BUSINESSES across North Hampshire are being called to snap up their tickets for an important date in the business calendar.

The INSPIRE Awards 2017 will be taking place in November to showcase the best of North Hampshire businesses with tickets now on sale for the glittering evening to be held at the Hampshire Court Hotel.

There is a huge array of categories in the awards including the Business of the Year Award and prizes for small businesses, new businesses, family businesses, and international businesses.

As well as the presentation of awards, the evening provides a chance for businesses to network and meet like-minded individuals, while celebrating business in North Hampshire.

Tickets cost £85 plus VAT or £850 plus VAT for a table of ten, a price which includes a champagne reception, three-course meal, wine with dinner and entertainment.

Felicity Edwards, managing director at Destination Basingstoke which is organising the awards, said: “It is always a spectacular occasion and one that is firmly fixed in the local business calendar as one of the best networking opportunities of the year, as well as a chance to celebrate all our business achievements – it is also a very good party!”

“The Inspire Business Awards really demonstrate the strength of North Hampshire’s business community and highlights the region as a successful location for new, growing and well established businesses of all types.”

To book tickets, go to inspirebusinessawards.co.uk/inspire-business-awards-ceremony. Dress code for the evening is black tire/ evening dress.

Nominations for the awards close on Saturday, September 9 at midnight.

To nominate a business, free of charge, go to inspirebusinessawards.co.uk/local-business-awards.

The judging panel is made up of representatives of the group of sponsor organisations of the awards themselves and most of the judges work in businesses themselves, whether they are start-ups or multi-national corporations.

All those selected as finalists will receive two free tickets to attend the awards dinner.