The Growing Business Awards (GBAs) is an independent awards programme run in association with the CBI and Real Business Association.

The awards celebrate the achievements of the UK’s innovative high-growth businesses. However, it is not just well-established companies that the GBA honours; the awards welcome applications from new, innovative businesses.

The 2014 categories open to entries are as follows:
1. Entrepreneur of the Year
2. Innovator of the Year
3. Brand Builder of the Year
4. Young Entrepreneur of the Year
5. The “Made in Britain” Award
6. Growing Business of the Year
7. Retail Hero
8. Young Company of the Year
9. Export Champion of the Year
10. Digital Champion

Category winners will be presented with an award and benefit from the publicity, media promotion and brand exposure associated with the event. All Growing Business Awards winners receive automatic membership of the CBI, the UK’s premier business lobbying organisation, providing a voice for employers at a national and international level.  All UK based high-growth and entrepreneurial companies, regardless of size or stage of operations, may enter the awards.

2014 awards ceremony date and venue: 25 November 2014, London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square.

The deadline for entries to the 2014 round of awards is 19 September 2014.

(This report was the subject of a GRANTfinder Newsflash.)