GREAT Faces of British Business in association with BT Information and toolkit for shortlisted projects Needs new cover page 1 The GREAT Faces of British Business Competition: Information and toolkit for stakeholders January 2015

This toolkit contains copy and content for use in promoting the GREAT Faces of British Business competition It contains the following information: Slide 3Introduction Slide 4-5About the competition Slides 6-7Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn Slides 8-9Twitter Slide 10Websites, and newsletters VOTING WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE 26 JANUARY. PLEASE DO NOT UNDERTAKE ANY PUBLICITY FOR ANY OF OUR REGIONAL WINNERS BEFORE THEN. Contents 2

3 Introduction Thank you for your continued support for the Business is GREAT campaign. We are currently running the national stages of our GREAT Faces of British Business competition in association with BT Business to find the most innovative and exciting small and medium sized businesses across the UK. We would really appreciate your support in engaging your network members to vote for their favourite local businesses. We hope this toolkit provides you with tips on how to get the best out of your promotion in addition to an image which can be used across different social media channels. To find out more detail on the competition and see who our regional winners are, please visit Alternatively, please give the Kindred team a call on or and they will be happy to answer any queries about how you can support the competition. 3

4 About the competition The Business is GREAT campaign and BT Business teamed up in October to launch the GREAT Faces of British Business competition. It was designed to champion these businesses and to showcase the Government’s growth support for small firms and businesses. There are three categories: Best exporter Most innovative small business Best growth story The regional stage of the competition received a staggering response, with more than 520 entries received and 100 pieces of press coverage so far in addition to high levels of engagement on social media. 4

5 About the competition The entries were assessed by a judging panel consisting of representatives from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), UKTI and BT Business. The regional winners are now competing to be named the UK winner in one of the three categories. There will also be one business named the Grand Prix winner and will be featured in a Business is GREAT advertising campaign. Public voting will begin on 26 January and will finish on the 23 February. The winners will be chosen based on the number of public votes received and also by a scoring process from a national panel of judges. 5

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Content for your website news section, or newsletter Voting is now open for the Business is GREAT and BT Business ‘Faces of British Business’ competition. Show your support for [INSERT REGION]’s winners: [INSERT NAMES OF REGIONAL WINNERS and choose your favourite to win the national prize. The lucky grand prix winner of the national competition will receive an exclusive prize package worth £30,000, including the chance to star in a nationwide advertising campaign. Support your local area by casting your votes for [INSERT NAMES OF REGIONAL WINNERS] here: There will be also be three national winners, one for each category, who will each receive an iPad Air and a year’s free Wi-Fi courtesy of BT Business, in addition to media coverage and access to Government support services on offer. Every vote counts so please get behind your local businesses and help them on their way to being crowned a national winner. Websites, and newsletters 10