The judging criteria
The judges will look for evidence of excellence and best practice in every category, as well as understanding of the market, innovative thinking, cost-effectiveness and high standards.
The judging process
The judging process will take place in April and there will be two distinctly different judging groups. The first will judge the following categories:
- Health and Safety
- Environment
- People Management
- Lean Manufacturing (was Lean Business)
- Training and Development Award (+100 employees)
- Training and Development Award (-100 employees)
- Apprentice Award
These categories will be judged at the BPIF and marked by a panel of industry experts. The shortlisted companies will then be visited at their premises by the judging panel and marked against set criteria.
Entries into
- Improved Financial Performance
- E-Business
- Marketing
- Customer Service
- Global Business
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Application of Digital Technology
- Company of the Year (+100 employees)
- Company of the Year (-100 employees)
- Personal Improvement Award
- Entrepreneur
- Lifetime Achievement
will be judged at the offices of PrintWeek magazine. Expert judges will read through the submitted entries and any relevant support material submitted. The impact made by the initial entry material is of the utmost importance if entries are not to be eliminated at this stage. The judges will then discuss each individual entry and vote by secret ballot. Scores will determine which entries make the short-list.
Both finalists and non-finalists will be contacted and made aware of the results.
Who will judge the entries?
The BPIF and PrintWeek assemble a panel of judges under a chairman of the judges. A mixture of the BPIF’s in-house experts and independent specialists judge each category. The first round of judging is based on the written submissions to produce the shortlist for every category. For the Health & Safety, Environment, People Management, Training and Development and Lean Production Awards the shortlisted firms may be visited to determine the winner. Apprentices undergo a panel interview, as may the shortlist for Personal Improvement at the judges’ discretion.
The judges reserve the right to move entries to a category they deem to be more appropriate. A winner will be awarded in each category. At the judges’ discretion, a highly commended award may be made in any category if a shortlisted entry is deemed to be of a high enough standard.
