Extended deadline for entries: September 25
The official entry deadline for the 12th annual Startups Awards – the UK’s most prestigious awards for up-and-coming companies – is 25 September 2015.
Sponsored by the UK’s favourite business insurance broker Simply Business and organised by Startups.co.uk, the number one website for start-ups and small businesses, the Awards recognise the success of Britain’s newest businesses which have been trading for four years or less.
There are 15 awards up for grabs across categories such as Innovative Business of the Year, Service Business of the Year and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, as well as four new awards for 2015 including App of the Year, Export Business of the Year, Retail Business of the Year and Lean Start-up of the Year.
The highly-coveted main accolade is the Simply Business Startups Business of the Year, which is selected from the winners of all other categories. Additionally, readers of Startups.co.uk are given their say in proceedings, by selecting the recipient of the People’s Choice Award from finalists across all 15 categories.
This year’s awards will be presented at a glittering ceremony on Friday 27 November at the Vinopolis, near London Bridge, hosted by comedian Alun Cochrane.
It will be one of the last events at the iconic site, which is due to close its doors at the end of the year to make way for a new upmarket shopping development.
Startups Awards 2015 sponsors include: Simply Business, Nominet, Big Red Cloud, The Made Simple Group, haysmacintyre and Experian.
To stay up to date with news go to www.startupsawards.co.uk.
2015 CATEGORIES
• App of the Year
• Tech Business of the Year – sponsored by Nominet
• Innovative Business of the Year
• Franchisee of the Year
• Service Business of the Year – sponsored by Big Red Cloud
• Product Business of the Year
• Young Entrepreneur of the Year – sponsored by The Made Simple Group
• Venture Funded Business of the Year – sponsored by haysmacintyre
• Lean Start-up of the Year
• Crowdfunded Business of the Year
• Women in Business Award
• Export Business of the Year – sponsored by Experian
• Retail Business of the Year
• People’s Champion (voted for by the public)
• Simply Business Startups Business of the Year Award – sponsored by Simply Business
