The BizBubble Awards 2023

From your initial business idea to quitting your job, starting your own company and working damn hard to make it grow – you’ve come a long way. In fact, your business is so incredible, you deserve an award.

So, get the recognition you deserve by entering the 2023 Biz Bubble Awards.

What are The Biz Bubble Awards?

The Biz Bubble Awards celebrate the UK’s small business sector and give much-deserved recognition to the nation’s best sole traders, micro-businesses and small companies.

Why?

Because community is at the heart of everything we do at Biz Bubble. And as we collaborate with startups, independent brands and small businesses every day, it makes sense to create awards that recognise your hard work.

Oh, and to give more businesses the chance of success, our awards are split into two, The BizBubble Awards (BB Awards) and The Modern Maker Awards (MM Awards).

Who can enter The Biz Bubble Awards?

The BB Awards are open to every startup, independent brand and small business in the UK, and there are several categories you can enter, including:

● Best New Biz on the Block
● Best Community Biz
● Best Ethical Biz
● Best Digital Biz
● Best Biz of the High Street
● Best B2B Biz
● Best Service Biz
● Best Sole Trader
● Heart of Gold
● Best Blogging Biz
● Top Pre-loved Biz (our Guest Judge’s speciality award)

And if that wasn’t enough, there’s an overall award for the Best Small Biz of the Year too.

For full details, visit our dedicated BB Awards page.

Who can enter The Modern Maker Awards?

The MM Awards are open the UK’s creative industry and give recognition to the nation’s Artists, Designers and Makers. And, like the BB Awards, there are categories for every creative biz, including:

● Ethical
● Illustration & Art
● Kids
● Jewellery
● Accessories
● Wellbeing
● Fashion
● Home & Living
● Gifts
● Traditional Skills

And, yes, you guessed it, an overall ‘Maker of the Year Award’ for the best creative business.

For full details, visit our dedicated MM Awards page.

What you can win

Whether you enter the BB or MM Awards, each category winner receives a:
● Complimentary winners logo and badge to use across all your marketing
● Business website analysis report and guide
● Winners Media, including a press release, blog post & newsletter
● Featured business advert on the Biz Bubble homepage for 3 months
● 1 year Free Business Pro Membership listing & profile on the Bubble
● Exclusive website placement in the winners ‘Hall of Fame’
● Blog post interview posted on our website and social media platforms (with a collective following of 18k+)
● Advert on the sidebar in the blog for 3 months.

But that’s not all…

The Star Prize

Winners of the Best Small Biz and Maker of the Year awards also win:
● £500 to spend on BizBubble advertising packages
● A one-to-one with our TV guest judge Natasha Francis – consultancy session with Brandstorm Consultancy
● Lifetime Business Pro Membership on the BizBubble Network

How entering benefits your business.

All of which are great, but if you still need convincing, entering the Biz Bubble and Modern Maker Awards can reap huge benefits for your business, including:

1. Increased brand exposure
Being shortlisted can improve your brand awareness and promote your business to new customers. And those who make the shortlist or win also maximise their PR exposure by placing the award logo on all their marketing materials.

2. Winning new business
Winning a business or maker award (or even just being shortlisted) can open doors to new contracts or customers, supply channels and new markets.

3. Boosting morale
Awards recognise the hard work and achievements of your business (and your employees). And winning can boost morale and improve motivation as it makes everyone feel part of a successful company.

4. Improving aspects of your business or service
Entering your business will make you look at your business differently and see how you can improve your branding, position, growth, customer service or strategy. Trying to win an award can help you identify areas for improvement that can ultimately be more valuable than the award itself.

5. Increased credibility
Being shortlisted or winning a BB or MM award is an endorsement for your business and highlights your business quality to potential customers and suppliers.

And It’s also a great way of differentiating your company from competitors.

Introducing our Special Guest Judge

To make sure everything is fair, the winners will be chosen by an independent judge, who you’ll be excited to learn is none other than Natasha Francis, star of BBC1’s, The Bidding Room.

“My mindset shifted several years back to take opportunities and do things differently, which led to me being chosen as one of the main dealers on The Bidding Room. Now a new chapter in my story begins, and I‘m super excited to learn more about your brand as a judge of The Biz Bubble Awards.”

Not only does Natasha have over 20-years of experience in sourcing, development and production, including brand setup and department setups, she also shares her knowledge and valuable contacts with like-minded entrepreneurs.

She’s also worked with premium, casual and international designer brands, managing whole product cycles from initial concept through to retail. And when she’s not on television, she also runs her own award-winning lifestyle brand, The Urban Vintage Affair.