Company of the Year Competition
To qualify for the competition your company must have taken part in ‘Pitch it’. The competition will take on Wednesday 15th March 2023 at the Palace Hotel with an awards ceremony the following week.
There will be eleven awards in total. The team that wins the title ‘Student Company of the Year’ will travel to Istanbul in July to compete in the European finals of the JA Company Programme.
The competition takes place over one day with rehearsals the day before and includes the following stages:
- Submission of a written Company Report (2 – 3 weeks before the competition)
- Panel Interview with the Judges
- Stage presentation
- Interview at your Company Exhibition Stand
Your company will be judged on the following:
20% Innovation
20% Product/service development and customer focus
20% Financial performance
20% Setting and achieving objectives for your business
20% On the ability to demonstrate what you have learnt
The Awards
- Sustainability Award
- Excellence in Sales Award
- Creative Problem Solving Award
- Customer Focus Award
- Innovation in Business Award
- Best Promotional Video Award
- Volunteer Mentor of the Year Award
- Public Choice Award
- Leader for a Day
- HSBC Student Company of the Year