These terms apply to entry into any of CBM’s awards programmes — the Business Champion Awards, the Travelling For Business Awards, the EV Powered Awards and the Rural Business Awards. Submitting an entry confirms acceptance of these terms.
The CBM awards programme is owned and operated by Capital Business Media Ltd (company number 05306700, registered office 7 Bell Yard, London WC2A 2JR). Each individual awards programme is a sub-brand of CBM:
To enter a CBM awards programme you must be:
You may enter multiple categories where you meet the criteria for each. There is no limit on the number of entries an organisation may submit, but each entry is evaluated independently.
Entries are submitted via the official entry form on the relevant awards website. Each entry must include:
Entries that are incomplete, miss the deadline, or breach these terms may be disqualified at the organiser’s discretion.
Each awards programme is judged by an independent panel of industry experts named on the relevant awards website. Judges work to a published rubric for each category and are required to declare and recuse themselves from any category where they have a material relationship to an entrant (see our Conflicts of Interest Policy).
The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence is entered into on individual category outcomes.
Where a category receives fewer entries than the organiser deems sufficient to run a credible shortlist, the category may be withdrawn or merged with another and entry fees in that category refunded.
The information in your entry is treated as confidential and used solely to judge the programme. Judges are bound by confidentiality undertakings. We do not share entry contents with sponsors, advertisers or partners. The only information published is:
By entering you grant CBM a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use your organisation’s name, trade marks and logo, together with any photographs you supply, for the purpose of promoting the awards programme. Shortlisted and winning entrants may use the corresponding “Shortlisted” and “Winner” logos in their own marketing in accordance with the brand-usage guidelines we will supply.
Personal data submitted in an entry is processed under our Privacy Policy. Entries are retained for the relevant awards cycle plus three years for archive and dispute resolution.
CBM reserves the right to amend these terms, the published categories or the published timetable at any time before the entry deadline. Where a programme is materially changed or cancelled after entries open, entry fees paid will be refunded in full.
To the extent permitted by law, CBM’s liability under these terms is limited to refund of the relevant entry fee. CBM is not liable for any indirect, consequential or business losses arising from entry, judging or the award outcome.
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising under them.
For all awards enquiries, including questions about these terms, please email awards@cbmeg.co.uk or write to The Awards Team, Capital Business Media Ltd, Level 18 Forty Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NR.
