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We are excited to host our first ever FIPS Business Awards for 2026<\/strong> to recognise the great and inspiring Financial, Insurance and Professional services offered in Suffolk. We invite you to either apply to one of the six award categories<\/strong> detailed below, or nominate a business or individual you feel fit the award category.<\/p>\n

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    Must be a Suffolk based business\/individual (An individual can either be self-employed or an individual\/team within an organisation who has demonstrated excellence)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Must be a trading business that operates in one of the following sectors:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Finance (accountancy, business loans & financing, asset finance, wealth management, debt-recovery, invoice discounting)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Insurance (business, professionals, fleet)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Professional Services (Solicitors, specialist services such as wills, probate & trusts, business advice and consultancy)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":511,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-510","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFIPS Business Awards 2026 - FinTechEast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nice-saha.165-232-43-139.plesk.page\/?event=fips-business-awards-2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIPS Business Awards 2026 - FinTechEast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are excited to host our first ever FIPS Business Awards for 2026 to recognise the great and inspiring Financial, Insurance and Professional services offered in Suffolk. 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