This category is for businesses which have harnessed digital technology in their business, and helped to raise the company profile, profitability or efficiency.
This category is only open to either a business owner or employee who has demonstrated leadership and motivational ability in running and developing their business. You must be nominated by someone else for this category. You cannot nominate yourself.
The Corporate Social Responsibility award is aimed at commercial businesses which demonstrate how they integrate the success and smooth running of their business with a strong sense of responsibility and consideration for their role as a corporate citizen.
This category is open to businesses which are able to demonstrate business growth within the market place over the last 18 months.
This category is for businesses which have been innovative in their business, and helped to raise the company profile, profitability or efficiency.
This category is for businesses which have used environment-friendly management practices to improve working conditions, and/or relationships with customers, suppliers and/or that their green products or services have had a positive impact on their business.
This category is open to businesses, voluntary and community organisations that have made a contribution to the local community over the last 12 months. Entrants will be measured on their social impact – not on their financial support to organizations.
This category is open to a small business with 5 employees or less. You could be working from home, hot-desking, running an online business, a sole trader, market trader, or running a small shop. The main criterion is that your business is thriving.
This category recognises the business that pays attention to the needs of customers and strives for excellence in customer satisfaction and service.
An award recognising the best response from a business in Newham during the Covid pandemic. This could be a business which innovated, pivoted and / or adapted to improve business performance or even save a business. It could also a be business who made provided significant support during the pandemic to the community, public services and the people of Newham and East London.
This category is open to a young business owner or employee (under the age of 30) who has demonstrated vision and creativity. You will need to demonstrate that your contribution to the business has had a direct impact on its success.
This category is is open to small and medium sized businesses, i.e. up to 250 employees, who value the mental health and wellbeing of their staff and are working towards a workplace that puts the mental health and wellbeing of their staff at the heart of their business.
This category is aimed at companies which have excellent training, education and/or development practices.
This category will be awarded by the judging panel and is only open to the winners of each of the other categories. Each winner will be automatically considered. You cannot nominate yourself.