CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON BUSINESS AWARDS 2011 - ISLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (ICoC)
Camden and Islington Business Awards 2011 - The CIBAs: showcasing business successes in Camden and Islington. The Islington Chamber of Commerce is passionate about business and has been working for local businesses for over eighty years. The CIBAs - a local awards ceremony for local business - is the chamber's way of acknowledging the hard work and achievements of businesses based in Camden and Islington. The awards ceremony takes place on 27th October, 2011, at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium. The purpose of the Camden and Islington Business Awards is for ICoC Board members to recognise and celebrate those business owners in Camden and Islington who have successfully grown and maintained their business positioning throughout 2010. It is also an opportunity to increase the exposure of local businesses within the Camden and Islington Area.   •   Criteria for Awards: finalists are those that demonstrate excellence, best practice and going the extra mile in their business activity in Islington or Camden; nominations should be in the form of text, with a maximum of 300 words. Only nominations including evidence/testimonials from at least one client of the nominee will be accepted, with an additional two references to support applications; in the text, the applicant must clearly indicate what their organisation has done (in the past twelve months, August 2010 - August 2011) that they believe is over and above what could normally be expected and why they believe they are worthy of winning the awards; this must be reflected through financial growth, brand and marketing impact, sustainability and customer satisfaction. Nominations are welcome from self-employed business owners, SMEs, business partnerships, social enterprises, charities and Community Interest companies. Contact: Ronke Lawal, CEO. Address: 222 Upper Street, Islington N1 1XR. Tel.: 020 7527 2709. E-mail:

  •   To extend the reach of the Islington Chamber and the Camden Business Network by cooperating and working with complimentary neighbouring and Islington and Camden based organisations such as LBI, Camden Council and the British Library
  •   To improve its brand recognition across London as an active chamber of commerce
  •   To introduce the efforts of the newly-created "Camden Business Network".

Purpose of the Event

In addition to the main purpose, the event is intended

  •   To raise funds for the ICoC and support two nominated charities.
  •   To provide a focal point for the ICoC's advocacy that cost effective and successful public and privately funded enterprise support is about 'going with the grain' and enabling existing networks of enterprise supporters and champions. This network includes other small business owners, accountants, book keepers, libraries, trainers, business advisers, mentors, coaches, bankers, family members, large company suppliers, business clubs, small business members and enterprise support professionals.
  •   To publicise the work and achievements of businesses through Camden and Islington.
Judges for Camden and Islington Awards in 2011 - finalist judges for the 2011 event will be dependent on the sponsors.

Sponsorship opportunities

Available upon request.

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Current opportunities

  •  DeskDemon.com has an ambitious schedule of online and offline initiatives, with opportunities to develop long-term strategic partnerships across a wide range of activities including conferences and events, dinners, trade shows, road shows, awards, business webcasts, surveys and research and one-off projects.

  •  The DeskDemon Development Network is a membership based online and offline initiative to offer social and business networking, practical training and attractive offers on products and services to the DeskDemon user base. Networking and training events will take place at high quality venues across the UK, with sponsorship opportunities for individual events and ongoing partnerships.

  •  DeskDemon.com's Management Support Fellowship Awards programme is an annual event. Corporate partnership packages include branding of the award, banner advertising, dedicated webcasts, interviews, product promotions, focus groups and other benefits designed to engage and interact with the executive PA, secretarial and office management community. DeskDemon.com aims to attract long-term strategic partners able to add value to the website's online and offline activities for office professionals.

ideasUK
There is a way round the expensive boardroom/consultant tussles on how to get the best out of a valuable workforce: listen to the "Professionals from the Workface" - ideasUK is an association of suggestion scheme managers who work to share their expertise to help others use colleague ideas to the advantage of the business at next to no cost. The association's members have saved thousands of pounds on consultancy fees by using the practical experience of existing suggestion scheme managers within ideasUK. "We are the only non-commercial, not for profit association in the UK dedicated to employee suggestion schemes/reward and recognition processes. ideasUK will host its twenty-fifth annual International Conference at the Mecure Holland House Hotel, Cardiff on the 9th and 10th November, 2011. The conference will provide a forum where experts in Suggestion and Innovation Schemes from all over the world will attend and speak and share best practice. ideasUK also organises the Idea of the Year competition in recognition of the most significant ideas implemented by organisations throughout the calendar year. This competition seeks to recognise employees and organisations for their outstanding ideas. Not only does this competition provide an opportunity for participating organisations to benchmark against other leading organisations, but it also acts as a motivational tool for employees. For the first time we are opening up sponsorship opportunities to the wider business community and have a limited number of packages available. Please see the attached breakdown to find out what each package can offer your organisation". Contact: Anthony Denatale, Operations Manager. Address: ideasUK, Williams House, 11-15 Columbus Walk, Cardiff CF10 4BZ. Tel.: 0844 330 4905. E-mail: anthony@ideasuk.com
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Sponsorship Opportunities

