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One week left to enter Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards 2025 - closing date is Friday, July 4




There is just one week left to enter the Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards 2025.

People have only a week to get their entries in to the judges for the event sponsored by Hegarty - the closing date for nominations is Friday, July 4.

Mercury editor Kerry Coupe said: “We really encourage every single business in Stamford, Rutland, Bourne and the Deepings to nominate today.

“There is a category for every type of business and you’ve got to be in it to win it - so what are you waiting for?

“It promises to be a fantastic evening celebrating local success and we want to make sure you’re a part of it.”

Judges from Alltech, PVS Media, CLM, Peter’s Cleaners, Pegasus Funding Solutions, Hegarty, South Kesteven District Council and Lincolnshire County Council will look at nominations across the different awards categories once entries close on July 4.

Making a nomination by going to www.mercurybusinessawards.co.uk is quick, simple and a great way to reward people for their service, staff, community-spirit, enterprise or green credentials.

Award sponsors, judges and shortlisted nominees will be invited to the grand awards ceremony at The Pavilion, Rutland Hall Hotel on the evening of Friday, September 19.

Attendees will be treated to a drinks reception, followed by a meal served with wine. The winners will then be unveiled during a glittering ceremony.

The awards are the most well-established of their kind in the area, recognising the very best businesses across Stamford, Rutland, Bourne and the Deepings.

Here are the categories:

Alltech logo
Alltech logo

Best New Start-Up - Sponsored by Alltech

Has your business been a roaring success in its infancy? Has it exceeded all your expectations or is it exactly on the right track, looking strong and with excellent prospects for the future? You may be a oneman band looking to expand, or you may have started at a larger scale and already proved your ideas work. This award is open to companies in business for up to three years from April 2025.

Best Independent Retailer -Open for sponsorship

This award celebrates the shops which make the Mercury area special and will be judged on financial performance, product and store innovation as well as excellent customer service.

Inspire Education Group
Inspire Education Group

Employee/Trainee the Year - Sponsored by Inspire Education Group

This award is for the employees or trainees making an exceptional contribution to their workplace and can demonstrate commitment to personal development, dedication to career progression, and outstanding levels of success. The judges will be looking for an outstanding contribution to the organisation and its success. Individuals should be nominated by their employers or line managers.

Team of the Year - Open for sponsorship

This award is to celebrate dedication and commitment to the business. The title will go to the team who always goes the extra mile and exceeds expectations within their company. The judges will be looking for a team who can demonstrate how their attitude, commitment, and dedication to their role have delivered significant benefits to the company they work for.

PVS Media
PVS Media

Business Innovation - Sponsored by PVS Media

This award will go to the organisation that can best demonstrate an ability to create, grow and develop innovations or processes that improve commercial performance or the prospects of the company.

Environmental Champion - Open for sponsorship

This award will be presented to the business that can demonstrate a commitment to reduce its carbon footprint with projects such as cutting its use of fossil fuels, caring for the natural environment, improving the use of resources by cutting waste, reducing pollution and increasing its environmental understanding.

Best Social Enterprise - Open for sponsorship

This award is open to charities and social enterprises who can demonstrate significant commercial and social impact of their activities. Judges will want to see clear evidence of commercial awareness and innovative strategies that complement the altruistic aims of the organisation.

CLM
CLM

Businessperson of the Year - Sponsored by CLM

The winner of this award will be an individual who stands out from the crowd, has an entrepreneurial spirit, demonstrates outstanding achievement and inspires others around them. The winner of this award will have been instrumental to the success of their business, growing the reputation of both their business and the area in which they operate.

The George Inn, Oakham
The George Inn, Oakham

Customer Care

This award will recognise the company, irrespective of size or sector, that can prove it really does put the customer first. Has your business excelled to help one customer in particular or perhaps you have introduced new ways of working to help every customer? The organisation must have objectives for high quality customer service and clear methods of monitoring and evaluating standards.

South Kesteven District Council
South Kesteven District Council

Small Business of the Year - Sponsored by South Kesteven District Council

This award is open to a business trading for more than three years with up to 20 employees and able to demonstrate excellence and innovation in its field, management with the ability to drive the business forward and funding arrangements and investment plans for the future of the business. It must show it understands its market and has arrangements to respond to change.

Large Business of the Year - Open for sponsorship

This award is open to a business trading for more than three years with more than 20 employees that can show evidence of business growth, a commitment to the local community, a business strategy and vision for the next three to five years, proven success and achievement during the past two years, management with the ability to drive the business forward and a genuine commitment to its staff.

With grateful thanks to our headline sponsor Hegarty, category sponsors CLM, Inspire Education Group, South Kesteven District Council, Alltech and PVS Media, event programme sponsor The George Inn Oakham and host and winners’ champagne sponsor Rutland Hall Hotel.

Mercury Business Awards
Mercury Business Awards

MAKE A NOMINATION

Any business within the Mercury’s news coverage area can enter from now until the deadline of Friday, July 4. Businesses can enter a maximum of three categories and give as much information as possible. The entry form is at www.mercurybusiness awards.co.uk

After the closing date, the judging panel will shortlist three finalists in each category. The finalists will be contacted by the judges before the winner is revealed at the ceremony.



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