The 2009/10 Gatwick Diamond Business Awards are now closed for entries.

We have had an array of entries from local businesses all vying to be recognised as one of the best businesses in the Gatwick Diamond.

Award Categories and Sponsors are:

Large Business of the Year - sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers

Business Person of the Year - sponsored by Barclays Commercial Bank

Employer of the Year - sponsored by Rawlison Butler LLP

Young Entrepreneur of the Year - sponsored by Gatwick Green

Commitment to Skills & Developing People - sponsored by Central Sussex College

The Award for Customer Delight - sponsored by Basepoint Centres

The Award for Export - sponsored by UKTI

The Award for Leisure Destination - sponsored by Hilton Hotel London Gatwick

The Award for Innovation in Business - sponsored by the University of Brighton

The Green Award for Sustainable Travel & Transport - sponsored by London Gatwick Airport

The Green Award for Energy - sponsored by EDF Energy

The Green Award for Recycling - sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services

Nick Hewer, Sir Alan Sugar's Right Hand Man on the hit BBC show "The Apprentice", has been hired by the organisers of the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards to speak at the Gala Dinner and to present the Awards on the night.

To find out everything you need to know & to enter the Awards, please visit www.gatwickdiamondbusinessawards.com