A unique bench-marking criteria will be used to select the Lancashire businesses which go through the interview stages of The BIBAs.
The criteria was developed by Lancaster University Management School to benchmark the entries on an international level.
It follows a research project that aligned the BIBAs award judging infrastructure with America’s top business awards, The Stevie’s, the European Business Awards and the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise here in the UK.
All applications are eligibility checked to ensure they meet all the entry criteria of the BIBAs before they are benchmarked against the criteria before progressing to the interview stage.