Tenon's Award
As the leading adviser to entrepreneurs in the UK, Tenon wants to identify and reward entrepreneurial ambition and success through a high-profile awards programme. We have created and sponsored a category at the National Business Awards entitled The Tenon Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit. To learn more about the National Business Awards click here or to visit their website click here.
Achieving a National Business Award is recognised as the highest business accolade in the UK and the awards programme is supported by The Daily Telegraph & The Sunday Telegraph as the media sponsors. This is the second year Tenon has sponsored the awards.
The 2007 Tenon Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit was won by Summit Media, the UK’s leading internet marketing and e-commerce specialist.
Hedley Aylott, its managing director, said, “When we entered this award, then in its first year, we thought the criteria fitted Summit Media to a tee. They were looking for dynamic companies with creative, entrepreneurial drive, skilled at adapting to market changes quickly and succinctly and a record of identifying and exploiting market opportunities. We thought it was tailor-made for us to win – and I’m delighted that the judges agreed!"
To learn more about the winner of 2007 click here
The Tenon Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit aims to recognise entrepreneurial success throughout the UK. The judges, who include Tenon’s Chief Executive Andy Raynor are looking for a dynamic organisation that has a creative appetite, entrepreneurial drive and an exciting track record of identifying and exploiting market opportunities. The organisation will be striving to better serve the needs of existing customers and/or create new customer segments which contribute to the improvement of their own business performance. A list of ten finalists will be announced in August and the winner of Tenon’s award will be announced at the award ceremony on 18th November 2008.
Andy Raynor from Tenon, said "We’re very much looking forward to identifying the companies who have the entrepreneurial spirit and drive to create a successful business through the vision, determination and willingness to do the unexpected."
If you feel your business has the entrepreneurial flair that’s required then please click here to attain an application form. Should you have any further questions about the award, then please visit The National Business Awards website and review their frequently asked questions section click here or e-mail nationalbusinessawards
To review the other awards categories available for 2008 please click hereAbout the National Business Awards
The National Business Awards are referred to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as the ‘Business Oscars’. The awards started in 2002 and every year it represents a third of the UK’s GDP.
The coveted National Business Awards has approximately 1200 business leaders, Parliamentarians and other VIPs in attendance at a prestigious gala ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
The Awards recognise and reward excellence, innovation and success and is uniquely open to organisations of all sizes and from any industry sector – public or private. The purpose of the awards is to allow the best British businesses to showcase their achievements and benchmark their successes against firms and bodies of all types.
Many businesses apply for the awards including well know large businesses such as Barclays, Innocent Drinks and Jaguar as well as smaller entrepreneurial businesses.
To learn more about the awards visit: www.nationalbusinessawards.comHow to Apply
The below timeline highlights the procedure for the awards should you wish to enter.
| Task | Date |
|---|---|
| Open for Entries | 1 April 2008 |
| Complete application form by | 31 July 2008 |
| Independent judging panel reviews all entries | 13-15 August 2008 |
| Finalist announcement | 27 August 2008 |
| Presentation to judges | September – October 2008 |
| The National Business Awards dinner | 18 November 2008 |
Previous Winners
Winner of the 2007 Award - Summit Media
Summit Media is an online marketing and strategy company that also provides specialist e-commerce platforms. With its passion, enthusiasm and 'Summit Spirit' the company takes a holistic approach to online communications assisting clients at every point. It has a policy of rehabilitating ex-offenders and reinvesting in product development.
Winner Hedley Aylott of Summit Media and presenter Andy Raynor of Tenon
The finalists for Tenon's Entrepreneurial Spirit Award 2007 were as follows:
- > IntraLinks – Produces online work spaces (London)
- > The Book People – Book seller direct to workplaces (Godalming)
- > Rare Basic - supplies innovative and cutting-edge display and design solutions to the retail industry (London)
- > Call Connection – Call Handling Centre (Ipswich)
- > Plantec Holdings – Claims Management Company, specialising in motorcycle claims. (Southport)
- > Disruptive – Producer of audio equipment for Ipods, MP3 players and mobile phones. (High Wycombe)
- > Hill McGlynn – Construction recruitment specialists (Southampton)
- > Seal Events and Lime Food Design – Events Management Company and boutique catering company (Aldwick)
- > Inscape Interiors - manufacture, supply, installation and plumbing of high performance washroom and changing facilities to the commercial construction industry (Chorley)
- > Summit Media – online marketing and strategy company (East Yorkshire)