Get those entries in! Awards organisers issue a rallying cry to Hartlepool companies as search for the best businesses is stepped up

The 2019 Hartlepool Business Awards winners. Could your firm follow in their footsteps?

But the clock is ticking and the deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday, March 27.

Will your firm be the next to lift the trophy as the Overall Business of the Year, following in the footsteps of last year’s winners Gus Robinson Developments?

Could you be the 2020 Manufacturer of the Year or the Service Sector Business Of the Year. Perhaps you company could be voted as the Best Small Business, Most Promising Business or the Creative Industries Business of the Year.

The awards are a chance to network and celebrate all that is good about Hartlepool industry.

Could you follow in the footsteps of the Hartlepool United Community Sports Foundation and win the Hartlepool Mail-backed Community Award.

There are trophies too for the Investment in Training Award, Young Entrepreneur Award, Tourism, Leisure & Hospitality Business of the Year, and Business Leader of the Year.

Organisers of the 2020 competition say they have received a number of entries for this year’s competition but they want more. To put yourself in the running for honours, visit www.hartlepoolbusinessforum.co.uk where you will find details of how to enter the competition as well as a rundown on previous winners, photos from the 2019 finale, and lots more besides.

The winners will be revealed at a glittering finale in the Hartlepool Borough Hall on Thursday, May 21.

There is always a huge turnout for the Hartlepool Business Awards finale.

But before then, the search is under way to find the outstanding businesses which make the awards a success each and every year.

Those interested in entering should visit www.hartlepoolbusinessforum.co.uk