Eligibility and Conditions

• Who can enter?

• Conditions of entry

• Any business of any size which pays rates to the North Shore City Council or is renting a location within North Shore City is eligible to enter the Awards.

• Entrants must have been trading for twelve months or more as at 31 March 2009.

• To qualify for entry into the Best New Start-up Business Award category, a business must have been trading for over 12 months and less than three years, as at 31 March 2009.

• In the Emerging Business Award a business must have been trading for three or more years as at 31 March 2009.

• If your entry relates to a specific project, it must have been completed and fully implemented during the year ending 31 March 2009.

• If your organisation is part of a larger organisation you must be able to demonstrate that you function as a separate business unit.

• If you won a 2008 Westpac Enterprise North Shore Business Excellence Award you are eligible to enter any category other than the category you won in 2008.

• If you won the 2008 Westpac Supreme Business Excellence Award you are not eligible to enter the Awards in 2009.

• The Awards are not open to employees or officers of Westpac, Enterprise North Shore, North Shore City Council, sponsors or other supporting partners of the Westpac Enterprise North Shore Awards.

• Enterprise North Shore and North Shore City Council place high value on these awards. Applicants must disclose any issues that may compromise the integrity of the awards or cause the business to discontinue in the next year. These issues may include legal action, law changes, possible loss of funding, or other risks.

Conditions of entry

• Each business may enter up to 3 categories

• All entries must be received by 5pm on Thursday 4th June 2009.  Send your entry to the Awards Coordinator

• All businesses must complete a Business Profile and Media Statement following the template provided.

• Entries must follow criteria set for each category in the format provided on the template for that category

• All entries should be less than 1MB in total, including all supporting documentation

If you have any questions concerning eligibility or conditions of entry please call the Awards Coordinator on 09 414 1347