This award will go to the Champion of Champions. All winners of the Business of the Year since the year 2000 will be invited to enter this prestigious 10th Anniversary award, to support your automatic entry, please consider the following points and enclose any additional information you feel should be noted by the judges. All candidates for Business of the Decade will receive two complimentary tickets for the awards evening.

• Demonstrate how you have grown significantly over the past 10 years.
• Give evidence of how you have increased market penetration.
• Show how you have developed innovative products/services/processes.
• Demonstrate your strong communications policy.
• How have you strengthened your balance sheet?
• Show how you have increased profits.
• How do you maintain quality throughout the organisation’s structure?
• Show how you have good employee/employer relations.

To enter this category online please click here , or click here for a downloadable entry form

Please send your completed entry from to: Elaine Hunt, Business Awards Committee, Guardian Series Newspapers, The Academy, 138 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2RU