is your company one of
NORTHERN IRELAND ’ S RISING STARS ?
If so , you should enter the Rising Stars 2017 Awards . A simple , effective way to raise your profile within Northern Ireland ’ s business community .
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO ENTER www . businessfirstonline . co . uk / risingstars sponsored by
The Rising Stars Awards provide a platform to showcase organisations that have solid rates of growth . In 2017 , we open the Rising Stars awards to all indigenous Northern Ireland companies . The Awards programme is or any Northern Ireland company that :
• is based in Northern Ireland
• has shown growth over the past few years
• would like to build its profile
• wishes to inspire others to grow their enterprises
ENTRY CRITERIA For participation in Rising Stars 2017 an applicant must :
• Be a Northern Ireland enterprise
• Exhibit growth in : turnover , profit and / or staffing numbers , digital statistics ( eg usage , traffic , app downloads );
AWARD CATEGORIES : 1 . STARTUP are businesses set up over the past 18 months . 2 . MICRO businesses are organisations with less than 10 full time equivalent staff and trading for at least the last two financial years . 3 . SMALL businesses are organisations with more than 10 but less than 50 full time equivalent staff trading for at least the last three financial years . 4 . NOT FOR PROFIT / CHARITY businesses are organisations that are run as not for profit and / or have official charity status , trading for at least the last three financial years . 5 . PROFESSIONAL SERVICES businesses are organisations that are in the professional services sector trading for at least the last three financial years .
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