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The annual BPMA Awards, presented at the Christmas lunch each year recognises excellence across various criteria in the promotional merchnadise industry. The awards include:

Best Newcomer,
Most Innovative Product or Service,
Best Website Marketing
Company of the Year

2007 saw the launch of a new category at the National Incentive Show: Employer of the Industry Award. Companies across the promotional merchandise industry will be able to nominate their employers for this prestigious accolade.

This year the BPMA have again launched 5 more award categories

Best member benefit service provider
Supplier of the year
Distributor of the year
Lifetime achievement award
Best green company

 

The BPMA also run a seperate award called 'The Entrepreneur of the Industry Award' This initiative, now in its second year, is a nationwide search for the most dynamic individual from the industry. Open to any individual, the judges will be looking for:

* Entrepreneurial flair - commitment to quality, risks taken,

* Personal integrity - values and personal style.

* Development of people and delegation.

* Financial performance - profitability and long-term sustainability.

* Strategic direction - version, going for growth, measuring progress.

* Impact - market share expansion.

Judges for last years awards were Michelle Dewberry, winner of The Apprentice in 2006 and founder of Michelle Dewberry Limited; Danny Bamping, winner of the 2006 Entrepreneur of the Industry Award and MD of Bedlam Puzzles; Brian Binley, Conservative MP for Northampton South and member of the DTI Select Committee and Chair of the Conservative Enterprise Group; Alistair Frost, Microsoft UK's consumer marketing communications lead; Colin Lloyd, promotional marketing entrepreneur and past president of the Institute of Sales Promotion (ISP), and Grant Morgan, MD of the Louis Kennedy Partnership, a leading promotional merchandise supplier.

Are you next years Entrepreneur of the Industry?