Top tips:
- Be clear: You are not judged on the design of your entry, but if it is well presented and well laid out it will be easier for the judges to extract the relevant information. Clear and simple should be your watchwords.
- Provide evidence: evidence of success – be it financial or operational – should be clearly shown. The judges need to see the hard facts that back up your claims.
- Be concise: In some categories the judges will have to read through a large number of entries in a short period of time.
- Be current: Don’t be tempted to dwell on past achievements.
- Above and beyond: Remember the Awards reward excellence – that does not mean simply ticking the boxes, it means going above and beyond the call of duty. You need to demonstrate – with evidence - that you have done this.
- Size is not important: Judges take into account the relative size of each company involved and make their decision on the basis of the evidence in front of them. Small companies succeeded in several categories in 2009.
- Appendices: If you are going to include appendices, then some guidance and context as to what they contain and why they are relevant is important. And make sure the information they contain is additional – not key to your entry.
- Never assume: While the judges all have relevant experience, they won’t necessarily know the intricacies of your operation or sector. Make clear the challenges you faced and how they were addressed.
- Be clear: You are not judged on the design of your entry, but if it is well presented and well laid out it will be easier for the judges to extract the relevant information. Clear and simple should be your watchwords.
- Provide evidence: evidence of success – be it financial or operational – should be clearly shown. The judges need to see the hard facts that back up your claims.
- Be concise: In some categories the judges will have to read through a large number of entries in a short period of time.
- Be current: Don’t be tempted to dwell on past achievements.
- Above and beyond: Remember the Awards reward excellence – that does not mean simply ticking the boxes, it means going above and beyond the call of duty. You need to demonstrate – with evidence - that you have done this.
- Size is not important: Judges take into account the relative size of each company involved and make their decision on the basis of the evidence in front of them. Small companies succeeded in several categories in 2009.
- Appendices: If you are going to include appendices, then some guidance and context as to what they contain and why they are relevant is important. And make sure the information they contain is additional – not key to your entry.
- Never assume: While the judges all have relevant experience, they won’t necessarily know the intricacies of your operation or sector. Make clear the challenges you faced and how they were addressed.
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