cover: A summary of the initial goal. Methods of measuring the impact on your business. Results of the impact on the business in terms of customers, suppliers, teams, sales/profit, operations etc.
Please provide a short summary of why your business deserves to win this award.
You should cover: Summary of main reasons why you feel your business stands out from other entrants.

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