A special information evening is to be held next week to encourage people to enter the Swale Business Awards 2015.

It will be held at Macknade Fine Foods in Faversham on Thursday June 18.

It starts at 5.30pm with networking and refreshments, and there are speakers from 6.30pm to 7.15pm.

At the moment there are four award categories: small business of the year; customer service and commitment; the judges’ special award; and Swale business of the year. The 12 finalists will be invited to attend a gala dinner and awards presentation in October.

This year’s confirmed sponsors are: Handelsbanken; Enterprise Centres; JH Property Management; Kent Science Park; Macknade Fine Foods; the KM Group; McNealy Brown; Shepherd Neame; Swale council; Thomson Snell & Passmore; UHY Hacker Young; and the University of Greenwich.

All businesses that enter the awards will have a company profile – including photograph – published in their relevant KM Group publication and on the awards website.

For more details, visit www.swalebusinessawards.co.uk or call Shannon Marchant on 01795 475363, alternatively you can email awards@swalebusinessawards.co.uk