The Blick Rothenberg Mid-Market Business Growth Award
Britain’s mid-tier businesses make up just 0.5% of UK companies but they generate over a quarter of national turnover. In 2025, mid-market firms from all regions of the UK defied economic uncertainty to achieve growth, whether it was accessing new markets, expanding relationships with existing clients, or launching new products and services.
Has your business increased sales, profitability, client value or market share to achieve exceptional growth and commercial performance over the last 2 years?
Open to any type of organisation across all sectors with revenues above £25m, this award recognises mid-tier businesses achieving growth across a range of metrics and a robust plan to deliver sustained financial success and impact.
Judges will look for evidence to demonstrate:
• Strong financial performance
• Organic growth, effective optimisation of growth capital or acquisition
• Inspirational leadership and effective management
• Innovation in products, services or processes
• Exceptional customer service & engagement
• Engaged and productive employees
• Ethical practice and profit with purpose
SCORING
In this category judges will compare the extent to which each candidate has demonstrated excellence in the following areas:
Employee & Customer Engagement 25%
- How have you attracted, retained, motivated and optimised your team to help you win or retain clients?
- What talent strategies, workforce models or initiatives have improved employee engagement, increased productivity and enabled you to achieve your growth objectives?
- Provide case study examples and top line data to demonstrate how you have increased your customer base or client value over the last 18 months.
Leadership & Innovation 25%
- How has innovation supported growth? Provide evidence or case studies to demonstrate how an innovative product, service, solution or initiative has driven commercial success.
- Show how the management structure, leadership philosophy and culture of your company supported growth over of the last two years.
Financial Performance & Growth 30%
- Explain your key growth metrics, including financial targets, KPIs, timescales and overall ambitions plus examples of milestones and barriers/challenges that have been overcome. Growth metrics can include adoption, subscription, lead generation, client base, headcount, NPS scores, etc.
- How do you benchmark against your peers in terms of sales, profitability or market share?
- How has your company performed against your growth plan and what will help you to sustain future growth?
- Show examples and/or case studies of what has supported, or will drive further, commercial success.
Purpose Beyond Profit – 20%
- How does your guiding mission, values or purpose align with your business model and growth objectives?
- What is your company doing to improve environmental, social or governance impact and how are these initiatives aligned with your overall ambition for the business?
- How has your approach to diversity, equity and inclusion improved employee / client attraction and retention.
