🏆 Export Business Of The Year 2026

Participation in the judging process is often an opportunity to meet with potential customers and can be used for business development. It is also an opportunity to benchmark your company against other market leaders.
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Export Business of the Year – Category Partner 2026

Support international ambition and celebrate global success by sponsoring the Export Business of the Year award at the 2026 Sussex Chamber Business Awards. This category honours businesses that have achieved outstanding results in overseas markets, demonstrating excellence in strategy, resilience, and innovation in exporting goods or services.

As the Category Partner, your brand will be seen as a champion of international trade, growth and innovation. You’ll be aligned with businesses that are not only raising the profile of Sussex on the global stage, but also creating jobs, forging partnerships and opening new markets.

Export Business Of The Year

  • Pre-judging meeting to discuss awards (date to be confirmed)
  • Participation in judging of partnered category; further details and full criteria will be provided to you from Sussex Chamber.
  • Two complimentary tickets to the event (with upgrade option to a full table).
  • Opportunity to present the award to the category winner on stage and exclusive photo opportunity with winner and awards host.
  • Partner logo branded as Category Partner throughout the extensive marketing campaign of the event. This includes e-marketing to all business contacts c.7,000
  • Included in social media marketing to c25,000 followers (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn); partners to provide social media handles for these purposes.
  • Dedicated awards website page promoting all Category Partners with company brief description and logo (partner to provide artwork).
  • Dedicated 1/2 page editorial in our Business Edge Magazine c20,000 readers (in print and online).
  • Partner logo incorporated into the design of the evening programme
  • Partner logo displayed on video screens and presentation at the awards ceremony in front of c300 guests.
  • Company name on category trophy and all certificates (finalists, runner-up, and winner).