ENTRIES are open for Coventry and Warwickshire businesses, community groups and people to be crowned at a new celebration event for ‘doing things differently’.
The awards, developed by Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, will take place at the Belgrade Theatre in March next year.
The ceremony will be less formal than other awards and guests will be entertained by the theatre.
Winners will be crowned in 10 categories, followed by a chance to celebrate the region’s success stories at an after-show party.
Coventry Building Society, Purple Planet Packaging and Wright Hassall have signed up as category sponsors, and 12:03, a creative brand agency, revealed the brand identity of the awards.
Corin Crane, chief executive of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “Crucially, we want to do things differently and make it unique to the city and the county.
“It is also important that these awards are accessible, inclusive and affordable.
“That’s why the event will bring together the awards, a show – featuring artists and performers from across the region – and food and drink supplied by local businesses.
“We are so excited to be launching and now we’ve got three big asks of our regional business community.
“We want you to enter and put yourselves forward for one of our ten awards.
“We want you to help us promote the event and tell of your colleagues and contacts to get involved.
“And we want you to come on board and support the event through sponsorship because that is what will help us to make this the most incredible awards night possible.”
Neil Murray, Belgrade Theatre Interim CEO, said: “The Belgrade plays such a key role in the fabric of Coventry and Warwickshire and being part of an event such as this underlines that.
“We want to open our doors to as many people and businesses as we can in the region and this event helps us to showcase ourselves and the work we do.
“It promises to be a great event that celebrates so many of the positive things that are going on in our region.”
Visit: cw-chamber.co.uk/awards/ for entries.
