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Entry Deadline: Thursday 19 March
Pricing | Entry Price: £170 +VAT
Recognising and rewarding business excellence in horticulture
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Recognising and rewarding business excellence in horticulture The Horticulture Week Business Awards is the only awards programme in the UK recognising business excellence across horticulture and related industries.
In June 2020 the most focused, driven and ambitious businesses from all sectors of the industry will meet to reward and celebrate the success of their peers.
From production, to retail, to landscape and more, the evening is an opportunity for businesses of all shapes and sizes to meet and talk with peers, customers and suppliers at what is the pre-eminent business-networking event of the year.
The event is the starting point for a unique year-round package of business benefits for shortlisted entrants and winners including:
• All shortlisted entrants benefit from individual promotion to Horticulture Week’s 120,000+ monthly audience ensuring recognition among potential customers for your achievements
• All winners benefit from a unique year-round programme of in-depth editorial coverage and social media securing 12 months worth of high-value promotion to potential customers
• A permanent place on Horticulture Week’s online Business Leaders Gallery ensuring lasting recognition for your achievements.
SubmissionWhen entering your submission, the online entry system will ask you to submit:
• Awards entry summary (up to 200 words) This should be an overview of the entry – this will be used for promotional purposes if you are shortlisted. We therefore
request that you don’t include any confidential information within this.
• Main written submission (minimum 500 words, up to 1500 words) This is the basis on which you will be judged. This entry should show how you meet all of the criteria in your chosen
category. The main submission will need to be inputted directly into the online system. You can type this directly into the system or can copy text from another document, but please ensure the document has no formatting, bullet points or pictures as these won’t appear in the system.
• Supporting materials (minimum two photos) • Please upload at least two images to support your entry. The images need to be a colour JPEG or PDF (minimum of
300 dpi) and must illustrate your entry. You may upload up to a maximum of 5 images.
• You may upload any additional support material that relate to your entry (e.g. links to videos, testimonials, financial information, etc)
EligibilityThe awards will recognise work that was carried out or completed during the two year period from January 2018 - January 2020. Please note that if you are entering the same piece of work as last year, you will need to be able to show new results and improvements since your submission last year.
The organisers reserve the right to retain entries and images for subsequent publication. Descriptions of submissions from winners and runners-up will be published in connection with the awards. Entrants may mark certain sensitive parts of their entry ‘Confidential’ or not for publication. This will be respected.
General Information
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General Business CategoriesFor all General Business Categories, the judging panel will be looking for evidence of outstanding business achievement in key areas such as:
• Community engagement • Customer satisfaction • Business innovation
• Business development • Sales & marketing • Operational standards
• Sourcing & merchandising • Employee development
1. High growth business of the year This award is open to businesses from any sector of the horticulture industry including garden retail, production,
landscape and arboriculture, and which have experienced exceptional growth and financial performance.
Previous winners include Bridge Farm Nursery and Tong Garden Centre.
2. Wonderful workplace of the year This award is open to businesses of all sizes from any sector of the horticulture industry including garden
retail, production, landscape or arboriculture and which have demonstrated excellence in the promotion and implementation of an outstanding workplace.
Previous winners include Artemis Tree Services and Majestic Trees.
3. Business innovation of the year This award is open to businesses of all sizes from any sector of the horticulture industry including garden retail,
production, landscape or arboriculture and which have illustrated exceptional innovation in any aspect of the business leading to commercial success.
Previous winners include Modiform and Porters Fuchsias.
4 Best sales or marketing campaign This award is open to businesses of all sizes from any sector of the horticulture industry including garden retail, production,
landscape and arboriculture and which have demonstrated outstanding achievement in sales and marketing.
Previous winners include Farplants and Modiform.
5. New business of the year This award is open to new businesses (standalone or business diversification) from any horticulture sector including
garden retail, production, landscape and arboriculture and launched within the past three years.
Previous winners include Mee Farmers and Westlands Farm.
6. Digital initiative of the year This award is open to businesses of all sizes from any sector of the horticulture industry including garden retail,
production, landscape and arboriculture, and which have demonstrated exceptional innovation in the application of new technology leading to commercial success.
