NetWorks Issue 17: The Design Issue

The Awards are Open

We are thrilled to announce that the BITA Awards are now open!

For any new members, these are annual awards hosted by BITA to acknowledge the hard work, innovation and support that our members have demonstrated throughout the year. There are awards to suit most businesses, from BITA supporter to Growing Business, so we encourage you to have a look at the categories and apply if you think that you fit the criteria. All you need to do is go to the www.bita.ie website and click on the ‘Awards’ tab across the top, check through the awards and criteria, and click apply.

They are free to enter, you can enter as many as you like. Best of all, if you get through as a finalist, you’ll also get lots from free promotion from BITA as we celebrate our finalists, and eventually winners!

The BITA boards decide on the finalists in each category from all entries, and then the finalists are judged by impartial members of the BITA community, based on your entries, so make sure that they’re good!

The winners, including our special lifetime achievement winner, are then announced at the BITA Gala Ball and Awards Ceremony on the 19th October at Raffles, at the OWO! For details of the Gala Ball and to buy tickets, please go to the events page of the BITA website.

There is no requirement to attend the Gala Ball to win, but it’s an incredible night with showstopping entertainment, and we are inviting all BITA members to attend.

The BITA Award categories this year are:

Emerging Young Leader:

This trailblazer is coming up with innovative business solutions. We are looking for someone who is a calculated risk taker and an innovator.

BITA Supporter:

This award is for companies or individuals that really ‘get’ BITA, and make sure that they are involved with the organisation giving as good as they are receiving!

Growing Business Award:

This award is for companies who have been trading for a minimum of 3 years and who can show high growth revenue and profit over the last 12 months.

Sustainability Award:

This award is for businesses who put sustainability at the core of what they do, and how they operate. They will maintain an eye on the needs of the business while balancing the future health of the planet. These businesses will not just pay lip service to ESG but be true and committed sustainability champions!

The Charles Darwin Award for Innovation:

This award is for organisations that have successfully introduced a new product, service of process in response to a changing landscape. In the words of Charles Darwin; “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

The BITA Awards are kindly sponsored by PIB Risk Management.