FAQs

Feel free to enter or nominate your chosen business in as many relevant categories as you’d like, but note each submission requires its own entry application. 

Please be aware that to be eligible to enter, businesses must be located, or have its registered office, within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. 

Check if your business or registered office falls under Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council HERE.

Click HERE for our full Terms and Conditions of entry.

To enter the awards simply fill out the entry form HERE. 

No. The Wigan Business Awards are free to enter. However, should you be shortlisted as a finalist, or just want to come along to the ceremony, you will need to purchase tickets.

Finalists must purchase tickets for the awards ceremony.

Once the finalists are announced, you’ll receive priority notification to book your tickets or tables before they become available to the public.

Keep an eye out for an email containing a booking link, and we’ll also send a reminder closer to the deadline.

To find out more about becoming a sponsor of the Wigan Business Awards, visit our dedicated sponsor page HERE.

The deadline to nominate your favourite Wigan business is midnight Monday 3rd June 2024. 

The deadline for award entries is midnight Monday 1st July 2024. 

Finalists will receive email notifications simultaneously with the announcement on our social media channels. Entrants will be informed of the schedule closer to the announcement date.

If shortlisted as a finalist, your interview will be scheduled between Monday, September 16th, and Friday, September 27th. The exact date will be confirmed later.

Tickets for the ceremony are priced at £77 per person, covering a welcome drink, a 2-course dinner with tea/coffee, access to the dessert table, entertainment during and after the ceremony, and a late-night after-party.

Purchase your ceremony tickets HERE.

Dress code is black tie.