Categories

Welcome to the categories page. Here you can see the range of awards your business can enter. If you are interested in any of the mentioned awards you can contact Strategem.

If you have any questions about the categories, then please contact:

Strategem
1 Woodside Terrace,
Glasgow, G3 7UY

0141 331 2991
utaylor@strategem.co.uk

Bank of Scotland Corporate Award for Most Outstanding Business

Sponsored by Bank of Scotland Corporate

A special Award designed to acknowledge a unique achievement or contribution from a local business. The winning organisation will be selected from the winners of all the Glasgow Business Award categories. Back to Top

 



Glasgow Business Award for Best Performing Business (25 employees or under)


Sponsored by Dunning Design Ltd

This award is intended for small businesses with 25 employees or under, which have established a clear product/service offering and can demonstrate dynamism, commitment to growth and success in achieving planned objectives. Successful smaller businesses should be able to demonstrate a clearly defined vision for developing and growing the business in terms of both turnover and employment. Entrants should be able to demonstrate a clear business focus and strong sales record. Staff development and involvement of the workforce in the growth of the business, innovative approaches to product/service differentiation and proactive relations with customers and suppliers will be key characteristics of successful organisations. While demonstrating entrepreneurial characteristics, successful organisations will have systems in place to measure performance effectively, particularly in terms of financial controls. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Best Performing Business (over 25 employees)

Sponsored by the Glasgow Employer Coalition

Aimed at larger businesses which have successfully grown their organisation and now operate with over 25 employees. Successful organisations will demonstrate key characteristics such as strong leadership and a clearly defined vision for achieving growth through strategic objectives. Performance throughout the organisation will be effectively measured and the organisational culture will demonstrate an approach to business, based on encouraging employee development, creativity and empowerment. Employees will demonstrate strong proactive relationships with customers and suppliers. Entrants should be able to present a strong performance record and explain how their business differentiates itself from the competition. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Sustainable Development


Sponsored by Scottish Water

Sustainable Development is how the economic, social and environmental elements of business and society connect. Successful applications in this category will require to show how their organisation is a responsible business, focused on achieving the key priority areas of sustainable consumption and production through working towards achieving more with less; natural resource protection and environmental enhancement; creating places where people want to work and live now and in the future through sustainable communities; and confronting the challenge of climate change and energy. Applicants in this category should demonstrate a clearly-defined understanding of sustainable development issues in relation to their business, the actions they have implemented as a responsible business through a policy geared towards sustainable development. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Creative Marketing


Sponsored by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau

Entrant organisations will have successfully developed and implemented creative marketing strategies and innovative ways of doing business with customers. They will show a high degree of creativity and dynamism in exploring ways to market their product or service to its fullest market potential. Entrants will demonstrate how the impact of the marketing strategy is measured across the business and describe how it has had a positive impact upon your business and the marketplace. Entrants will demonstrate key characteristics, for example, excellent client relations and effective approaches to business and staff development and recognising the contribution from staff when dealing with customers. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Excellence in Skills and Learning


Sponsored by the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP)

Open to organisations which demonstrate commitment to the learning and development of the workforce, and where appropriate, the supply chain. Organisations should prioritise the pursuit of business excellence through the knowledge and skills of their staff. Successful organisations in this category will demonstrate a strategic commitment to learning throughout the organisation, recognising the importance of the continual development of staff skills. Improvement in skills levels and achievement of externally-recognised accreditation should be translating into quantifiable benefits to the company. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for International Business


Sponsored by Glasgow City Council Business Support

Open to organisations which are successful in exporting and committed to continued growth in their international business (outside the UK). Entrants will show expertise in planning and managing an export strategy including managing currency fluctuations and credit control. Effective sales, marketing and distribution strategies will be in place and the organisation will be making great efforts to ensure that products are suitable or adapted for international markets.Successful organisations entering this category will be prioritising international activities within their overall organisational strategy and will be managing their overseas business proactively and professionally. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Contribution to Local Employment Partnerships (LEPs)


Sponsored by Jobcentre Plus

This award will recognise the outstanding contribution made by employers and partners involved in LEPs - the Government's new partnership approach to help disadvantaged jobseekers back into work. Entrants will be able to demonstrate what steps they have taken to open up opportunities for people who, for whatever reason, have not yet been able to take advantage of the employment opportunities that are out there. For employers this can involve changes or enhancements they have made to their recruitment methods to offer people opportunities to get back into the workplace and progress. Submissions from partners would show what initiatives they have implemented to support the LEP agenda. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Business Leader of the Year


Sponsored by Crowne Plaza Glasgow

This award recognises the contribution of an individual who has inspired and motivated others and maintained a consistency of purpose throughout periods of change, leading their team or organisation to significant organisational success. Individuals will have developed and ensured delivery of the organisation’s mission and vision. They will have developed organisational values and systems and reinforced these through their own actions and behaviours. Back to Top

Glasgow Business Award for Business Deal of the Year


Sponsored by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce

Open to any business that has done an exceptional deal in any aspect of its activities in the last year. This could be a deal that had a major effect on the business, and/or has had a particularly positive effect on the city. Successful organisations will demonstrate the strategic nature of the deal(s) worked on, their complexity including structure and negotiation to completion, the financial requirements of the deal and the groundbreaking or innovative nature of the deal(s). Back to Top

Evening Times Award for Glasgow's Favourite Business


Sponsored by Evening Times

This is a non-application Award which will be promoted by our Media Partner, Evening Times and voted for by the Glasgow public. Back to Top