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We’re here to celebrate the UK’s small business sector and to give recognition to the nation’s best small companies, sole traders, entrepreneurs, creatives and makers.
Take a look below to see how winning a BizBubble or Modern Makers Award could help boost your business.
Enter up to 21 categories, 1st Category FREE *for a limited time only
Our Judge
Natasha Francis
- BBC’s The Bidding Room
- Salvage Hunters – The Restorers
- The Urban Vintage Affair
For the 3rd year running we proudly welcome back the wonderful Natasha Francis to the BizBubble panel who will be selecting all the winners for this year’s awards.
With over 20 years experience in sourcing, development and production, including brand set up and department set ups, Natasha now shares her knowledge and valuable contacts with like minded entrepreneurs. She has worked with many premium, casual and international designer brands, managing the whole product cycles from initial concept through to retail.
Additionally Natasha also runs her own award winning online lifestyle brand ‘The Urban Vintage Affair’, where she sources products, manages a creative blog and implements collaborations and media publications.
“Forever learning and forever experiencing, my mindset shifted several years back to take opportunities and ‘Do Things Differently’ and today, am one of the main Dealers on BBC1 Programme ‘The Bidding Room.’ Now my story begins and I am super excited to learn about your brand and be the special guest judge for The BizBubble Awards for the 3rd time running.”
Which awards should I enter?
We have split the awards into 2 main categories, the BizBubble Awards and the Modern Maker Awards.
If your business is relevant to both then you can enter both of course!
For service or product based businesses, B2B’s, bloggers, charities, community based, online or high street shops.
BizBubble star prizes
The ‘Small Biz of the Year’ will receive:
Business Pro Ad
12 Month featured Prime Position Business Pro Advert on the BizBubble Homepage
Consultancy
One 2 One consultancy session with our special guest judge Natasha Francis
Social Media Content Creation Day
One 2 One Content Strategy and Planning session with Lorna and the Gram
Lifetime Membership
Lifetime Member access to the BizBubble Network
+ Listing on the UK’s Small Biz Directory
+ Access facebook community group
2 Night Break
5 star luxury glamping,
2 Night Stay with Brook Cottage Shepherd Huts
+ 4K Cinema experience
Virtual Assistance
10 Hours Virtual Assistance with Raw Corporation Limited
Copywriting Service
£250 worth of written content that bursts with brilliance and pops with personality, with Indelible Think
BizBubble winners prizes
All 12 ‘BizBubble’ category winners will receive:
Annual Membership
12 Months BizBubble Member access
+ Listing our Exclusive Small Biz Directory
+ Access facebook community group
Zero Gold Membership
6 month Net Zero Membership – learn the steps to a Net Zero Accreditation with Wenta
Hall of Fame
Exclusive website placement in the Award Winners Hall of Fame
Business Ad
Your advert on our website homepage for 6 months
+ advert on blog sidebar for 6 months
Winner Badge
Complimentary winner logo and badge for use across all marketing
Plus…
- Complimentary winner logo and badge for use across all marketing
- Exclusive website placement in the 'Winners Hall of Fame'
- 50% OFF a One 2 One consultancy session with our special guest judge Natasha Francis
- Winners Media outreach - Press release, blog post & newsletter
- Business website analysis report and guide
the categories
Choose below which award you think your business has what it takes to WIN!
This award is for exciting new start up businesses, less than 18 months old
This award recognises the small businesses where community is at the heart of what they do
This award recognises small businesses that operate only online through digital channels
This award recognises small businesses that are committed to operating in an economically, socially and environmentally responsible manner
An award to recognise the small business or sole trader that has a positive impact on the planet and the people around them
This award will celebrate businesses with a physical premises on the high street, businesses that contribute something extraordinary to their local area
This award will go to the overall best most inspirational and innovative sole trader
This award will celebrate businesses that are working within the business supply chain in the UK
This award will recognise the best service businesses in the UK. Such as restaurants, bars, media companies, gardening, accountancy and hairdressers
This award recognises the wonderful work of Britain’s bloggers in all industries whether that be lifestyle, retail, travel, creative or personal
This award will celebrate businesses that are working within the business supply chain in the UK
This award will celebrate businesses with a physical premises on the high street, businesses that contribute something extraordinary to their local area
This award recognises the wonderful work of Britain’s bloggers in all industries whether that be lifestyle, retail, travel, creative or personal
This award will go to the overall best most inspirational and innovative sole trader
This award will recognise the best service businesses in the UK. Such as restaurants, bars, media companies, gardening, consultants, accountancy and hairdressers
The
People’s Choice
Award
One of the categories we have at this year’s awards is The People’s Choice Award where we put all successful nominated small businesses to the public vote!
