The team were very professional
The team were very professional and guided us thru the process at every stage and worked with us to build the very best picture of our business. We are very grateful

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We recognise the hard work and dedication of small and medium-sized enterprises from across the United Kingdom, and we like to acknowledge them and highlight them within our quarterly digital publication and annual award programmes.
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The team were very professional and guided us thru the process at every stage and worked with us to build the very best picture of our business. We are very grateful

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We were contacted by SME News regarding an award nomination for our platform, but the outreach did not even correctly identify our company. This suggests the nomination was based on superficial scraping rather than any meaningful review.
The process appears structured to encourage nominees into optional paid promotional packages. While the company presents this as an award programme, our experience gave the impression of a marketing funnel rather than credible independent recognition.
In our view, businesses should approach these nominations with caution and do proper due diligence before engaging.

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After their "internal research" we were nominated to join an award for our exceptional customer service. This despite the fact we are not trading! These are purely money making exercises for the media company, looking to take cash off of your suppliers to produce an advertorial for their profit.

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Just posting to highlight again that this is a scam. Unsolicited email to a charity that I am involved with claiming that we have been nominated for an award, total nonsense. AVOID.

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