The NatWest Encouraging Women into Franchising Awards are open for entries

Region of the Year and Ambassador of the Year categories introduced for 2020

The NatWest Encouraging Women into Franchising Awards are open for entries - and they’re bigger than ever.

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Two new awards have been introduced for 2020 - Region of the Year and Ambassador of the Year - bringing the total categories to 11. These are in full:

• New Woman Franchisor of the Year.
• New Woman Franchisee of the Year.
• Woman Franchise Employee of the Year.
• Woman Franchisor of the Year.
• Woman Franchisee of the Year.
• Young Woman (Under 30) in Franchising of the Year.
• Service Provider of the Year (Male or female service provider supporting women in franchising).
• Inspirational Woman in Franchising.
• Ambassador of the Year (male or female).
• Overall Woman in Franchising (the winner of this category will be chosen from the winners of the nine categories above).
• Region of the Year.

Entries for the Region of the Year award will be judged on the efforts they’ve made to fulfil EWIF’s mission of encouraging women into franchising, while the Ambassador of the Year winner will have lived and breathed the not-for-profit organisation’s core values.

Free to enter, the closing date for the NatWest EWIF Awards is 5pm on February 28.

Finalists will be announced on March 25.

For more information visit ewif.org/2020-natwest-ewif-awards