{"id":2115849,"date":"2026-08-20T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/?p=2115849"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:39:58","slug":"do-you-have-an-international-growth-success-story-to-tell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2115849-do-you-have-an-international-growth-success-story-to-tell-2","title":{"rendered":"Do you have an international growth success story to tell?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have an international growth success story to tell? Then don&#8217;t miss the chance to enter our new Growth Awards 2027.<\/p>\n<p>This award is for businesses that have successfully entered new international markets and built something sustainable there.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for a genuine growth story \u2014 the decision to go, the challenge of getting there, and the commercial reality of what was built.<\/p>\n<p>Entries should tell us:<\/p>\n<p>Which market or markets, and why?<\/p>\n<p>How did the business approach entry, and what did it underestimate?<\/p>\n<p>What does the international operation look like today?<\/p>\n<p>What has international growth meant for the wider business?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2115615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-300x108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-1024x367.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-768x276.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-1536x551.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-200x72.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-500x179.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors-600x215.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/_files\/images\/aug_26\/West-Mids-growth-sponsors.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>To enter the awards, sponsored nationally by Brown Shipley, with \u00a0international accounting, tax, audit, advisory, and business services group Azets joining as headline sponsor in the West Midlands, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.growthawards.uk\/westmidlands\">West Midlands Growth Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The International category is one of 12 awards in the new West Midlands Growth Awards, which celebrate the companies, teams and individuals driving business growth across the region.<\/p>\n<p>The awards span three strands \u2013 Company, Team and Individual \u2013 with categories recognising everything from turnaround success and international expansion to finance, technology, people and board excellence.<\/p>\n<p>An overall Growth Business of the Year will be chosen from the category winners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sales@thebusinessdesk.com\">There is still an opportunity to sponsor the first Growth Awards, and meet some of the region\u2019s most exciting businesses. Please contact sales@thebusinessdesk.com to find out more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t miss the chance to enter our new Growth Awards 2027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2114034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57364,120784],"coauthors":[160],"class_list":["post-2115849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-events","tag-black-country","tag-coventry-and-warwickshire","tag-featured-story","tag-greater-birmingham","tag-shropshire","tag-staffordshire","tag-worcestershire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do you have an international growth success story to tell? | TheBusinessDesk.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don&#039;t miss the chance to enter our new Growth Awards 2027\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2115849-do-you-have-an-international-growth-success-story-to-tell-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do you have an international growth success story to tell? 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