The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards are the UK's largest awards program celebrating the best of British business. With a year-long program of networking events, the awards program not only celebrates companies from all industries, championing sustainability, diversity and equality, but creates a community of like-minded businesses and entrepreneurs that have triumphed throughout the year.
Sarah Austin, Director of the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards, believes that excellence is never an accident, saying: “It is the direct result of great intention, sincere effort and intelligent execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
Having worked in the events space for two decades, Austin spent much of her career delivering the annual National Business Awards, before launching the British Business Excellence Awards in 2021. Sarah's inauguration of this awards program custom not only fueled his enduring enthusiasm for hosting business events. , but it also enabled her global company, Empowered Events, to advocate for SMEs.
Previous awards nights, held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, featured guests Sir Trevor McDonald, Naga Munchetty, David Harewood, Maisie Adam and Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who commented: “The BBEA is the big renaissance of big British business.
Diverse and inclusive
With Lloyds Bank as title sponsor of the awards for the fourth consecutive year, The Independent as official media partner and numerous sponsors on board, including Business in the Community and the Department of Business and Commerce, 2024 will be even bigger and better.
To make the awards program even more inclusive, three new award categories have been announced: the FTSE 100 Business of the Year Award, the Customer Loyalty Award and the New Founder of the Year Award.
The FTSE 100 Business of the Year award is intended to celebrate excellence among the UK's 100 largest capitalized blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. AstraZeneca, Marks & Spencer Group, Rolls Royce Holdings, Shell, Taylor Wimpey and Unilever are just some of the companies that make up the FTSE 100.
The Customer Loyalty Award is aimed at companies that can demonstrate the highest levels of loyalty, commitment and customer experience, whether by creating outstanding service, building long-term relationships with customers, having a high level of referrals or repeat business or continually adapting to win. a competitive advantage.
Highlighting founders who have launched their first company in the last 18 to 24 months, the New Founder of the Year Award is for those who can demonstrate entrepreneurial aptitude, business acumen, vision, ambition, innovation and drive to build a successful company. .
The new awards complement the other 15 award categories available, including the Technology Business of the Year Award, the Innovation Award, the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Lloyds Bank Sustainable Business of the Year Award, the Department Business and Trade Exporter of the Year Award and The Lloyds Bank DE&I Champion of the Year Award.
Creating a legacy
Previous years' award winners include Frenchic, Octopus Energy, Cleanology, Revive Collagen and Black Business Show.
While previous judges for the prestigious awards program have included Paul Morrison, UK Education Leader and I at Zoom, Jonathan Caswell, Director of Origination at LDC, Lizzie Carter, Founder of OnlyCurls, Maja Gedosev, Managing Director of Europe at JetBlue Airways and Francesca Pittaway, Chief Commercial Officer of Not on Main Street. In 2023, 1,200 business owners, employees, partners and sponsors attended the 2023 awards ceremony, coming from 155 companies from all different sectors.
The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2024 will take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, on Tuesday 12th.th November. More information and award entry forms can be found at British Business Excellence Awards Site and the registration deadline is Friday the 14thth June 2024.
Those taking part in the awards will have access to a full calendar of events from now until November, with networking events taking place at prestigious venues such as St Paul's Cathedral, Tate Modern and exclusive VIP locations, as well as the evening after the awards. events.
Find out more about the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2024, the award categories and criteria and how to enter here
