Awards News – The Latest From The World of Business Awards

Read about Princess Royal Training Award winners investing in training for a post-covid recovery. See how in these case studies, award recipients have invested in training employees to create sustainable talent pipelines and fill skills gaps. Examples of the benefits of winning a Princess Royal Training Award.

You have fantastic internal D&I initiatives, great communications, senior buy-in and measurable impacts within the business and beyond. Why not celebrate your D&I initiatives with your colleagues and grow your reputation? Read our comprehensive guide to diversity and inclusion awards.

Search is an exciting arena, a true battleground for the soldiers of SEO, SEM and PPC, where everyone is constantly trying to improve their rankings and climb above the competition. Just try searching ‘Best SEO Agency’, for example, to see the unending war to win business being played out. Put simply, winning a search award puts you ahead of the competition and makes a measurable difference to sales conversion. Read Boost’s guide to which search awards you should enter.

The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For and the Great Place to Work scheme are two of the most popular ‘Best Employer’ league tables. Boost’s Rebecca Carpenter discusses these and similar ‘Best Places to Work’ schemes, as well as awards with ‘Employer of the Year’ categories, to help you decide which might be best for your company.

Winning a customer service award is great way to impress customers, both current and potential. Boost’s Alex Coxon looks at 4 types of customer service awards and customer experience awards that you should enter, and which might best suit your team and your marketing goals. From Contact Centre Awards to Customer Service categories in General Business Awards, there are plenty of ways to show you provide exceptional customer service.

Around 90% of business awards recognise departments, people, or industry sectors. However, there is a whole collection of award schemes which recognise the business as a whole, irrespective of industry sector. We call these ‘general business awards’ and they include very prestigious schemes like the National Business Awards and The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. Chris Robinson explains which of these awards suit your business best, and provides some top tips for increasing your chances of winning one.

If a company wants to attract investment, its ESG rating is not just important, it’s critical. In this article, Boost’s Echo Ilott explores how ESG awards and rankings have become an increasingly important tool in proving and improving a company’s business-critical ESG rating.

Have you successfully delivered a major HR strategy or project over the past year? If so, that project, your team, or the individuals involved may be eligible for an award. But with so many awards out there, do you need some help picking which award schemes to enter? Whether its talent management, recruitment, employee engagement or learning and development… Boost’s Chris Robinson says there’s an HR award and category that will be a perfect match for you.

To win a Queen’s Award brings unparallelled prestige, exposure and recognition, with many recognising it as the highest UK official award for businesses. Anyone who could win an award from HM Queen Elizabeth II would certainly be mad not to try. Having written 26 winning entries for clients, I hope this article will help you decide whether you COULD win an award, and if so, HOW to do so.

The UK Customer Experience Awards is aimed at organisations who strive to enhance the customer experience they offer in an innovative way. Celebrating its eleventh-year anniversary, the CX programme has become a key staple in the awards diary for companies large and small. Milly Bones, a former UKCEA judge, guides you through everything you need to know before entering.

Do you think your business, team or even a specific individual deserves recognition for outstanding achievement? The UK Business Awards (UKBA) is your chance to recognise and honour this with an independent ‘seal of approval’. Now in it’s sixth year the UKBA (aka ‘The Dons’) is dedicated to rewarding those who have demonstrated exceptional business performance, shaping the future of business. Beyond being a vehicle for sharing best practice, the UKBA enables organisations who enter, whether an SME or large company, to promote professional improvement, learning, and personal development.

Studies have shown that women feel they have to work harder for recognition compared to their male counterparts and on average are less vocal about their success. One of the best, and simplest ways to gain recognition in the business world, is to be put forward for an award. Boost’s Amber Campbell aims to explore some of the business awards for women that are available and you might consider entering.

With the choice of training awards increasing, Boost’s Chris Robinson explores which awards are best suited for your training programme, L&D project or people development scheme. Winning Best Training Programme or Training Team of the Year could prove invaluable.

The Stonewall Workplace Equality Index is the definitive benchmark for an organisation’s progress on LGBT equality. Boost’s Emma Turnbull outlines everything you need to know about entering either the UK or the Global Indices. The application process is massive with the written element potentially over 35,000 words, plus a plethora of supporting material to show your policies, inclusion activity and more. Read our guide and contact us for help if you are considering applying and aiming to become a Top 100 Employer.

The Real IT Awards RITA have been rewarding outstanding IT teams and projects since 2004. Our Awards Spotlight for RITA 2020 guides you through the history of the awards, past winners, the entry process and all of the categories for this year, including a raft of new ones. All the details you need to know about one of the most credible awards in the UK IT industry.

Okay, so you’ve achieved something big within your business and now you want to shout about it – and rightly so. The extensive world of awards awaits you…but how do you ensure your entry makes the coveted shortlist, and gives you the best chance of proudly accepting a shiny new trophy? Boost’s Lesley Billen talks you through how to win business awards.

Pensions Awards are on the increase. We surveyed over 400 business decision-makers and the results showed that over 72.1% are influenced by awards when choosing providers of financial services and a massive 81.0% are influenced by awards when choosing HR services (including employee benefits). Is it any wonder that awards in the pensions industry are not only highly sought after, but are also highly competitive? Read our guide to the best pensions awards to enter.

As one of London’s top responsible business awards, the Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards celebrate businesses that are achieving excellence in social impact. Recognising the vital role businesses across every sector have to play in this important topic, these awards recognise everything from responsible recruitment through to procurement and giving practices. Read our ‘Awards Spotlight’ guide for everything you need to know about entering.

If you work in, or supply to, the insurance sector, then the good news is there is a fantastic choice of insurance awards to enter, and we are not just talking about the most famous like The British Insurance Awards and The Insurance Times Awards. However, with this choice comes a challenge – unless you have an unlimited budget, you’re going to have to be choosy. This article will help you pick which insurance awards to enter.

The awards sector is booming with literally thousands of award schemes taking place around the world each year. Our free list of business awards contains over 3,500 active listings and is still growing! And while you’ve no doubt heard of the industry heavy-hitters such as The National Business Awards, The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, Employee Benefits Awards, Masters of Marketing Awards or UK IT Awards, there’s a plethora of obscure and incredibly niche ones too. Phil Stock explores the wonderful world of awards.

Entering Business Awards: Vanity or Sanity? With awards seemingly popping up all over the place, businesses could be forgiven for wondering just how valuable such a stamp of approval is.

The time has come – after months of planning, collating info, crafting your written submission and maybe even presenting to a panel of judges…it all leads up to the big day – the award ceremony! So, what can you expect at the event? Glitz? Glamour? Dad-dancing at the post-show disco? These come as standard! But to help you navigate through what else you can expect, here’s a few insights:

Cast your mind back to your childhood and think of a time you won something. Whether that win was for a sports day race, talent show performance, swimming gala or a quiz in class, chances are you remember feeling great.

So you have an excellent initiative, worthy of a credible Business Award. Surely this means the award is yours? Just tell the judge the facts and job done. It’s in the bag. Sadly, as with court proceedings, tendering for business, and even requests for funding, it is not enough simply to deserve to win. Between the act of deserving an award and winning an award is the written entry.