Winners

New Product of the Year International Company of the Year Innovative Company of the Year Technology in Business Customer Excellence Award Young Company of the Year Young Entrepreneur of the Year Entrepreneur of the Year Company of the Year Entrepreneurs' Entrepreneur of the Year

New Product of the Year Supported by Audi UK

If you have had a runaway success with an individual product or service that you launched anytime in the last year, we want to hear about it.

Judges will be looking for evidence of the following:

* Initial understanding of the market and any research conducted.
* Scale and depth of the planning and development prior to the launch.
* Market acceptance (eg, press reviews, market research reports, industry awards).
* Proof of bookings, purchase orders, sales.
* Demonstration of the long-term potential (ie, projected market share, projected sales figures).

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Totally Different
Natural Colour Cotton
GenQuip
A Suit That Fits
And the winner is: Natural Colour Cotton

International Company of the Year

Are your horizons wider than the UK market? This award is looking for any company that has launched or expanded its non-UK operations in the past year.

Judges will be looking for:

* detailed understanding of the market.
* Evidence of versatility, imagination and persistence in exploiting that market.
* Tactical ability in overcoming obstacles such as bureaucracy and exchange rates.
* Evidence of sales and market share performance.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Albourne Partners
Llanllyr Water Company
Nisa International
Randox Laboratories

And the winner is: Randox Laboratories

Innovative Company of the Year

Reckon that you manage your business differently? Could you honestly say that you have transformed the way that you do things in the last year? Prove it to us.

The judges will be looking for companies that have:

* Gone to extreme lengths to create a "buzz" in the workplace.
* Radically reconfigured their internal processes.
* Have a track record of improvement and innovation.
* Embraced modern practices to the overall benefit of their business - be it their manufacturing process, office layout, or share ownership practice

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Multimap
Texperts
Broadbean Technology
IT Lab

And the winner is: Texperts

Technology in Business Supported by Dell UK

This award identifies and celebrates small and mid-sized companies that have put technology at the heart of their business in the last year - and seen improved performance, including increased sales and profits, as a result.

The judges are looking for companies that have been galvanised and transformed by the effective use of information and communications technology. In particular, they will look for:

* A clear and innovative strategy.
* Imaginative use of internal and external resources.
* Powerful and measurable results - such as additional sales, access to new markets, or enhanced productivity and/or profitability.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Greenbank Group UK
Advance Peripheral Systems
Close Invoice Finance
Thunderhead

And the winner is: Advance Peripheral Systems

Customer Excellence Award Supported by Coutts & Co

This award celebrates the very best in customer service, customer retention and customer relationship management. The award will go to a company that can demonstrate, across all its business practices, that it is truly "customer-focused"

The judges will be looking for a company that:

* Shows a true understanding of its customers.
* Shows real innovation in the way it manages its customer relationships - in terms of database management, service call responsiveness, order tracking and customer communication etc.
* A notable improvement in key performance indicators (sales growth and profitability levels as well as customer satisfaction scores).

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Exchange Group
Dodo Pad
Genset
Driver Hire
Office Broker

And the winner is: Exchange Group

Young Company of the Year

Did you start trading after April 2003?" And have you exceeded your expectations and forecasts? Then enter this award for the most promising performance by a new company.

The judges are looking for:

* Evidence that you have delivered on - and exceeded - your original business plan.
* Hard, tangible evidence of commercial success.
* A clear and compelling vision of the company's future development.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Myprotein.co.uk
Streetcar
The best of
The Book Depository
Regenatec

And the winner is: Myprotein.co.uk

Young Entrepreneur of the Year

This new award identifies and celebrates entrepreneurs, under the age of 30, who are really going places. The judges are looking for candidates who have already started to build a business (or businesses), and who can show they have the ambition, energy, skill and vision to really scale the heights.

Specific qualities that the judges will consider are:

* The track record of the candidate in starting and running a business or businesses.
* The idea behind the current business together with the robustness of the business model.
* The performance of the current business including sales and profit growth.
* Plans in store for the business, and how these will be achieved.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Simon Mansell, TBG London
Tom Chalmers, Legend Press
Alisha Lyndon, Logicall Results
Oliver Bishop, Steak Media
Dan McGuire, Broadbean Technology

And the winner is:
Oliver Bishop, Steak Media
Dan McGuire, Broadbean Technology

Entrepreneur of the Year

A major accolade. This award will be won by a truly impressive individual who has contributed to their company, industry sector and the wider community. Go on, tell us your story.

SThe judges will be looking for an individual whose contribution to their company, community and the wide economy is both extraordinary - and measurable. Having determined the shortlist from the written submission, the judges will be interviewing all the shortlisted candidates during the morning of October 24 to gauge their energy, vision and charisma.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
Michael Cleary, 1st Credit
David Pollock, Chess
Steve Leach, bigmouthmedia
Grant Bovey, Imagine Homes
Charlie Hoult, Loewy

And the winner is: Steve Leach, Bigmouthmedia

Company of the Year

Simple, really. We're looking for an outstanding business whose growth, ambition and quality of management has enabled it to out-perform its peers financially and has delivered on a compelling business strategy.

The judges will be looking for a company that has, in its past full financial year:

* Out-performed its peers in sales and profits growth.
* Created new, quality jobs.
* Developed and trained its people.
* Delivered on an innovative and compelling business strategy.
* Launched, or successfully developed, its range of products and services.

Download a nomination form here
The Shortlist
AES Engineering
Bigmouthmedia
Churchill Retirement
Photobox

And the winner is: AES Engineering

Entrepreneurs' Entrepreneur of the Year Supported by GLG Partners

The best-known names in business have all been working away at new initiatives, new plans, even new businesses in the last 12 months. So who has been Britain's most impressive entrepreneur in 2006? This is your chance to vote for the entrepreneur who has done the most to deserve this special accolade.

In the September edition of Real Business, we will be publishing a shortlist of candidates. Each of these entrepreneurs is a household name, but which one deserves the accolade this year? It's up to you to decide. Keep an eye out.

Vote for your Entrepreneurs' Entrepreneur

Read about our shortlist here

The Shortlist
Simon Nixon, Moneysupermarket.com
Charles Dunstone, The Carphone Warehouse
Gerry Ford, Caffè Nero
Dame Mary Perkins, Specsavers
Sir Tom Hunter, Westcoast Capital
Sir Alan Sugar, Amstrad

And the winner is: Simon Nixon, Moneysupermarket.com