Judging Process:

• A panel of five judges has been carefully selected with each judge bringing a specific area of expertise and skill set to the process.
• The process for each finalist will take 45 minutes, 20 minutes for the finalist to pitch their presentation, 10 minutes for judges’ questions to the finalist and 15 minutes for judges to reflect and confer in private and fill out feedback reports.
• This process will ensure that each finalist will benefit from the expertise and guidance of each judge.
• Each judge will be provided with a score sheet on which they will be required to mark each business under a selection of criteria. These marks when assessed collaboratively will form the basis on which the winner is chosen and from which a feedback report for the nine runner up companies will be compiled.