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Bringing innovation through inclusion.

WELCOMEThe MSDUK 2018 Awards are back, and will see our 6th Awards Ceremony taking place at the Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham on the 26th September.

These awards recognise purchasing organisations and the hugely talented and entrepreneurial ethnic minority businesses in the UK for their collaborative efforts to make supply chains both inclusive and competitive.

Large purchasing organisations in the UK, both public and private, will be recognised for their true commitment to inclusive procurement, opening their supply chains to small and minority owned businesses and making a lasting impact on the growth of these businesses.

Ethnic minority businesses from all across the UK will be recognised for innovation, growth and entrepreneurship.

I urge you all to consider nominating others or nominating your own business/organisation for these prestigious awards and get recognised by your industry peers.

I look forward to your nomination!

Mayank Shah CEO, MSDUK

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Headline Sponsor Pre-awards Reception

AWARDS AT A GLANCEThe MSDUK Awards are presented in the following categories:

Supplier Diversity Excellence Open for organisations that are members of MSDUK

Open to ALL ethnic minority businesses based in the UK that are a registered member of MSDUK at the time of applying (If you are not a registered member of MSDUK please contact [email protected])

Inclusive Procurement Open to all UK public and private sector purchasing organisations

Supplier Diversity Advocate of the Year This award is selected by the MSDUK Team, no nominations are required

Innovation (Awarded to the MSDUK 2018 Innovation Challenge winner)

Scale Up Business

Business Woman of the Year

Entrepreneur of the Year

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ENTRY RULESPlease read through the entry rules below, before completing the nomination form.

You can either nominate your own company or you can nominate another company that you have worked with that is registered with MSDUK.

For Business Awards, applicants can enter for one or more categories.

Applicant information will be treated as confidential and will primarily be used for the purpose of judging the MSDUK Awards.

Specific information provided on the nomination forms may be used for PR and Media Promotion of MSDUK 2018 Awards. All nominee-specific copy to be used for media purposes will be cleared with the applicant before publication. Subject to the foregoing and the provisions of the Freedom of Information act and Data Protection act, confidentiality will be maintained.

Entries will be judged by a panel of eminent and impartial adjudicators.

The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The winners will be the businesses that, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrate the greatest fulfillment of the award category criteria.

Nomination forms must include all required information and be signed by a senior executive of the nominated company or by the nominated individual or whomever can certify that this information is accurate and verifiable.

Nominees must be financially viable. A copy of the most current financial statements must be submitted with the nomination form.

Once received by MSDUK, all nomination forms will be at all times the property of MSDUK and none will be returned. Entries which have been obtained or made through fraudulent means are subject to disqualification.

All finalist will be required to attend the filming of the nomination video. Date and venue TBC.

Winners will be announced at the MSDUK Awards Dinner on Wednesday 26th September 2018, held at the Vox Conference Centre, Birmingham. We encourage all finalists to attend the evening with their team/colleagues to celebrate business success.


Timeline

24th APRIL 15th MAY 6th JULY 11th JULY

Application opens To nominate a Supplier or Corporate

Member deadline

Self-nomination deadline

Finalist will be informed

Finalist announced


26th MARCH

CORPORATE AWARDSSupplier Diversity ExcellenceThis award recognises a corporate member that has demonstrated exceptional commitment and leadership and driven significant growth in supplier diversity in the UK from October 2016 to date.

The judges are looking for evidence in one or more of the following areas:

Impact of the approach on the business and to customers.

Evidence of a sustainable supplier diversity strategy.

Steps/actions taken to measure results or achievement.

Tangible and measurable outcomes.

Evidence of driving supplier diversity through their tier one supply chain.

Demonstration of any unique or best practice approach to the issues.

Impact and engagement of senior leadership and team participation.

Innovation in the design and in the delivery.

An understanding of the needs of, and impact on, ethnic minority businesses.

Number of RFP’s/RFI’s presented to MSDUK.

Evidence of measurable outcomes and effectiveness of the programme.

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CORPORATE AWARDSInclusive Procurement This award is to recognise a British public or private sector purchasing organisation outside of the MSDUK network for their effort on an inclusive supply chain and engagement with ethnic minority and small businesses.

