This award seeks to celebrate and acknowledge businesses in the sport and fitness sector for your dedication and commitment to helping people improve their fitness and achieve their goals. This award will celebrate your inclusivity, customer focus and excellence. It will recognise businesses that have been able to adapt to the changing expectations of customers, demonstrated effective leadership and are continually innovating to succeed. This award is for any business in the sports and fitness sector – including but not limited to Gyms, Yoga, Pilates or Meditation Studios, Football Clubs, Online Coaching, Sportwear Clothing Brands, Fitness Apps, Wellness Retreats, Sports Marketing etc.
Your business may have:
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A clear vision, purpose and long-term strategy for success
Demonstrated excellent knowledge in your industry and great customer service
Examples of the impact you have made in your industry.
Sponsored by: London Borough of Merton
This award will celebrate talented, tenacious and dedicated female leaders and entrepreneurs - recognising those that have made it to the top and are paving the way for other women to follow. The outstanding individual should have a flair for innovation, exceptional leadership skills, strategic vision and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
You should demonstrate:
The impact you are making in the business or in your industry
Exceptional vision and leadership in business
Brand building success
An entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and a strong vision for the company evements and plans for even more success.
Sponsored by: WSM Advisors
This sought-after award will recognise businesses that are offering outstanding customer service. The winner will be decided by a public vote, so a great opportunity for the public to sing the praises of those who they feel go above and beyond in the name of great service.
We are looking for a business that:
Exceeds customers’ expectations before, during and after using their services
Invests in building long term relationships
Creates new ideas to enhance the customer experience Provides a service that is consistently outstanding
If you know a business worthy of this customer service award, then vote for them now.
Sponsored by: London Borough of Merton
This award is for businesses that have started in the last two years and are really getting noticed for what you do. We are seeking to reward and celebrate businesses that have exceeded your targets for growth and can demonstrate excellence in developing the business through significant innovation. The award will recognise businesses that have been able to adapt to the changing expectations of customers, demonstrated effective leadership and are continually innovating to succeed.
Your business may have:
Examples of how you have met and overcome challenges
Developed initiatives that have set the foundations in place for future success
Evidence of growth in customers and/or revenue Examples of the impact you have made in your industry
Sponsored by: Hartley Fowler Chartered Accountants
This category is for businesses that invest in their employees and know the benefits that arise from attracting, developing and retaining staff. We want to hear from businesses that provide a work environment that is welcoming and full of opportunities. This can range from family friendly workplaces, healthy workplace initiatives, mental health support and team building initiatives. We are seeking businesses that support your employees by promoting and recognising the contribution they make to the overall performance of the business.
Your business may have:
Evidence of how employees are engaged in company values
Made a substantial contribution to increasing staff morale
Evidence of initiatives that have developed a more collaborative culture at work
Testimonials from your employees
Sponsored by: Morr & Co
This award will showcase some of the best independent businesses in the borough. It will recognise and celebrate businesses that are proven all-rounders and are thriving. We are seeking to reward businesses that have been able to adapt to the changing expectations of customers, demonstrated effective leadership and is continually innovating to succeed. This award is for anyone that has built the business doing what you love, are customer favourites and bring creativity and something different to Merton.
Your business may have:
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A clear vision, purpose and long-term strategy for success
Demonstrated excellent product knowledge and great customer service
Examples of the impact you have made in your industry
Sponsored by: Centre Court Shopping Centre
This award seeks to recognise businesses that have put innovation at the core of their activity – continually improving or even reimagining your business especially during challenging times. Businesses continue to face new challenges, new opportunities and new ways of working – this award will recognise businesses that have taken steps to respond. Your business should be identifying and acting on opportunities to enhance your people, business or industry. Whether you are a start-up or SME, if your business has developed new approaches or creative solutions to inspire and demonstrate change, this award is for you.
Your business may have:
Implemented new processes or identified new revenue streams
Adapted your business model to allow your business to survive against the odds
Diversified your products, services or customers
Adapted or created technology to support your business
Sponsored by: Love Wimbledon
With climate change increasingly climbing to the top of the agenda, this award will aim to recognise businesses that are working hard to reduce your carbon footprint and environmental impact in your own journey to Net Zero. We want to see your commitment to long-term impacts, what part you are playing in being environmentally sustainable and your journey to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 – the target set by most local authorities for their localities to be carbon neutral.
