Bangor Business Awards

12 September 2025

News article

These awards are free to enter and open to any business in Bangor

Bangor Chamber of Commerce has launched the Bangor Business Awards, which aim to champion the achievements and successes of the local business community.

The awards are free to enter and open to any business in Bangor.

Award categories

The award categories are:

Hospitality & Tourism Business Of The Year
Independent Retailer Of The Year
Professional Business Services Company Of The Year
Customer Service Excellence (Individual & Business)
Emerging Business of the Year (Under 2 Years)
Best Business Growth
Best Creative Business of the Year
Bangor’s Best Food to Go
Health / Wellbeing / Beauty Business of the Year
Sustainability & Environmentally Friendly Business of the Year
Wellbeing in the Workplace
Commitment to Bangor Business Community
Bangor's Business of the Year

A gala dinner to celebrate the awards will take place on Thursday 6 November 2025 in the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel, Bangor.

Entries close at 5pm on Thursday 2 October 2025.

Find out more and enter the Bangor Business Awards.

First published 29 August 2024

Printer-friendly version

Also on this site

How to enter and win business awards

Ards and North Down business support

Guides
- Find guides by sector
- Find guides by theme
  - Starting a business
    - Before you start your business
      - Considering starting a business
      - Start-up business ideas
    - Start your business
    - Running your start-up business
    - Grow your start-up business
      - Trade with other countries
      - Take steps to grow your business
  - Finance
    - Find local finance
      - Northern Ireland business support finder
    - Raising finance
    - Managing finance
    - Financial difficulty
      - Managing financial difficulty
  - Taxes
    - Business tax
    - Self-employed and tax
      - Setting up as self-employed and tax
      - Help and support for the self-employed
    - PAYE and payroll
      - PAYE and payroll for employers
    - Keeping records for business
      - Record-keeping
    - Excise duties
    - Industry-specific taxes
    - Complying with European law
    - Contact or deal with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
    - Companies House returns, accounts and other responsibilities
    - Business changes
      - Making changes to your business
    - Selling, closing or restarting your business
    - Accountants and tax advisers
  - Employment and skills
    - HR documents and templates
    - Recruitment
    - Employment documents and policies
      - Staff documents and employment policies
    - Pay, pensions and minimum wage
    - Manage people
    - Holidays, statutory leave and time off
      - Holiday, other leave and sickness
      - Maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
    - Performance, training and development
    - Resolve conflict and staff leaving
      - Problems at work
      - Dismissals and staff leaving
  - Health and safety
    - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Staying safe at work
    - Health and safety basics
      - Protecting your business
    - Health and safety made simple
    - Make your business safer
      - Managing the welfare of people
      - Safer ways of working
  - Efficiency and environment
    - Environmental action to improve your business
    - Reduce, reuse, recycle your business waste
    - Resource efficiency
    - Reducing your environmental impact
    - Environmental guidance by business sector
  - Business premises and rates
    - Choosing the right business property
    - Rates for non-domestic properties
      - Business rates
    - Property management and costs
    - Adapting and improving your property
      - Make your property more efficient
      - Disabled access and facilities in business premises
  - Innovation and R&D
    - Product and service development
      - Developing products and services
      - Research and development
    - Design and business innovation
      - Use innovation in your business
      - Design for business success
    - Intellectual property
      - Intellectual property for business
      - Patents, trade marks, copyright and design
  - Sales and marketing
    - Business contracts and fair competition
    - Consumer rights and protection
    - Marketing your business
    - Pricing laws
    - Product safety
    - Retailing and the law
    - Sales laws
    - Weights and measures
    - Know your customers
    - Maximise your sales
  - IT
    - IT basics
      - Introduction to IT
      - Choosing suppliers
    - Software and technology solutions
      - Software and business applications
      - Communications
    - Getting online
      - Create and manage a website
      - E-commerce
    - Security and data protection
      - Data protection and legal issues
      - IT security and risks
  - Exporting and importing
    - Basics of importing and exporting
    - Choosing a market
      - Doing business in the EU
    - Procedures and licences
    - Sector overviews and regulations
    - Moving your goods
    - Customs declarations
      - National Clearance Hub
  - Grow your business
    - Prepare for growth
      - Assessing current performance
      - Planning business growth
    - Strategies for growth
    - Finance and logistics
      - How to grow your business
      - Financing growth
    - Managing growth
      - Leading staff through growth
      - Manage business risks
  - Buy or sell a business
    - Acquiring a business
    - Selling your business
    - Exiting and transferring your business
      - Businesses in difficulty
      - Transferring your business
Resources
News
Events