BUSINESSES have less than a week to apply for a prestigious Black Country Chamber of Commerce business award.

The deadline for this year’s awards is Friday September 19.

Award catergories include: aspirational business, customer service, international, trade, people development, manufacturer of the year, service provider of the year and business of the year.

Chamber chief executive, Margaret Corneby, said: “The awards acknowledge the achievements of people and companies across the Black Country and are a great way to raise the profile of businesses.”

The winners will be announced at the chamber’s annual awards dinner taking place at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Thursday November 20.

For more information visit www.blackcountrychamber.co.uk/annual-awards, call 0845 002 1234 or email awards@blackcountrychamber.co.uk