The judges are looking for evidence in one or more of the following areas:

Impact of the approach on the business and to customers.

Steps/actions taken to measure results or achievement.

Tangible and measurable outcomes.

Evidence of driving supplier diversity through their tier one supply chain.

Demonstration of any unique or best practice approach to the issues.

Impact and engagement of senior leadership and team participation.

Innovation in the design and in the delivery.

An understanding of the needs of, and impact on, ethnic minority businesses.

Evidence of measurable outcomes and effectiveness of the programme.

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CORPORATE AWARDSSupplier Diversity Advocate of the Year This award is given and selected by the MSDUK team.

We are rewarding:

An individual’s support and commitment to MSDUK and its EMB suppliers.

An individual’s efforts internally to champion supplier diversity and MSDUK.

An individual’s proactive efforts to introduce or amend processes that encourage the introduction of more diverse suppliers within the supply chain.

An individual’s level of participation in MSDUK activities (i.e. regular meeting attendance, regular event attendance, speaking at MSDUK Events).

An individual’s involvement in training or mentoring EMBs.

An individual who has developed an effective tier 1 engagement strategy.

An individual who has acted as an ambassador for MSDUK.

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BUSINESS AWARDSInnovation This is given to the winner of the MSDUK 2018 Innovation Challenge.

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BUSINESS AWARDSScale Up BusinessThis award recognises a business who has shown significant demonstrable growth over the last two financial years within the competitive marketplace in which they operate.

The judges are looking for evidence in one or more of the following:

Evidence of existing business strategies and how these have been met to grow the business over the last two financial years.

Profitable growth of the business over the last two financial years.

Hard, tangible evidence of commercial success for example: effective financial controls; customer-focused marketing strategies; job creation and job retention; investment in staff.

A business plan and strategy document to support and sustain further growth with clearly defined objectives to shape the organisation’s growth & development.

Strong leadership and management with the ability to drive the business forward.

Understanding of the market and mechanisms to respond to change.

Organisational culture, which encourages employee development, creativity and empowerment.

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BUSINESS AWARDSBusiness Woman of the Year This award identifies and celebrates women in business! Focusing on the contribution of a dynamic, creative and visionary leader, the Business Woman of the Year award seeks to define the qualities of a successful woman – from drive, ambition, vision and tenacity to inspirational leadership, inventiveness and confidence.

Open to MSDUK certified women business owners, this award will go to the outstanding individual who can best demonstrate the following:

Entrepreneurial spirit that exemplifies ambition, risk taking and perseverance to succeed.

Job creation and staff development.

Strong commercial performance and financial results.

Significant growth or expansion including new markets.

Potential and plan for sustained growth.

Innovation in products, services or processes.

Customer engagement.

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To see the full judging criteria please download application form

BUSINESS AWARDSEntrepreneur of the Year This award identifies and celebrates entrepreneurs! Focusing on the contribution of a dynamic, creative and visionary leader, the Entrepreneur of the Year award seeks to define the qualities of successful entrepreneurship – from drive, ambition, vision and tenacity to inspirational leadership, inventiveness and confidence.

Open to MSDUK certified ethnic minority business owners, this award will go to the outstanding individual who can best demonstrate the following:

Entrepreneurial spirit that exemplifies ambition, risk taking and perseverance to succeed.

Job creation and staff development.

Strong commercial performance and financial results.

Significant growth or expansion including new markets.

Potential and plan for sustained growth.

Innovation in products, services or processes.

Customer engagement.



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To see the full judging criteria please download application form

HOW TO ENTER1. Read through this MSDUK Awards introduction.

2. Please ensure you read the entry rules.

3. Select the award or awards you wish to enter.

4. Download or request the respective form.

5. Take time to carefully fill out the form.

6. Double check your information!

7. Send your entries by email to:

[email protected] or by post marked

F.A.O Malvika Patel MSDUK Studio 5 Phoenix Square 3 Burton Street Leicester LE1 1TB

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIESTo nominate a Business or Corporate Member – Tuesday 24th April 2018

Self-nomination – Tuesday 15th May 2018

MSDUK cannot be responsible for entries which are lost, misdirected or delayed.



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