Award deadlines coming up (scroll down below text for a list of awards organised by industry) 

Welcome to our handy guide to awards with deadlines coming up in February, March and a little beyond. The number of awards deadlines ramps up quickly this month so plenty of credible recognition to be gained.     

As ever, contact our team here at Boost if you need help with your entries or guidance on which awards to enter. It’s the ideal time to get a date in your diary to plan which awards to enter in 2025 – our amazing in-depth awards planning sessions are a great way to get teams together from across your organisation to identify which are your strongest stories. We can then match them to awards that would provide most benefit to you. Okay, let’s get started with the awards to look out for coming up..

Employer awards, Business awards, Leadership awards, HR awards and training awards

For a more comprehensive overview, please read our guides to ‘Great Employer Awards‘, ‘Which are the best HR Awards to enter?’ and ‘Diversity and Inclusion awards‘. 

If you are looking for an international general business award, The TITAN Business Awards and TITAN Women in Business Awards both share a final deadline of 21st March and include loads of categories, so something suitable for everyone. 

Other deadlines to look for include the Consultancy Awards (deadline extended to 14th February), and of course there are plenty of options with ongoing entry formats, such as Business Disability Forum – Disability Smart Audit and the survey-based Great Place to Work. You are leaving it very late to enter The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality (7th February) which has extensive entry requirements and features many of the largest UK organisations. Maybe also consider the Inspiring Workplaces UK & Ireland (19th February), UK Company Culture Awards (20th February), Working Families Best Practice Awards (28th February) or indeed, Stonewall Global Workplace Equality Index (1st March).  

In the world of training keep an eye out for the highly prestigious Princess Royal Training Awards (31st March). Free to enter and a great way to receive Royal recognition for your training excellence. Slightly further field, Brandon Hall Excellence in Human Capital Management Program (11th April) proves to be incredibly popular every year. 

Finally, if you are working in the recruitment industry then definitely consider one of the most prominent awards in that sector, The Recruiter Awards – now open until 14th March and featuring new categories for 2025.    

Finance awards 

The world of financial services is a broad umbrella, but here are a few to keep an eye out for in the coming months. The Fintech Awards extended deadline is now 7th February. Consider entering World’s Best Banks Awards by Global Finance (3rd February), Euromoney Awards for Excellence (14th February) and the Financial Services Eagles Awards (3rd March). The Insurance sector in particular has a cluster of credible awards coming up – The British Insurance Awards and Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards both share 28th February deadline, but also look out for British Claims Awards (7th March), COVER Customer Care Awards (14th March) and IR Awards Europe (also 14th March).

Marketing, Events and PR awards

There are a large number of credible marketing and creative awards that have launched, so I won’t mention them all, but some that focus on particular areas of digital marketing that should be on your radar include: Muse Creative Awards (28th February), NYX Awards (13th March), and finally, arguably one of the most prestigious awards in the calendar The DRUM Awards for Marketing EMEA – 5th March standard deadline but they will be extending to 20th March.   

Planning & Property awards

Now celebrating its 25th year, The IWFM Impact Awards celebrates excellence in workplace and facilities management – if this is your sector then definitely one to enter by 10th April. 

Tech awards

Special mention for this month goes to the technology and computing sectors, and a few awards programmes in particular – The Cloud Security Awards, is open for entries until 21st February, and also consider National Technology Awards (extension to 20th February) and The British Data Awards which closes 21st February.  

Hopefully these highlights will provide insights to help you plan which awards to enter. Below you will find all the awards with deadlines occurring within the next two months, organised by industry sector. Remember, do please contact Boost if you need a helping hand entering any of these – our in-house team of experienced award writers have won over 2,000 awards, and can increase your chances of a win significantly. Now is a great time to get a planning session arranged so you can develop your awards strategy for the whole of the year. Our unique cloud-based planner technology and tech infrastructure sets us apart from hiring a freelance writer or completing your awards in-house – contact us today for a no-obligation chat and develop your awards strategy.

You can also sign up for our email deadline reminder service, so that the next two months of deadlines arrive in your inbox – completely free of charge. Handy, I think you will agree!  

Best of luck winning some awards! 

Chris.