{"id":1150,"date":"2016-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/new-tech-category-nectar-business-small-business-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:37:31","slug":"new-tech-category-nectar-business-small-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/new-tech-category-nectar-business-small-business-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tech category for Nectar Business Small Business Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Use of Technology and Apprentice of the Year debut as brand new categories in this year\u2019s free to enter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nectarbizhub.com\">Nectar Business Small Business Awards <\/a>and will be judged by industry leaders including BBC \u2018Dragon\u2019, businesswoman and consumer champion, Sarah Willingham.<\/p>\n<p>Nectar Business has been supporting small businesses for over a decade and is once again on the hunt to find the UK\u2019s most outstanding small businesses and celebrate their achievements through the annual Nectar Business Small Business Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of small businesses across the country now have an extra two weeks to enter this year\u2019s Nectar Business Small Business Awards, as the entry deadline has been extended until 24 July 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Willingham, one of the UK\u2019s leading business women, consumer champion and BBC \u2018Dragon\u2019 will head-up the judging panel of these annual, free to enter, Awards, alongside five other leading business owners and leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Co-judge and Nectar Business Managing Director, Will Shuckburgh, comments: \u201cWe pride ourselves on understanding small businesses and what affects their everyday. With recent events and their impact on the UK market we thought the nation\u2019s small businesses would appreciate some extra time to enter this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nectar Business Small Business Awards are designed to recognise the commitment and drive of small business owners. 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