Ilembe business women can prepare to be singled out and honored as the national search begins for the Hirsch Business Woman of the Year.
Margaret Hirsch in conjunction with the Ilembe Chamber officially launched the competition last Tuesday with the aim of shedding light on the many dynamic, ambitious woman in this region.
Woman are encouraged to nominate themselves or other business woman who are seen as strong role models, highly skilled and successful.
Monthly winners will be announced winning themselves some fantastic prizes and their names will go into the final to win the title of Business Woman of the Year.
Submission dead line for the monthly winner award is the 15th of every month – competition will be running until August 2015.
There are Hirsch’s vouchers to be won to the value of R10 000, R5 000 and R2 500 for first, second and third place respectively.
Margaret explained that there would be a stringent selection process. Entrants or nominees need to submit a detailed document including a business plan and an executive summary explaining their business, achievements and the effort put into bring the business to life.
Entrants must operate an entrepreneurial enterprise as a sole proprietorship, partnership or close corporation as well as have a web-presence in the form of a blog or website.
An entry fee of R100 is payable and cut off date for submissions is August 31.
The competition is being carried out across the country in all the areas that Hirsch’s operates.
Over the last two years, Margaret Hirsch has been the recipient of a variety of awards to acknowledge her contribution to the business world in South Africa, from the Business Woman of the Year award in 2012 to SANLAM’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship in 2013. This year she is up for more awards, including the Standard Bank sponsored Business woman of the Year Award later this month.
“Winning these awards has been wonderful – both for Hirsch’s and for me personally, and I would like to see this happening to other women in business. As women, we tend not to be assertive enough. There are so many fantastic women out there who are not coming forward to be acknowledged for their contribution to the business world, and I would like to encourage them to come forward and enter the competition or nominate a friend or business owner,” said Margaret.
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