INVESTMENT NEWS

The nominations for Investor of the year 2014 have begun

For ninth consecutive year InvestBulgaria Agency (IBA) organizes the annual awards "Investor of the Year". The competition aims to identify the most significant investment projects implemented in 2014 in Bulgaria. The award ceremony will take place in early February 2015. With "Investor of the Year" IBA wants to encourage new "green" implemented projects and well developing businesses.

Projects will be judged by a jury on the following criteria:

volume of investment
number of new jobs
investment in a region with low economic growth and high unemployment
investment in staff training
investment in measures to protect the environment

The awarded will receive a Golden Bull statue, made by the sculpture Seyfetin Shekerov in the following categories:

Investor of the year 2014
Green investment of the year
Investment in expanding
Investment in merge/acquisition
Investment in human capital.

Honorary awards - plaques of InvestBulgaria Agency, will be awarded in the following categories:

Investment in innovation
Investment in conquering a market
Successful startup
Area with the most investments.

Your support for the nomination of the most successful investment projects is very important to us. You can make a nomination till December 19 by completing the form, which you can download here.

Send the completed form to m.savov@investbg.government.bg

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