Your business may be:
Encouraging employees to adopt sustainable practices
Devising unique approaches to reducing carbon emissions
Addressing key environmental issues
Evidence of improvements to your environmental performance
Sponsored by: CHAS
The winner of this award will be leading the field in using digital communication and tools to provide customers with results that have real impact. You will be able to demonstrate how the digital world, such as websites, social media and apps, has had a positive impact on the business. Tell us your story – perhaps you developed a social media campaign that deserves to be recognised, or a website that took your business sales to the next level or made use of a productivity app and task management systems to automate workflows. You may also be looking at artificial intelligence as part of your future business plan.
Your business may have:
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A clear vision, purpose and long-term strategy for success
Demonstrated excellent industry knowledge and great customer service
Examples of the impact you have made in your industry
Sponsored by: QudoCloud
We are seeking to showcase the best in the hospitality scene in Merton to celebrate their performance, innovation and excellence. This award will recognise businesses that have been able to adapt to the changing expectations of customers, demonstrated effective leadership and is continually innovating to succeed. This award is for any business in the hospitality sector – including but not limited to pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, tourist services, cafes and event venues.
Your business may have:
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A clear vision, purpose and long-term strategy for success
Demonstrated excellent industry knowledge and great customer service
Examples of the impact you have made in your industry
Sponsored by: South Thames Colleges Group
This category is for businesses that can demonstrate how you have contributed to the local community and how you have given back outside of your core business activity. We want to showcase businesses with an inspiring approach to corporate social responsibility and can demonstrate the difference you have made to the community – through practical support, collaboration and/or investment.
Your business may have:
Evidence of how you worked with the community to make a positive impact
Examples of how your business went over and above its normal operation to support those in need
A great story about why your business wants to support its community
Testimonials that show your contribution boosted staff morale
Sponsored by: Merton Giving
We are looking to recognise and reward charities doing exceptional work in all areas of charitable activity. This award will celebrate charities that have delivered an outstanding service to your beneficiaries and demonstrated excellence in what you do.
We want to see the impact and the positive difference you are making to Merton and the people that live here.
Your charity may have:
Testimonials that demonstrate the positive impact of your contribution
Evidence that the charity is sustainable
Clear evidence of social and community impact within Merton
Strong leadership and a capable team
Sponsored by: New Wimbledon Theatre
This award is for businesses that have made an impact in the property sector. This business will be thriving, have an established brand that has gone from strength to strength and is a customer favourite. You should be able to demonstrate how you have met the changing demands of your customers while keeping your own practices on track during challenging times. This award is for any business in the property sector – including but not limited to Architects, Property Developer, Civil Engineers, Residential and Commercial Property Agents, Letting Agents, Designers etc.
Your business may have:
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A clear vision, purpose and long-term strategy for success
Demonstrated excellent knowledge in your industry and great customer service
Examples of the impact you have made in your industry
Sponsored by: Andrew Scott Robertson
From designers to musicians to photographers to artists - this award seeks to reward and celebrate the best of Merton’s creative sector. This award will showcase those that are thriving, have an established creative brand, gone from strength to strength and are a customer favorite. This award is for any business in the creative sector – including but not limited to design, marketing, advertising, publishing, art, photography, media, software, crafts, music and the performing arts.
Your business may have:
Evidence of an original product or service
Been engaging customers creatively
Introduced life and creativity to the Merton community
Examples of your skills, experience and determination to succeed
Sponsored by: Time & Leisure Creative
This award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how your people have pulled together to propel the business forward, embodying the essence of teamwork. You may have overcome obstacles or have shown an outstanding performance. The team will be a ‘stand out from the crowd’ group of employees that are able to collaborate, communicate and cooperate - either a team who usually work together or did so for a special project or task. This team should have a shared belief and value system that delivers the business objectives, allowing every member of the team to play a fundamental role in delivering success.
Your business may have:
Examples of the positive contrition this team has made to the business
Testimonials that demonstrate how the team utilised their skills and collaborated
Evidence of commercial success, growth and achievement
A story about how and why this team came together for the benefit of the business
Sponsored by: Merco