Winner to be announced 15th March!
Modern Maker star prizes
‘Modern Maker of the Year’ will receive:
Press Bundle
Lifetime Access to Louise Cox Product PR Course
+ 2 x Bonus Courses
+ One 2 One Power Hour
+ PR Planner
+ 1 Month PR Hub
Consultancy
One 2 One consultancy session with our special guest judge Natasha Francis
Sell on Kraft Space
Sell on Kraft Space’s Handmade Marketplace COMMISSION FREE for
a whole year!
+ No joining fee
Lifetime Membership
Lifetime Member access to the BizBubble Network
+ Listing on the UK’s Small Biz Directory
+ Access facebook community group
Business Pro Ad
12 Month featured Prime Position Business Pro Advert on the BizBubble Homepage
Virtual Assistance
10 Hours Virtual Assistance with Raw Corporation Limited
Copywriting Service
£250 worth of written content that bursts with brilliance and pops with personality, with Indelible Think
Social Media Content Creation Day
One 2 One Content Strategy and Planning session with Lorna and the Gram
Modern Maker winners prizes
All 10 ‘Modern Maker’ category winners will receive:
Business Ad
Your advert on our website homepage for 6 months
+ advert on blog sidebar for 6 months
Pinterest Workshop
Beginner Pinners Workshop for Small Business with Rachel Emma Waring
+ Creative Planner
No joining fee
No joining fee when you join Kraft Space Handmade Marketplace
Winner Badge
Complimentary winner logo and badge for use across all marketing
Annual Membership
12 Months BizBubble Member access
+ Listing our Exclusive Small Biz Directory
+ Access facebook community group
Plus…
- Complimentary winner logo and badge for use across all marketing
- 50% OFF a One 2 One consultancy session with our special guest judge Natasha Francis
- Exclusive website placement in the 'Winners Hall of Fame'
- Winners Media outreach - Press release, blog post & newsletter
- Business website analysis report and guide
the categories
Enter the categories that best represents your creative business.
dates for the
diary 2024
The awards process begins in November 2023 when small businesses, sole traders, makers & creators all across the UK will be welcome to apply.
This award recognises the wonderful work of secondhand, vintage and antique businesses who are keen to make a positive impact in their field.
FAQS
Please do familiarise yourself with our updated FAQs.
The awards are open for any small business, micro company or if you’re a sole trader based in the UK with no more than 20 employees.
For example you can apply if you are an independent business, freelancer, service based business, community based, online or high street shop, artist, crafter or maker!
There are many great reasons to enter the BizBubble or Modern Makers Awards.
GREAT EXPOSURE
Business awards are a great marketing tool. Just being shortlisted can improve brand awareness and promote your business to new customers. Short listers and Winners will maximise PR exposure by placing the award logo on all marketing materials including business cards, literature, email, website and social media.
NEW BUSINESS
Awards celebrate hard work and success and are great PR opportunities. It’s a chance to be recognised for all your hard work, winning a business or maker award can open doors to getting contracts or customers as well as finding new supply channels and breaking into new markets.
MORALE
Awards recognise the hard work and achievements of your business (and it’s employees) so winning one can help boost morale and improve motivation. Everyone gets focused on what’s great about the company they work for and can feel proud to be a part of it.
BENCHMARKING
Entering your business for an award can often make you look at your business from a different perspective, comparing yourself to competitors helps to evaluate your business to see how you could improve whether that be your branding, position, growth, customer service or strategy. Ultimately will help you think about ways you could be doing things better and identify areas for improvement which in turn could be more valuable than the award prize itself!
INCREASED CREDIBILITY
Being shortlisted or winning a BizBubble or Modern Maker award can act as a 3rd party endorsement for your business. They give a seal of approval to your business quality for potential customers, so can form part of your sales pitch as well boost relationships with suppliers. It’s a great way of differentiating your company from competitors and will send out positive signals to potential customers.
It’s FREE to enter your first category with code FREEENTRY
(this is an early bird offer and for a limited time only)
Additional categories are £10 each
Enter in to more than 2 categories and get a FREE 1 years membership on the Bubble Network
More info about joining our network and all membership benefits HERE
Yes, you can enter into as many categories as you like for both the BizBubble and ModernMaker Awards.
Only accept a maximum of one entry per category will only be considered
Shortlist announced Feb. 2024
Winners announced Mar. 2024
Winners are announced via our website and online media channels.
Head over to the application page HERE where you will tell us all about your business and choose which categories that suits your business the best
