This year, the awards include three types of categories – those voted by the public, those voted by the business community and those that are independently judged.

Nominations for the awards have now closed.

Voting for the awards commences on 26th July.  Encourage your customers to vote for your business as their People's Choice favourite via the Port News voting form before 19 August!  There is no on-line voting for the People's Choice Award.

The Business Choice voting survey will be distributed electronically to businesses who have registered to vote, accepted their nomination for the awards and members of the Port Chamber and Hastings BEN.