Surrey Board Of Trade Business Excellence Awards

CKNW is a proud partner of the Surrey Board of Trade, the SBOT is looking for nominations for outstanding businesses in Surrey to nominate for the Business Excellence Awards!

This Surrey Board of Trade awards program celebrates Business in Surrey – a great place to live, learn and work! The businesses featured each year – the nominees and finalists – have reached a special point of business success. The Surrey Board of Trade for the past 19 years have celebrated Surrey businesses in this way. During the awards program that takes place in November, attendees learn what the Surrey Board of Trade represents to their business members which is; economic opportunity, workplace development and education, international trade, government advocacy and business connections. The 2017 event will take place on November 2, 2017.

ABOUT THE AWARDS
The objective of the awards is to help local businesses and organizations improve their performance while providing an introduction to business assessment and business excellence models.

HOW TO NOMINATE
Anyone can nominate a business or individual for a Surrey Business Excellence Award and self-nominations are accepted. A Surrey Board of Trade membership is not required, although the business must have a Surrey business license.

CRITERIA

• Categories 1 – 3: Number of employees is based on equivalent full-time employees
• Categories 1 – 5: Businesses must have been in business for more than 3 years
• Category 6: Business must have been in operation for a minimum of 6 months and no longer than 3 years.
• Category 7: Nominees must be 30 years or younger, and own a Surrey-based business.
• The business premises must be located within Surrey and have a current Surrey business license
• Previous winners in a particular category are ineligible for 3 years following the year in which they won
• Completed nomination packages shall not exceed 10 pages including all attachments, not stapled.
• Nomination applications must be completed in full to be accepted by the judging panel, including letter of financial health and copy of business license.