{"id":3014,"date":"2025-12-12T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3014"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T13:31:00","slug":"celebrate-your-companys-community-impact-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3014","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate your company&#8217;s community impact \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover.png\" alt=\"Scotland BOTY 20265\" class=\"wp-image-186296 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover.png\" alt=\"Scotland BOTY 20265\" class=\"wp-image-186296 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover.png 1920w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Scotland-BOTY-2026-cover-600x338.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Businesses that have demonstrated real community impact over the last 12 months are being urged to showcase this by entering the Scotland Business of the Year Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our judges want to see tangible demonstrations of \u2018giving something back\u2019, through corporate social responsibility initiatives or charitable activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">They are particularly looking to recognise efforts that are additional to the organisation\u2019s main operations \u2013 although charities and social enterprises can nominate a corporate partner who they feel has provided outstanding support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The awards are taking place for the first time in Scotland in 2026, organised by TheBusinessDesk.com and supported by PwC,\u00a0<em>Daily Business<\/em>\u00a0and TheBusinessGrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Peter Walker, editor of TheBusinessDesk Scotland, said: \u201cWe want to hear the good news stories, where companies have really committed to using their people, places and profits to benefit the communities in which they are based.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThis is a chance to show that rather than just being an afterthought donation, your team really cares about its locals and has been innovative in its approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Entries are open for 13 categories spanning businesses of all sizes and sectors, including fast-growth businesses, international trade, investment, and employers. There will also be two individual awards, for chief executive of the year and ambassador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To enter the Scotland Business of the Year Awards, visit\u00a0businessoftheyearawards.co.uk\u00a0or email boty@thebusinessdesk.com. The deadline is Friday, 16 January. Entries are free, and the awards will have a rigorous judging process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The awards are now open for entries. with a deadline of Friday, 16 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To enter, visit\u00a0businessoftheyearawards.co.uk\u00a0or email boty@thebusinessdesk.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Entries are free, and the awards will have a rigorous judging process. Site visits will take place in February and March, with shortlisted companies invited to pitch to judges in May, before the winners are revealed at a black-tie awards evening in June.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Celebrate #companys #community #impact #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses that have demonstra&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[266,3102,3104,3103,265,1731,3101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}