Coronavirus has affected everyone, but instead of focusing on the negatives we have chosen to find the positives in the community - and there are many!

With regular local awards sadly unable to continue this year we decided it would be nice to utilise this local platform and design our own awards to recognise the good in our community, highlighting those who have shone during this time.
With the kind sponsorship from our friends at Beacon Wealth Group, the awards were formed.

The awards will focus on the local community of St Neots and surrounding area, looking at businesses who adapted well, who supported the community, and those individuals who went above and beyond.

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Entry Details:

The awards recognise the entire year and are not purely Covid related, albeit it is likely to be a prominent feature.

Applications are now open and close 5th February 2021.

Our March issue will display those shortlisted and as a community magazine, we will ask the public to choose the winners via a voting system - this will be released on our Facebook page. Voting commences 1st - 28th March.

Winners will be announced via a virtual awards night in April.
We know those who do good often don’t like the recognition, but sometimes the community just want to say thank you. Therefore, so nobody feels uncomfortable, we are not asking anyone who is nominated to attend anything publicly. Thank you to everyone who has helped our community through this year.


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Best Adapted in Retail

This category is open to all those in the retail industry who provide an outstanding customer experience in current times. What have you done that is different? How do you encourage your staff to deliver the best retail experience for a customer? How do you stand out? If you employ people have you gone above and beyond in staff training?

Entry criteria:

• State name of organisation, type of retail business, number of employees (if any) and date of first trading.

• Provide a summary along with evidence of changes to demonstrate how you adapted and modified your business to accommodate new guidelines that have been introduced this year, or how you did something different to stand out from those in your industry. Explain if these changes were suitable or if you made further adaptations after trial.