Small Business Awards 2014

Name	Website	Categories	Who's eligible?	Cost	Deadline for entries
FSB awards	fsbworldpayawards.co.uk	Business Innovation of the Year; Young Entrepreneur of the Year; Micro Business of the Year; Online Business of the Year	Any UK business, as long as you have under 250 employees (under 10 for micro-business)	Free	31st January 2014
Sunday Times Profit Track 100	fasttrack.co.uk/...	Tech Track 100; Fast Track 100; International Track 200; Profit Track 100; Top Track 250; Top Track 100	The criteria are quite specific and can be found here fasttrack.co.uk/...	Free	14th February 2014
Private Business Awards	privatebusinessawards.com/...	Categories include: Technology Innovation of the Year, Social Enterprise of the Year, and High Growth Business of the Year. For more, see privatebusinessawards.com/...	The criteria are quite specific and can be found here privatebusinessawards.com/...	Free	28th February 2014
Nectar Business Awards	nectar.com/...	Small Business of the Year Start Up of the year (under one year trading); Innovation of the Year; Contribution to the Community; Entrepreneur of the year; Tradesperson of the year	Criteria for all categories can be found here nectar.com/...	Free	May 2014*
The Stevie International Business Awards	stevieawards.com/...	A vast selection of categories - find out here stevieawards.com/...	All businesses	Fees vary from $225 to $505	May 2014*
British Quality Association Excellence awards	bqf.org.uk/...	N/A	Minimum of 2 years' operating history in the UK 50% or more employees or asset base must be in the UK Minimum of 3 years' results demonstrating improving trends in key areas Previous UK Excellence Award winners may not reapply for 3 years	Variable - cheapest option is £3994 + VAT	2nd May 2014
Best in Biz EMEA	bestinbizawards.com/...	Categories include Best New Company of the Year, Fastest-Growing Company of the Year, and Comeback Company of the Year - more categories can be found here bestinbizawards.com/...	All businesses	$250-350 (depending on when you submit)	16th May 2014
National Business Awards UK	nationalbusinessawards.co.uk	Categories include Santander Small To Medium-sized business of the year, Digital Business of the Year and New Business of the year - for a full list click here: nationalbusinessawards.co.uk/...	Any UK business	A fee of £295 + VAT applies to each entry, but all those registering before 28th February will qualify for an early-bird discount	23rd May 2014
Chamber Awards 2013	chamberawards.co.uk/...	Categories include Online Business of the Year, Most Promising New Business, and The Sustainability Award. For more, click here. chamberawards.co.uk/...	All businesses	Entering the Awards is free for all members of Accredited Chambers of Commerce. There is a fee of £195 + VAT for non members to enter	June 2014*
The Peer Awards	thepeerawards.com	Categories include Customer Service, Social Media Customer Engagement, and Giving To The Community. For more categories, see thepeerawards.com/...	All businesses	Free to enter, but if you are selected fees range from £995 to £10,000	2nd June 2014
Internet Business Awards	internetbusinessawards.co.uk/...	23 categories, available to view here: internetbusinessawards.co.uk/...	Internet businesses	UK companies under 1 year old get one free entry. Other entries £180, which includes VAT.	30th June
Red Ribbon Awards	familybusinessplace.com/...	Categories include Entrepreneurship, Fastest Growing Business, and Lifetime achievement - more categories can be found on the website	UK family businesses	Free	July 2014*
Smarta100	smarta.com/...	Categories include Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Start Up of the Year, and Made In Britain - for more, look here: smarta.com/...	All UK businesses	Free	August 2014*
Startups Awards	startups.co.uk/...	Categories include Digital Business of the Year, Mobile Business of the Year and Innovative Business of the Year. For more, see startups.co.uk/...	To be eligible to enter all companies must: Have started to trade no earlier than 1 August 2011 and no later than 31 July 2014. Be ‘independently owned’. Be UK based.	£45 plus VAT	27th September 2014
Growing Business Awards	realbusiness.co.uk	Categories include Entrepreneur of the Year, Digital Champion and Innovator of the Year. For all categories, click here. realbusiness.co.uk/...	Any UK business	Free	November 2014
eCommerce Awards	ecommerceexpo.co.uk/...	Categories include Best Small Retailer, Best Home and Garden Retailer, and Best Social Media Campaign. For more categories, click here. ecommerceexpo.co.uk/...	eCommerce businesses	TBC	TBC
English Asian Business Awards	theasianbusinessawards.info/...	Categories include The Young Achiever of the Year, Rising Star Award, and New Business of the Year. For more categories see theasianbusinessawards.info/...	Businesses owned by those active in the UK Asian business community	Free. Businesses can nominate themselves or be nominated by others	TBC

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