Awards 2022

The Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster Awards are back, bigger and better than ever! With 11 award categories and opportunities to sponsor to suit all sizes of business we're looking forward to celebrating the amazing things our members have achieved over the last two years with an Awards Ceremony on 26th May. Read on, consider sponsorship, support where you can and, most of all, join Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster in celebrating the best of business.

‘Jacobs is committed to tackling economic inequality, supporting small and medium sized businesses to build relationships and business in the nuclear supply chain, and addressing local skills development. The BECBC Awards recognise many people and businesses whose achievements help to further these goals and that’s why we continue to give them our support.’

Paul Fletcher, Cumbria Projects Director, Jacobs, Awards Sponsor


Business Awards – entry criteria

Nominations open 15th December 2021 at noon and close on 28th February at noon.

To enter an award the organisation must have been a member of the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster before 12th December 2021

• Sponsors may not enter an award in which they are involved.

• The organisers reserve the right to reject any entry if, in their opinion, it fails to comply with the rules or if that company has not fully paid their BECBC membership fee.

• By entering the business awards you are giving BECBC the right to feature and display submitted material in any editorial or PR work related to the business awards, the dinner or post-event.

• All shortlisted companies must be available to receive visits by a judging panel in March or April 2022.

• All shortlisted companies are expected to keep their shortlisting confidential until BECBC officially makes the announcement.

• All award judging will take place only in Cumbria.

• No materials will be returned.

• No correspondence will be entered into regarding the judging, shortlisting and awards process

Business Awards-Judging

• The panel of judges will consider each submission against the category criteria and draw up a shortlist based on their scoring.
• Following shortlisting, final judging will involve sponsors and expert judges for each category and will include a site visit to shortlisted companies. These visits will be made between in March and April 2022. Finalists are expected to be available for a judging visit.
• Winners will be announced at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster Awards Dinner on Thursday 26th May 2022.
• All awards are made at the discretion of the judges and the Board of Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster. The right is reserved not to make awards in a particular category.
• The judges reserve the right to refuse entries without giving reason.
• The judges’ decision is final in all matters.
• The judges have the authority to move entries into more applicable categories.
• Information supplied by the judges, or discussed between the judges and entrants, will be treated in complete confidence, and confidentiality on the part of the entrants is requested.