Innovation, Technology & Creativity Award

This award honours excellence in businesses whose activity can best demonstrate a proven ability to develop innovations and usebusiness technologies to improve the performance of the company and create a significant and exploitable competitive advantage.

Awarded to the company that has most successfully implemented and used Innovation, Technology and Creativity to transform its overall performance in the last 24 months.

Who Should Apply?

This award is open to businesses from the Innovation, Technology and Creativity industry sector including film, TV, digital media, music and design who can demonstrate, in the last two years (from January 2009), skill, creativity and innovation in the development of a unique product, service or design.

How To Enter

All applicants should provide the following written information on company letterhead by 5pm on Thursday 31st March 2011 to Coleraine Borough Business Awards, Coleraine Borough Chamber, 2 Abbey Street, Coleraine, BT52 1DS.

1. A company profile including history, mission, objectives and strategy. (max 500 words)
2. Describe how the strategy and performance of the business has been measurably transformed through creativity, implementation of Innovation and Technology (max 500 words)
3. Tell us how your use of innovation and technology has given you the competitive edge in your business sector? (max 500 words)

All short listed candidates for this award may be required to attend an interview with our panel of judges in April 2011.

Award Sponsor: Invest Northern Ireland

Invest Northern Ireland's overall goal is to help create wealth for the benefit of the whole community by strengthening the economy and helping it grow. We do this by supporting business development, helping to increase export levels, attracting high quality inward investment, and stimulating a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation.

We can provide tailored innovation and export advice for all Northern Ireland's small and medium sized companies.

The Innovation, Technology and Creativity Award celebrates the efforts of businesses that overcome the challenges presented when developing new products and services.

For more information on how we can help your business contact:

Invest NI North Western Office at: 5th Floor Timber Quay, 100-114 Strand Road, Derry, BT48 7NR or call us on T: 028 7126 7257 E: nwo@investni.com

Download 2011 Entry Form