YOUR
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BUSINESS
AWARDS
Poole Business Awards
Dorset Local Business Awards
Free and Easy to Enter
Across the County .... Across the Year
WHO ARE WE?
Recognising Brilliance, Rewarding Excellence
Welcome to the Poole Business Awards, the premier platform celebrating the business excellence in our community. Our mission is to recognise and reward local businesses that have made significant contributions to the local economy, business innovation, and community spirit.
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Entries are now closed for 2024
With the 2025 awards opening early in 2025 when you can just choose from the category boxes below. Just click on the enter or nominate (recommend) buttons in any of the categories you feel suit your business, or the one you wish to nominate and believe deserves an award.
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Local businesses are the backbone of the UK economy
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MEET SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS WINNERS
OUR 2024/25 CATEGORIES
​B2B Business of the Year Award
Excellence in Customer Service Award
Independent/Small Business of the Year Award
Green/Eco Award
Community Support
Best Place to Work Award
Business Person of the Year Award
Innovation Award
New Business of the Year
Café/Pub/Casual Dining
Family Business of the Year Award
Restaurant of the Year
Award
Young Entrepreneur
Award
HOW TO ENTER AND WHY YOU SHOULD
Awards Entries and Recommendations
You are able to enter the Poole Business Awards for Free! Whether you're a business owner or a local resident, you have the opportunity to recommend outstanding local businesses in multiple award categories as well as entering your own business.
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Why Enter? Being shortlisted/winning boosts team morale, raises your
business profile and can bring more PR and more customers. People are drawn to 'award-winning' businesses and trust them.
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Entry Process for Poole Business Awards
Participating in the Poole Business Awards process is a straightforward yet significant step towards recognising business excellence and innovation in Poole. Whether you are a business owner or a local resident, anyone can enter or recommend a business. Here's how
Step 1
Identify the Category
Step 2
Online
Submission
Step 3
Fill in the
Details
Step 4
Submit
Poole Business Awards Judges
The Poole Business Awards are judged by a group of independent judges. The process is entirely online and the judges do not know who the other judges are. They receive a brief and a copy of the entries and recommendations/nominations plus a voting spreadsheet.
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They vote in each category for their first choice, second and so on. They return the spreadsheet which is fed into the master sheet which tells us who are the winners.
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Independent voting for fairness.
OUR 23/24 SPONSORS
We at ActionCOACH are delighted to be the headline sponsor of the Poole Business Awards. The principle behind the awards are aligned with our own value at ActionCOACH. Two of our "points of culture" are "excellence" and "success", so we are proud to align with this initiative highlighting top-performing businesses across the area