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We are the largest and most prestigious women in business awards in the UK.
Since 2015 our awards have been recognising great female entrepreneurs who are making a real impact on their industry.
Any business woman who owns or is a partner in a business, is eligible to enter. We are open to any business type from sole trader to large companies.
The business world is full of talented, tenacious and dedicated female entrepreneurs who not only run successful businesses but, in many cases, also juggle the needs of their families.
Our entrepreneurial business awards are designed to recognise the achievement of these women across a wide range of business categories.
This is about sharing your story with our judges, the triumphs, the challenges, and the achievements. Our awards are judged by a panel of business experts-there is no voting.
Contact us if your company is interested in sponsoring awards for women in business.
We continue to promote and support our winners long after the ceremony with our Winners Club events twice a year, The Business Awards Show Podcast invites winners onto the show to share their story and we share what our Winners are doing with our engaged social media community. Business partnerships, collaborations and friendships have all formed from The Best Businesswomen Awards. This is a community of outstanding female businesswomen.
We are the ONLY awards to give recognition to all selected finalists. No one leaves our event empty handed. Everyone is awarded a Silver or Gold Award as a true mark of achievement.
Winning business awards helps to establish trust and credibility. It can play a key part in a prospective new customer’s decision to choose you ahead of one of your competitors.
Best Businesswomen in Health & Beauty 2023 - Hanna Sillitoe said ‘As a woman in business, we're still under-represented and events like this celebrate women business and offer the opportunity for women striving for amazing things in a world still quite male dominated, that was my inspiration to enter’
Best Business Winner 2022, Kirsty Gale owner of Red Carpet Ready said ‘9 years of hard graft and resilience has got our win tonight and I hope it inspires other women to deliver your ideas and innovation, anything is possible"
As a winner or a finalist, the possibilities of media exposure are endless (from radio to magazines, local papers, social media and online articles).
Through these mediums you can help establish your credibility as an expert in your industry. Allowing you to reach a much wider audience with a voice of real authority.
Our winners and finalists get extensive publicity, and through this their business and their industry gains higher visibility.
Since our awards began finalists and winners have had appearances on BBC, Sky, local and national radio shows, and one winner even has her own TV series.
Winning awards puts you and your story on the radar of journalists and TV researchers who want to share your story.
Entering our awards takes time to complete. Share your story with our judges and showcase your achievements. The process will make you review your systems, products, processes and what makes you and your business special.
It gives you a real opportunity to assess your business from many aspects and may even provide you with ideas on how you can become even better.
This is not a voting contest this is a business competition judged by a panel of experts who can only judge on the information they are provided with. So make sure you don’t leave anything out!
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The Book Midwife® is a book coaching company founded in 2002 by multi-award-winning entrepreneur Mindy Gibbins-Klein. Since its inception, the company has helped over one thousand experts plan, write and publish great books fast!
The philosophy of the company is that “Every book deserves to be written and published”. Having spent ten years trying to write and publish her first book, Mindy created a process to help aspiring authors get their books done better and faster, and with more clarity and confidence.
The Book Midwife® is specifically reaching out to people from traditionally under-represented groups to create more diversity, equality and inclusion on our bookshelves.
Visit the website – https://www.thebookmidwife.com
Banya Family Placement Agency is an independent foster agency.
Our fully supported foster carers look after children and young people placed by local authorities.
Banya supports foster carer households all over the UK. Hundreds of children and young people have benefited from placements with our foster carers since Banya was founded in 1997.
We provide a high standard of foster care for a range of children and young people. Banya has developed specialisms in placing sibling groups, unaccompanied children and young people from overseas, children with special needs, and troubled teenagers.
We’re a diverse and welcoming fostering agency, so we open our foster carer applications to everyone. Your race, culture, sexual orientation or income don’t affect your chances. In fact we need foster carers from a wide range of backgrounds, races and religion. This is because all children have their own unique and individual background and heritage. You do not need to be married, own a house or have children of your own.
We believe the diversity of the foster parents we work with is a positive thing when finding the best possible family for a foster child.
Find out more about becoming a Foster Parent here
Visit the website – Who Can Foster?
Plain Talking HR, based in Luton, offers comprehensive human resources services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and beyond. Our mission is to provide quick, decisive, and cost-effective HR support tailored to each business’s unique needs.
The service offerings include:
Led by Bina Briggs, who holds a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualification and has extensive experience across various industries, Plain Talking HR is committed to delivering practical and pragmatic HR solutions. Their approach ensures that businesses remain compliant with employment laws while fostering positive employee relations and a productive work environment.
Visit the website – https://www.plaintalkinghr.com
Mary Gregory Ltd offers comprehensive leadership coaching services designed to empower senior leaders and organizations to maximize their impact and performance. Recognising the challenges posed by today’s relentless pace of change, Mary provides tailored solutions to help leaders navigate complex dynamics and drive meaningful results.
Services include:
By engaging with Mary Gregory Ltd’s services, leaders can strength their confidence, enhance communication, boost resilience, and gain clarity in their vision and purpose, both personally and organizationally. Mary’s approach is centred on enabling leaders to access their strengths, values, and purpose, leading from a place of power, love, and humility.
Link to website https://www.marygregory.com/
The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) is a business platform designed to guide women business owners in growing and scaling their businesses with confidence. AWE provides access to business opportunities, the right network, and a disciplined strategy to drive success.
Founded by Ceylan, AWE delivers real impact—its active members experience an average income growth of 88% within 12 months (Impact Survey 2022) and achieve both their business and life goals through strategic planning and business education.
At the heart of AWE’s offering is THE PLANNING. The word itself may not be exciting, and the process might not be thrilling, but the results? Absolutely phenomenal! Strategic planning is the key to making business growth intentional, predictable, and stress-free.
AWE’s flagship “Create Your Game Plan” event series empowers women entrepreneurs to take control of their future by setting clear goals, overcoming roadblocks, and building actionable strategies that drive real results. These sessions also provide access to AWE’s signature growth programs, tailored to different business levels.
Beyond tools and events, AWE fosters a supportive community of ambitious women who want to scale their businesses with confidence and ease.
OUR PHILOSOPHY: NO FOUNDER LEFT BEHIND!
Because when women entrepreneurs plan for success, they win big—and so do their communities and the world around them.
Visit the website – https://academyforwomenentrepreneurs.com/
