Main Sponsor and Category sponsors are not eligible to enter any categories.

Your organisation or individuals within your company may enter all relevant categories, however if we feel your application is unsuitable, you will be contacted to discuss the eligibility of your application.

If you are nominating a company or an individual, please check they are happy about your nomination first, as this will prevent misunderstandings at a later date.

You may send a maximum of 4 sets of documentation to support your written submission. This can be combinations of: accounts, press cuttings, survey results, images or brochures.

Supporting documentation must be relevant to the 12 months preceeeding September 2010 and any financial evidence should be solely based on the most recent published 'Set of accounts'.

All finalists must agree to take part in the publicity, and must be available for a photograph and video filming at your place of work and give all consents necessary for the reproduction, exhibition, transmission, broadcast and exploitation of the material without a time limit worldwide and by all means and media without liability or acknowledgement to you. You agree that Northamptonshire Newspapers and Business Awards partners (those involved in the judging and filming processes) shall be entitled to cut and edit recordings as deemed fit and necessary. Video filming is scheduled to commence w/c 25 th October 2010 .

All entrants must agree to appear within the 'Good luck' supplement published prior to the event.

Winner's will be featured in the post-event supplement.

A minimum of two representatives will need to attend the presentation evening, and you will need to purchase a minimum of two tickets. Ticket price £72+vat. Additional tickets may be purchased. Maximum of 12 guests per table.

Northamptonshire newspapers are not involved in the selection process for finalists or winners. The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into with unsuccesful applicants.

Winners will be announced at the presentation evening on Thursday 18th November at the Barcelo Hotel Daventry.