British hairdressing business awards entry guidelines

Step 1

• Read the entry form thoroughly.
• Select the category or categories that are most appropriate for you to enter.
• Ensure that you understand the criteria for your category.
• If you have any questions, telephone Dan Eversfield on 020 8652 8845.

Step 2

• Keep your entry simple.
• Try to keep to an A4 format.
• In your opening statement, attract the judges’ attention by highlighting anything unique about you or your salon business, and also use this to demonstrate the ambience of your salon and your personality to the judges.
• Ensure that each of the bullet points within your category’s criteria is answered clearly.
• Use bullet points within your entry to help the judges find relevant information easily.
• Where possible, use the criteria statements to head up the page that will be answering that point.
• Ensure that all additional information, ie, photographs, are all secured safely in your entry folder.
• If you are entering more than one category make sure that each entry is unique in its content. The judges can get familiar with repeated entries.
• Photographs should be of a good quality.
• Where possible, use attachments to provide evidence to back up any statements you have made.
• Judges are looking for answers to all criteria.
• Get a friend to read your entry with an open mind - and let them offer constructive criticism.

Step 3

• Ensure your entry meets the deadline of Friday 20th June 2008.
• If you would like your entry returned, please include a cheque (made payable to Reed Business Information Ltd) for £12 to cover administration, postage and packing.

Step 4

• Each sponsoring company representatives on the will be judged by at sponsoring companies.
• Each judge scores individually.
• All scores are added six entries will be put second round.