Still time to nominate

Lanarkshire entrepreneurs still have time to enter the 2021 Business Women Scotland Awards – and are being encouraged to do so.

The closing date for the event – which seeks to discover how businesses have grown in the past year, if they are start-ups that are being noticed, and find out about innovative social enterprises and sustainable enterprises – is September 3 at 6pm.

Themes of collaboration and sustainability are new categories in this year’s awards and will be recognised when the gongs are handed out at a live lunchtime ceremony on November 19 at Oran Mor in Glasgow.

Categories range from Rising Star of the Year and Established Business of the Year to Inspirational Woman of the Year.

New categories for 2021 include Collaboration Award, Sustainable Business Award and Women in Tech Award.

“This has been yet another tough year for businesses and now that we are opening up again it’s time that we celebrated each other’s achievements,” Lynne Kennedy MBE, founder of Business Women Scotland, told the Reformer.

Every business entering this year’s awards will receive a free six-month membership to Business Women Scotland.

Top prizes include business coaching from Kirsty Mac worth £900 and a business overview from Martin Aitken for the Business Woman of the Year.

And the overall winner will receive business coaching worth £3000 from Yvonne Webb at Action Coach, a business overview check with Martin Aitken and 10 weeks of advertising with Go Radio.

To enter, go online to https://www. bwsawards.co.uk/; this year’s awards will also be streamed live online for those who can’t make it along on the day.

Online ticket holders will each receive a goody bag to enjoy the awards from their home or office.