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

Please either download this PDF 2012-E-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 summarise details of the specific e business project (s) or initiative (s) that you have selected for this entry.
You should cover: Summary of the project (s) or initiative (s) including key e business use. Please give details of the initial investment. How they work and who within the business is involved with them.
Please outline the rationale for implementing the e business, covering how the issue was identified, what business issue/goal it has assisted with.
You should cover: How the issue was identified and by who, e.g. staff, customers, owner manager, external advisor. What main issue or goal it addresses and why e.g. increased productivity, reduced cost, ability to enter new markets, response to a competitive threat.
How has this e business project or initiative impacted your business? Please consider customers, suppliers, teams, sales/profits, operations, or other audiences.
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
What are your future plans for the application of e business within your business?
You should cover: The scope for developing the project or initiative. What objectives you hope to achieve by this development. The extent to which your view on the use of e business has changed following the implementation of this project.
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 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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