Small Business Champion 2008 - Open for entries

The FSB has launched British Small Business Champions 2008 - the sole national awards scheme for small businesses.

Entries are invited from thriving businesses that are well run and highly regarded by staff and customers. Businesses have to have been trading for at least five years at the time of entering and employ no more than fifty staff.

Across the UK, six Area Champions will be chosen and these six businesses will go forward to the national final. One business will be chosen as the National Champion and scoop the top prize of £10,000.

For BSBC 2008 there are two additional categories: Young Entrepreneur and Most Promising New Business, both sponsored by AIMS Accountants. These have been chosen as a way for the FSB to show support for the new generation of up-and-coming businesses. Entries in both will go straight to national judging.

BSBC was launched by the Federation of Small Businesses in 2002. It is now firmly established as the most prestigious and highly valued of business awards for the small business sector.

The prizes for BSBC 2008 are: £1,000 each to the Area Champions, the Young Entrepreneur and the Most Promising New Business, to be spent in the way winners wish as long as it benefits their business.

The National Champion's prize includes a cash award of £10,000, also to be spent in a way that benefits their business.

For more information, visit the FSB website.