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There are 9 main categories in the Fife Business Awards as well as two special awards, awarded at the discretion of the judging panel. Entry to the Fife Business Awards is now closed.

  1. Most Enterprising Start-up Company  
    Sponsored by Avenue Scotland & supported by Business Gateway
    For businesses under three years old which show a high degree of entrepreneurship and vision for the future, with the potential for further growth and expansion in sales, turnover, profits and employment levels.

  2. Success through Innovation
    Sponsored by St Andrews University & supported by Fife Chamber of Commerce
    Open to businesses which have successfully developed innovative products, technologies or services, or which have developed innovative ways of doing business with customers. Entrants will show a high degree of creativity and dynamism and will be exploring ways to exploit their innovation to its fullest potential.

  3. Developing Your People
    Supported by Opportunities Fife
    Open to businesses which demonstrate commitment to the learning and development of their people and can illustrate how staff engagement has directly benefited the company.

  4. Success through Marketing & Sales
    Sponsored by Forth Ports & supported by the Federation of Small Businesses
    Open to businesses that can demonstrate new or sustained success through a market-lead approach to their business, resulting in increased sales, turnover, market share and profitability.

  5. Success through Sustainability
    Sponsored by Tullis Russell & supported by Green Business Fife
    For businesses that can demonstrate clear links between improvements to their company performance (increased productivity, profitability etc) through sustainable and environmental processes and practices, or for companies that have developed new business opportunities arising from emerging environmental technologies and practices.

  6. Best Performing Large and Small Company (Under/Over 50 Employees)
    Sponsored by Evans Easyspace & supported by SCDI
    For smaller businesses which can demonstrate dynamism, commitment to growth and success in achieving planned objectives. For larger businesses who have successfully grown their organisation and manage a larger workforce. Strong leadership and clearly defined strategic objectives will have shaped the company’s growth and development.

  7. Best Tourism Business
    Sponsored by the Fife Tourism Partnership  
    For tourism operators large and small that can clearly demonstrate success through high visitor numbers, repeat business and customer satisfaction.  Companies should also demonstrate their wider commitment to the region and to tourism in Scotland as a whole.

  8. Best Business in the Community
    Sponsored by Diageo & supported by Fife Council Economic & Regeneration Partnerships
    Open to businesses providing support to local physical improvements, helping to support local start-up businesses or other Corporate Social Responsibility activity benefiting the long term economic well-being of the local community.  This may be through helping to employ local workforce, improving the image of the area or using positive images of the area in marketing.

  9. Best Business & Education Partnership
    Sponsored by FiFab & supported by Fife Education Business Partnership Group
    For businesses that have recognised and embraced the opportunities for collaboration that exist within our local schools and education establishments and are working with pupils to develop a positive Culture of Enterprise.
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