Business Awards

Welcome to the Godiva Awards 2009

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The Business Awards are sponsored by Coventry University

Open to all, the six categories are individually judged by a specialist panel of judges. 

All entries must be received by 1 August 2009.

Download the Godiva Awards 2009 Brochure.

The award categories are:

  • Best New Venture
  • Best Business
  • Best Conference Venue
  • Best Customer Service
  • Best Business Innovation
  • Best Family Friendly Venture


To be considered for any of the six awards, register your business by downloading and completing the application form for the appropriate category.

Each Business award has individual criteria set which must be met during the submission process for each category, where you must show clear examples of progress or achievement in all of them so that they can be judged by our select panel when the application process closes. You can find a full set of criteria for each award, a description of what each award constitutes and a download form to enter online below each category. If you do not have a full version of Microsoft Word or a compatible package, you will need to download the free Word Viewer to view these documents.

Best New Venture


Best New Venture rewards major innovation that’s taken place within new or existing businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire in the last two years.

• Vision
• Uniqueness
• Understanding your Customer
• Enterprise

Download the Best New Venture Application form

 

Best Business


This award is open to all sectors of business within Coventry and Warwickshire. Whether you are a shop, café, bar, hotel, gym, theatre or conference centre, we want to hear from you.

• Promotion
• Uniqueness
• Added Value
• Qualities

Download the Best Business application form

 

Best Conference Venue


If your venue has recently drawn new business to the area, let us know. As one of the UK’s leading national and international conference destinations, Coventry and Warwickshire has a wide variety of conferencing venues ranging from castles to sports centres and it’s time they were rewarded.

• Qualities
• Customer Service
• Ambition
• Marketing

Download the Best Conference application form

 

Best Customer Service


Does your business exceed customer expectations? Have you improved your services and recently invested in your staff?

• Communication
• Research Customer Needs
• Monitoring Service
• Improving Service

Download the Best Customer Service application form


Best Business Innovation


Does your business demonstrate superior standards in innovation at work? Do you use equality and diversity across your business to exceed customer expectations? Then you could be legible for this brand new award for 2009.

• Creativity
• Customer Focus
• Sustainable Development
• Profitability

Download the Best Business Innovation application form


Best Family Friendly Venture


Does your business look after the particular needs of families? Does it provide extra disability facilities and areas for children? If you have made special provisions for parents, carers and their families, let us know.

• Research Customer Needs
• Monitoring Service
• Achievements & Success
• Unique Selling Point

Download the Best Family Friendly Venture application form


Please Note: You cannot enter the same award if you were a winner in the previous year, but other awards are available for you to enter, and you can enter as many as you would like. You can find a full set of criteria for each award, a description of what each award constitutes on the download form for each category:

Best New Venture Application form

Best Business application form

Best Conference application form

Best Customer Service application form

Best Business Innovation application form

Best Family Friendly Venture application form
 

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