Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards 2023: How to enter and what's changing this year

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The Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards are now open for entries. The event, which is expected to attract over 400 of the region’s top business people, will take place on November 22 at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.  This year’s event will be hosted by BBC Look North anchor Amy Garcia.  New categories for this year include a Business in the Community Award and Apprentice/Trainee of the Year.  The former recognises a dynamic contribution a company has made to the local community by supporting local charities, initiatives or other community events, while the latter will recognise any apprentice or trainee who has gone the extra mile and exceeded the expectations of their trainer or mentor.  For the first time this year, the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Business will be open to nominations rather than one selected by the judging team.  This special award will be given to an individual who has shown a lifetime of commitment to their field, sector, industry or business.  The entry process is now open and can be accessed by visiting the event website; https://www.nationalworldevents.com/ypba-2023.

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00:00 Hi, Chris Byrne here, Yorkshire Post Business and Features Editor. A bit of exciting news

00:08 for you in the business community today. The Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards

00:13 2023 nominations are now open. We had about 300 entries last year, some fantastic entries,

00:23 really high standard. I think this year it could be even better. We've changed the format

00:29 a bit. We've got some new categories. There's a new apprentice/trainee of the year. There's

00:34 a new business in the community award. And we've also got, for the first time, we're

00:39 opening up our lifetime achievement award, which we call an outstanding contribution

00:43 to business for nominations. That was previously chosen internally, but having spoken to so

00:49 many fantastic business people across Yorkshire over the last year or two, I really felt that

00:57 having the chance for people to nominate excellent people that we might not have heard of was

01:03 a great opportunity. So I'm really hopeful that we get some fantastic entries, particularly

01:07 in that category. The event itself will be taking place in November, on November 22nd

01:14 at Headingley Stadium. We expect to have more than 400 people in attendance. And it's going

01:18 to be hosted by BBC Look North presenter Amy Garcia, someone who I'm sure you all know

01:24 very well. Looking forward to the event. Get your entries in and good luck.

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