Previous winners include Hayes Garden World.
Categories
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Categories
Production Business CategoriesFor all Production Business Categories, the judging panel will be looking for evidence of outstanding business achievement in relevant areas such as:
• Financial performance • Environmental management
• Product development • Customer satisfaction
• Production management • Business innovation
• Operational standards • Business development
• Sales & marketing • Employee development
7. Nursery stock grower of the year This award is open to commercial growers supplying Nursery Stock to retail, wholesale or landscape markets.
Previous winners include New Leaf Plants and Wyevale Nurseries.
8. Glasshouse grower of the year This award is open to commercial growers supplying crops grown under glass including Bedding Plants, Pot Plants,
Salad Vegetables or Cut Flowers to retail and/or wholesale customers.
Previous winners include Chrysanthemums Direct.
9. Fruit grower of the year This award is open to commercial growers supplying Soft Fruit and/or Top Fruit to retail or wholesale customers.
Previous winners include A R Neaves & Sons, Berry Garden, Boxford Farms and Clock House Farm.
10. Plant cash & carry of the year This award is open to plant suppliers providing Nursery Stock off-the-shelf to landscape contractors, designers,
retailers and other trade customers.
11. Ornamental plant launch of the year This award is open to a breeder, commercial grower or agent responsible for the launch of a new ornamental variety
or plant range onto the UK market within the past 24 months.
Previous winners include Wyevale Nurseries.
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Garden Retail Business CategoriesFor all Garden Retail Business Categories, the judging panel will be looking for evidence of outstanding business achievement in key areas such as:
• Financial performance • Customer satisfaction
• Business/Retail innovation • Operational standards
• Business development • Sales & marketing
• Sourcing & merchandising • Environmental management
• Employee development
12. Best new-build, refurbishment or extension This award is open to all garden retail businesses or outlets which have completed a new-build garden centre, an
extension to an existing outlet (e.g. a new restaurant), a rebuild, refit or re-launch.
Previous winners include Longacres Garden Centres and Pugh’s Garden Village.
13. Garden centre outlet of the year (South) This award is open to garden retail businesses or outlets in operation for a minimum of three years in any of the
following regions: South East, South West or Greater London.
14. Garden centre outlet of the year (Midlands) This award is open to garden retail businesses or outlets in operation for a minimum of three years in any of the
following regions: East of England, East Midlands West Midlands or Wales.
15. Garden centre outlet of the year (North) This award is open to garden retail businesses or outlets in operation for a minimum of three years in the following
regions: North West, North East, Yorkshire & the Humber, Scotland or N. Ireland.
Previous garden centre outlet winners include The Old Moat Garden Centre and Café, North One Garden Centre Tong Garden Centre.
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Landscape Business CategoriesFor all Landscape Business Categories, the judging panel will be looking for evidence of outstanding business achievement in relevant areas such as:
• Financial performance • Project management • Customer satisfaction
• Business Innovation • Operational standards • Business development
• Sales & marketing • Environmental management • Employee development
16. Contractor of the Year This award is open to landscape, grounds maintenance and/or arboriculture contractors. Previous winners include Artemis Tree Services, Ground Control and Glendale
17. Landscape designer of the year This award is open to landscape architect and landscape/garden designers.
Previous winners include Building Design Partnership, Churchman Landscape Architects and Jon Sheaff and Associates
Professional Supplier Categories For all Professional Supplier Categories, the judging panel will be looking for evidence of outstanding business achievement in relevant areas such as:
• Customer satisfaction • Business Innovation • Operational standards
• Financial performance • Business development • Sales & marketing
• Environmental management • Project management • Employee development
18. Landscape supplier of the year This award is open to suppliers of products and/or services to landscape, grounds maintenance and/or arboriculture contractors.
19. Garden retail supplier of the year This award is open to suppliers of products and/or services to garden retail businesses.
20. Production supplier of the year This award is open to suppliers of products and/or services to commercial growers.
21. International supplier of the year This award is open to overseas suppliers to the UK providing products or services to businesses in any sector of the
horticulture industry including garden retail, production, landscape and arboriculture.
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