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

Please either download this PDF 2012-Entrepreneur-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 makes you stand out from the crowd as a business person?
You should cover: Reasons why you feel you are different to your peers and other business people. Outline any key skills or achievements.
Please describe the unique skills or methods that you have brought to the business e.g. idea generation, building relationships, management style etc.
You should cover: The ways in which you feel you have brought something different to the business, e.g. ideas, relationships, management styles. Details of any changes you have implemented or decisions that you have made which have directly influenced the business and the results.
What is your vision for the business and what objectives have you set to achieve this for the next 3 years? How is this communicated and reflected within the company? How does this vision impact on the business plan?
You should cover: What your vision is for the business and why. What you have done to communicate your ideas within the business. The impact that your vision has on the company’s business plan. Main objectives for the next 3 years and how these will be achieved. Effects that these will have on the overall 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 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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