Business of the Year Awards 2025 – entries now open

Entries are now open for the Business of the Year Awards 2025.

Business across the region have until Friday, March 14 to compile an entry, so check out the awards website – businessoftheyearawards.co.uk/#northwest – to find out more and download the simple entry form.

The annual awards ceremony is a key event in the business calendar and recognises companies that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in their industry and continue to contribute to the North West business community.

The North West Business of the Year Awards 2025, will once again be backed by an impressive array of headline sponsors CMS, PwC, RBC Brewin Dolphin, and Robert Walters.

The awards will celebrate and honour the very best of businesses of all sizes and sectors across the North West.

In a repeat of the highly successful formula of the 2024 awards, all the winners will be selected by a rigorous judging process that will see all the companies visited by members of our judging panel, before a shortlisting process.

Award winners 2024

Each company on the shortlist will then be invited to present to the judges why they should win an award, with the winners revealed at a high-profile awards evening at The Midland, Manchester on October 15.

TheBusinessDesk.com’s joint managing director, Alex Turner, said: “The North West Business of the Year Awards is a collaborative effort between TheBusinessDesk.com and our partners CMS, PwC, RBC Brewin Dolphin, Robert Walters and Verlingue.

“We are looking forward to reaching more businesses than ever before and, with the new judging process, choosing shortlists and winners that really represent the very best performers in the region.

“It remains challenging for many businesses, but businesses across the North West have also shown great resilience by pushing through to become stronger and better and we are looking forward to hearing from them.”

There are 15 categories to enter, and as with previous years, the Ambassador award will be chosen by the judges.

• Start Up
• Sustainability
• Community Impact
• Employer of the Year
• International Trade
• Investment
• Family Business
• Small Business (up to 50 employees)
• Medium Business (51-250 employees)
• Large Business (251+ employees)
• Fast Growth Business
• One to Watch
• Chief Executive of the Year
• Ambassador

The North West Business of the Year Awards 2025 will be backed by headline sponsors CMS, PwC, RBC Brewin Dolphin, Robert Walters and Verlingue.