The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is encouraging UK businesses to enter this year’s Chamber Awards, for the chance to win £50,000 courtesy of the RBS Group. Now in its fifth year, the Chamber Awards 2008 sets out to identify outstanding business achievement within the UK business community.

There are eight different categories of Awards and companies can enter as many as they wish. The categories comprise;

Most Promising New Business
Award for Innovation Through Technology
The Green Award
Entrepreneur of The Year
Achievement in International Business
Award for Excellence in People Development
Business of the Year
Award for Excellence in Customer service

The top prize of £50,000 (donated by the RBS Group) will be awarded to the company that the judges agree should win the overall Award for Outstanding Business Achievement and will be announced along with the national winners at the Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony on 27th November 2008 at the Natural History Museum in London.

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The pilot slurs to you “I fly better when I’m drunk” as he passes your seat, staggering into the cockpit before take-off. You’d do something about that right?

But what if you couldn’t tell if he was drunk? The same lack of understanding threatens every small business.

“Myths About IT” is a series of articles written in plain English. They are ideal for any small business owner who is concerned about their business, but wants to know fast whether they have a problem.

The first in the series will give you exactly the information you need to tell if your business is safe from an IT disaster. Within a few minutes you will know.

More importantly, it gives you a series of questions you can ask of either your in-house IT expert, or the company who looks after your IT. If they pass the test, you can sleep at night!

Get the full article on the Multilsolutions website here