  •   Main Sponsor - £5,000.00
  •   Platinum Sponsor - £1,500.00
  •   Gold Sponsor - £1,000.00
  •   Silver Sponsor - £500.00

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INTERNATIONAL LGBT EXPO-FEST - LONDON 2011 (EXPO-FEST LIFESTYLE PRODUCTIONS LTD)
Gain exposure in the LGBT community and enter the pink pound economy. The International LGBT Expo-Fest, the first of its kind in the capital, creates a truly unique weekend for the LGBT community, family, friends and supporters. Its mission: to build a promotional platform for LGBT businesses, while supporting charity causes and emerging artists - as well as bridging the gap between the social and professional lives of the LGBT community and providing a springboard to developing the pink pound from the community to the community. "The event will see up to 150 exhibitors, thousands of attendees and an action-packed entertainment agenda with BIG surprises yet to be revealed. We have several sponsorship packages available suitable for all types of organisations and interests. Some of these packages are: Host Sponsor, Charity Sponsor, Business Network Sponsor, Entertainment Sponsor, etc. Packages are available from £5,000.00. Sponsors will benefit from: on site advertising, online advertising, printed advertising, media exposure, free tickets, on site presence with free exhibition space, etc.". Contact: Rita Pameiro, Event Director. Address: Expo-Fest Lifestyle Productions Ltd, Suite 250, 162-168 Regent Street, London W1B 5TD. E-mail:

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VARIETY EVENTS
Local exhibitions, seminars and clinics organised by Variety Events encourage local businesses to do business in the local community where they live or work. An independent company, working in support of the FSB - Keep Trade Local campaign (Keeping Business Local - Creating Connections That Count), Variety Events has already organised shows in Reading, Newbury, Slough, Basingstoke, Aylesbury, Reading, Newbury and Oxford. They have already started to generate substantial numbers of hits on Google and have a large list of followers, exhibitors and attendees for the events. The shows seem sure to grow not just in recognition, but in brand awareness and indeed the company's five year plan is to have an event in each major town in the UK. Clearly there is scope to make these events global with the right sponsor on board and Variety Events has a comprehensive list of sponsorship opportunities on offer. "We're looking for a sponsor to come in at the beginning and see this grow, and with great branding, best practice and customer service sponsors will see their ROI in no time. The events take the form of seminars, advice panels, speed networking and B2B exhibitions locally: in local venues, with local speakers and with local businesses. The Keeping Business Local events are organised by a business team with experience of running successful events in the Thames Valley and beyond". Contact: Ms Debra Mann. Address: 207 Halls Road, Tilehurst, Reading RG30 4PT. Tel.: 0118 008 0074. E-mail: sales@varietyevents.co.uk
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Sponsorship opportunities

Main Sponsor

  •   Sponsoring a key feature at the Keeping Business Local Show provides an excellent opportunity for sponsors to stand out from their competition
  •   Available to a single company, this is an all-encompassing package that provides the sponsor with an excellent marketing opportunity to maximise their brand exposure before and during the Show
  •   The Headline Sponsor package offers sponsors the ultimate high profile association with, and endorsement of the Show - if it is taken up at the outset of the event campaign, sponsors are ensured the maximum associated exposure

Benefits
    : advertising and association with Keeping Business Local and FSB from the onset
    : involvement with marketing plans to build brand
    : PR releases from Variety Events for radio and press
    : Premier Stand at each event
    : another six strategic positions for the sponsor to place banners at each event, reception, main entrance, services, advice panels and speed networking area
    : brand awareness on marketing to attendees for future events
    : online campaigns, links to and from websites
    : £30,000 + VAT for six events and first refusal for year 2, plus franchise opportunities

Seminars Sponsor - £20,000 + VAT

  •   The Seminar Sponsor will be one of the main focal points, directly associated with an exciting range of speakers who will keep visitors inspired and motivated throughout the Show
  •   The seminar programme will include a complete range of expert presentations
  •   Videos of all seminars will be posted online with various links to YouTube and a website for future events
  •   Sponsor will be included in pre-Show marketing and have their brand prominently displayed on the stage; they will be included in the show's marketing for the seminars

