The Judging Process

What does it take to judge a Dorset Business Award?

• Each award goes through a rigorous judging process by a minimum of three, impartial judges, who are chosen for their knowledge of and relevance to the award category. Therefore over 33 judges are out and about across Dorset judging the 2015 award entries.
• The names of the judges are not published within the business community nor do they meet any of the other award category judges during the judging phase.
• The judges have no conflicts of interest; for example they do not normally have any close personal or commercial connection with entrants.
• The judging panels can spend as long as a week considering each entry submission against the category criteria and their own discretion based on their relevant expertise. A score sheet is used to ensure the judging process is consistent.
• Transparency and integrity is at the core of the Awards process.
• The Dorset Business Awards reserves the right to withdraw an entry from the judging process at any time if the entry is deemed inappropriate for any reason.