Enterprise Nation

We're very excited to announce that our 2008 Home Business Awards are now open! We're on the look-out for the UK's best home businesses and this year's Awards are bigger and better than ever. There are more prizes - and new categories too. Read on to find out how you can enter!

New categories

Last year, we were blown away by the number and calibre of entries. Deciding on a winner was a difficult task! So this year we're adding three more categories:

• Home Business Couple of the Year
• Home Office of the Year
• Young Home Business Owner of the Year

Your entry will automatically put you in the running to win the title 'Home Business of the Year' but you can also tick a box to apply for any or all of our new categories.

Prizes

It's free to enter and winners will receive some amazing prizes. They include:

For the Home Business of the Year

• Your own virtual assistant, for 12 months, from Moneypenny UK
• Printing package, including printer and consumables, worth over £1,000 from Brother UK
• Accounting software, QuickBooks Pro, valued at £299.95
• Senseo coffee machine, plus coffee supplies, provided by Douwe Egberts
• 10 days of free access to private members club in London, One Alfred Place

For the Home Business Couple of the Year

• Two night, full-board stay at the luxury Cotswold Water Park Four Pillars Hotel

For the Home Office of the Year

• £200 of vouchers from home office specialist, Flujo

For the Young Home Business Owner of the Year

• £200 of online shopping vouchers from fashion website, OSOYOU

All winners will, of course, receive plenty of profile on Enterprise Nation and across our media partners, which include Travelguru.tv, mydeco and Make Your Mark, and free copies of our first book, Spare Room Start Up: How to start a business from home.

Judges

Joining me on the judging panel will be:

• Mark Barber, Enterprise Editor, The Times 
• Rachel Clacher, co-founder,  Moneypenny
• Tracy Vegro, Director of Enterprise Strategy at the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
• Wendy Shand, Founder of Tots to Travel and the 2007 Home Business of the Year
  

How to enter

Entry to the competition is free and open to any home business in the UK. The closing date is Friday, August 15th and winners will be announced on Monday, September 1st.

All you have to do to enter is complete a form, which you can do online or in your own time by completing a Word document, both of which are linked to below.

Best of luck! - Emma Jones

• Enter online
• Download entry form

The Enterprise Nation 2008 Home Business Awards is made possible thanks to our sponsors and media partners:

Sponsors:

• Enterprise Nation
  www.enterprisenation.com
• Moneypenny UK
  www.moneypenny.co.uk
• Brother
  www.brother.co.uk
• Quickbooks
  quickbooks.intuit.co.uk
• Senseo
  www.senseo.com
• One Alfred Place
  www.onealfredplace.com
• Flujo
  www.flujohome.com
• OSOYOU
  www.osoyou.com
• Four Pillars Hotels
  www.cotswoldwaterparkhotel.co.uk

Media partners:

• Travelguru Travel
  www.travelguru.tv
• mydeco
  mydeco.com
• Make Your Mark
  www.makeyourmark.org.uk