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South Wales Business Awards 2012

South Wales Business Awards 2012

HI Guys

It’s time for the South Wales Business Awards. It seems as if it was only a few weeks ago that we were celebrating the winners of 2011, on what was a great night for the South Wales Business Community.

This year’s awards is our fifth anniversary and is being held at the Bear Hotel on Friday the 21st September 2012, and will be hosted by one of Welsh television and radio’s most popular presenters - Sara Edwards.

Applications

Applications for the awards will be accepted from the 2nd May 2012. Closing date for applications is Friday13th July 2012, with nominations being announced on Monday 23rd July 2012.

Nominations will be posted on this blog at 9am on the 23rd July 2012, as well as nominees being notified by e-mail.

An application pack and information guide can be downloaded from this site. However, should you have any difficulties, please feel free to e-mail us info@ws-marketing.co.uk , and we’ll be happy to send one over to you.

Please send all completed applications to info@ws-marketing.co.uk or WS Marketing, 14 Vale Court, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, CF71 7ES. (Please note: hard copies of applications forms cannot be returned.)  

Don't forget to catch the latest awards announcements on this blog and also on twitter @marketingws and @bizrescriptive

Prizes

There is also an opportunity to win some superb prizes courtesy of WS Marketing, and The Centre for Enterprise, University of Glamorgan. Each category winner will receive a trophy, certificate, bottle of wine and half a day of support from WS Marketing.

Please Note:  As a part of the new category for 2012, the overall winner of the Bridgend Business of the Year Award 2012 will receive:

·         Free publicity within the Bridgend Business Forum PR campaign.

·         A trophy and certificate

·         A bottle of champagne

·         Two free places at the Bridgend Business Forum Christmas lunch, taking place on the 14 December 2012

The winner of the South Wales Business Awards 2012 will also receive a full business review from a Centre for Enterprise, University of Glamorgan academic (valued at over £1,000).

Awards PR

The South Wales Business Awards will be conducting an extensive PR campaign in the build up to the event. As a part of that process, our blog will be used to provide a PR window for all nominees. Each week in the build up, we will focus on a different category. In due course we will be in touch to gather some info from nominees to help us with this process.

Sponsors

The South Wales Business Awards would like to offer a huge thank you to our sponsors. This year’s event is brought to you in association with: Bridgend Business Forum, Centre for Enterprise - University of Glamorgan, Careers Wales and Business in Focus.