At last an award for business with 25,000 reasons to enter! The British Chambers of Commerce announce the launch of the Chamber Awards 2005 London, 4th April 2005 – The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and Microsoft are encouraging UK businesses to enter this year’s Chamber Awards. Now in its second year the Chamber Awards 2005 aim to recognise outstanding business achievement within the UK business community. There are eight different categories of awards and companies can enter as many as they wish. The categories comprise:
However the top prize of £25,000 will be awarded to the company that the judges agree should win the overall title of Microsoft Award for Outstanding Business Achievement. Last year this was won by DB Shoes LTD from Rushden, Northamptonshire. The company used database technology to pull itself back from the brink of receivership and enter itself into new and profitable niche markets - even whilst fighting off competition from cheaper overseas competitors! David Frost, Director General of the BCC commented; “Judging the awards refreshes my excitement in British business. Last year I was really struck by the creative and innovative approaches that directors are using to set their businesses apart from their competitors. I’m delighted that we are in position to reward the UK’s most deserving business so handsomely for its efforts.” Natalie Ayers, Microsoft’s Senior Director Small and Medium Solutions and Partners Group added; “In the cut and thrust of day to day business it is easy to lose sight of what has been achieved. The passion, innovation and tenacity of the best of British business represented by these awards serves to reinvigorate everyone in business. There are lessons to be learnt and inspiration to be drawn from every entry. It is this that makes these awards so exciting. Everyone involved gets a privileged insight into businesses big and small striving to realise their true potential. If anything deserves recognition in our society it is this. Microsoft is proud to be the headline sponsor of the Chamber awards 2005.” The Chamber Awards will be judged in two stages at both a regional and national level and will be celebrated at a Gala Dinner at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on the 24th November 2005 Entry forms and judging criteria can be obtained by visiting www.chamberawards.co.uk. The forms can be completed and submitted online or alternatively printed off and sent by mail. The closing date for all entries is 27th June 2005. The awards are open to any member company of a Chambers of Commerce. ENDS For further information or requests for interviews please contact Judy Osborn at Purple Rabbit Notes to the editors:
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