The Advice Panel - £2,000 + VAT per show

  •   Sponsoring the Advice Clinic provides the sponsor with a highly targeted branding opportunity: their company name or brand will be displayed prominently with the wording "Sponsored by" appearing above their logo

Show Bag Sponsorship - £1,500 + VAT per show

  •   Bag sponsorship offers multiple branding exposure with the added benefit that visitors leave with them; the sponsor's bags will be available for visitors at the entrance to the show and will be packed full of goodies

Show Bag inserts/promotional samples - £40 per thousand for inserts/promotional samples

  •   Insert a sample or leaflet into the show bag, which is distributed to every visitor

Show Website Banners and Links - £50 + VAT per month

  •   Adverts will give sponsors an eye-catching and long-lasting way to engage with customers as they use the site in the months and weeks leading up to the shows

VISITENGLAND "AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE"
VisitEngland is responsible for marketing England to domestic and established overseas markets and for improving England's tourism product. Its remit is to provide leadership for the industry, to secure the economic potential of tourism in this country and to build on England's position domestically and internationally as one of the most desirable destinations in the world. The VisitEngland Awards scheme is an important tool in helping VisitEngland achieve these objectives. "The Awards for Excellence have been running for twenty-two years and do far more than simply rewarding the winners. By achieving excellence, winners not only benefit themselves commercially, but drive up standards and provide a quality benchmark for other businesses to aspire to. We have a range of sponsorship packages available". A sponsorship brochure is available on request. Contact: George Thomson, Head of Business Development. Address: Glasgows, Customs House, Customs Way, Off Riversway, Preston PR2 2UW. Tel.: 01772 767 555. E-mail:

  •  Opportunity to contact 24,000 accommodation providers and 6,000+ attractions through monthly ezine
  •  VisitEngland supplement in a national newspaper (previously the Telegraph) - logo included plus quarter page free advertising space
  •  "Where Else but England Award" - VisitEngland hope to run this popular promotion with The Sun again in 2012. Should it proceed, 'Official Partners' logos will be included.        Historically the promotion has appeared in three newspapers as well as online
  •  VisitEngland's Quality Edge magazine; half page free advertising space in one edition - audited circulation 17,602
  •  The right to use the 'VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012' logo on your business literature
  •  Representation on the VisitEngland Awards judging panel

Awards Media Coverage

  •  Each year the awards receive extensive media coverage in broadcast, print and digital media. PR Measurement research statistics produced by Metrica show the following:

2011 Awards for Excellence
Volume of the Awards coverage (number of articles): 345
AVE (Advertising Value Equivalent) for all awards' coverage including sponsor exposure: £1,075,251
OTS (Opportunities-To-See) for all coverage (OTS is a widely available measure which aggregates the readership figures of all publications in which coverage has been achieved):        101,042,692
Percentage of Adults reached by coverage: 60%
Note: On request, we will attempt to source the AVE/OTS relating specifically to areas of sponsorship.

WORKMAZE
Ever since 1999, Workmaze has been providing career services to university Business Schools both in the UK and around the world. "Workmaze was founded to help people reach their career potential. With the backing of an exceptional team, we have designed, built and delivered tools and services that give people the opportunity to fulfil their career ambitions. Workmaze publishes ten Recruitment Guides (eg the Guide to MBA Recruitment in the FTSE 100), featuring over 1,000 companies together with job opportunities for Masters and MBA students and alumni, offering sponsoring companies the opportunity to reach future 'captains of industry'. Sponsorship is sought for each of the ten Guides". Contact: Mike Elliott, Managing Director. Tel.: 08456 026066. Fax: 07053 408364. Address: 15 St James Street, Castle Hedingham, Essex CO9 3EN. E-mail:

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Sponsorship packages

1. Lead Sponsor's funding will help to underpin the service's admin., site management and PR programme. The sponsor will benefit from prominent branding both throughout the site and on all PR materials.

2. Career-Specific Sponsors benefit from targeted, bespoke, career-related PR campaigns for their particular sector; for example, an engineering/science based company sponsoring a PR/publicity campaign to promote the study of physics or engineering at 'A' level or degree level. Many sectors need an effective means of encouraging entry into their sector and, in this, Growing Ambitions has a valuable role to play. This sponsorship is part in-kind and part financial.