Four ways to become the Growth Company of the Year

The Hampshire Business Awards 2024 are all about celebrating the best-of-the-best in the region’s business community, but they’re also about bringing businesses together as we foster collaboration and growth for all who are touched by the event. 

In the spirit of advancing Hampshire’s world of business, we’ll be naming the Growth Company of the Year. This category celebrates businesses that have demonstrated impressive growth in terms of turnover and profitability over the last three years. 

Our independent judges will be considering a range of factors including market leading increases in sales, headcount, profitability, market share, or geographical expansion. 

The winner of this category will be a company that has achieved impressive growth while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and operational efficiency. 

But with Hampshire becoming an ever-more vibrant hub of innovation and advancement by the day, how can you be sure that you’re giving yourself the best possible chance of taking home the trophy? 

Here are four things to be focusing on when entering to become the Growth Company of the Year: 

Introducing new initiatives 

We’re on the hunt for a business that is active in pushing its own growth journey. This means going above and beyond through the introduction of initiatives and programmes to accelerate its development in the world of Hampshire business. Spare no detail when filling in your nomination form about how you’ve pushed your company to grow at a rate worthy of recognition at the Hampshire Business Awards 2024. 

Prioritising customer satisfaction 

The winner of this coveted award will be a high-growth company that has been uncompromising in its stellar customer satisfaction. Whether it’s through including client testimonials on your nomination form or through providing specific examples of where you feel your organisation has excelled in meeting the needs of your customers, we want to hear all about how you’ve kept a keen eye on satisfaction levels. 

Supporting employee development 

An incredible nominee in this category isn’t just one whose organisation is growing rapidly, it’s one whose employees are growing with the business. Investing in employee development is absolutely vital to being a key figure in any region’s business community, whether you’re participating in skills training initiatives or enabling internal learning opportunities for the people most important to your organisation. 

Showing a clear vision for the future 

The Growth Company of the Year isn’t simply the company that has exhibited the most growth during the qualifying period, it’s the company that best shows our independent judges that it is going to continue (or ideally improve on) its current trajectory well into the future. Once more, it’s crucial to spare no detail when describing how you plan to only better your business as we progress beyond 2024. 

Still haven’t entered the Hampshire Business Awards 2024? 

Entering the awards online is quick, easy and free – all businesses are free to enter as many of the 16 all-encompassing categories as they feel they fit into. 

Whether you’re the Tech Company of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Young Business Person of the Year, New Business of the Year or anything that could qualify you to take home a trophy from Hampshire’s most exciting business event, now is the time to seize this golden opportunity for you and your business. 

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