Launching your own business requires a whole range of skills and qualities and this award is designed to recognise and celebrate them.
If you are a manufacturer finding suppliers, getting your goods actually made and establishing a market are all major hurdles to be overcome.
We are looking for fledgling businesses in any sector which have successfully taken those first few steps.
You might only have been formed for a few months but you should not have been operating as a business for more than four years.
Sponsored by Hyndburn Enterprise Trust.
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