Award deadlines coming up (Scroll down below for all awards organised by industry) 

It is a busy part of the year for business award deadlines, with October and November seeing some of the most high profile industry-specific awards alongside some key niche HR awards, and various Customer Service awards stating their final award deadlines. It is of course the busiest time of the year for award ceremonies themselves, as achievements and innovations earlier in the year gain deserved recognition before Christmas then takes over.   

Customer Service Awards

Two major schemes of note here – The Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service and The ICS UK Customer Satisfaction Awards. The first of these is a credible international scheme, with 138 categories and a focus on ‘specific accomplishments’, later referred to as  ‘achievements’ from 1st July 2017 through to 10th January 2019 , so something for everyone to enter. Early-bird entry deadline is 17th October, the standard deadline is a month later on 14th November 2018, or if you need more time and are willing to pay the $55 entry late fee then the last day for entries is 10th January 2019. The ICS UK Customer Satisfaction Awards are UK-specific with a 12th October deadline. The entry requirements are demanding too, so you will need plenty of time to prepare (or of course Contact Boost to help!). Categories are split between generic ones like ‘Customer Commitment Award’, while the other half are a bit more quirky like the ‘Customer Feedback Strategy Award’. 

Industry Awards 

Some key industry specific awards and their deadlines are on the horizon.  The Retail Week Awards are UK only and, from experience, I would say focus mainly on the big household names – perhaps only enter if you turnover is north of £100m. The deadline is 28th September but we have found that the organisers EMAP tend to extend the deadline a week or so for most of their awards.  Two big awards in the fleet industry are also coming up – The Fleet News Awards has a deadline of 17th November, while you have until 1st October to enter the more people-focussed categories of The Fleet Hero Awards.    The Construction News Specialists Awards are open to entry from the UK and Republic of Ireland. Categories include 8 specialisms like demolition and ground engineering, as well as project and internal themes like training. Deadline is 12th October.  The FSTech Awards celebrate innovation in the field of information technology within the UK and EMEA financial services sector. Highly credible and currently in their 19th year. Enter by 23rd November. 

HR Awards

The HR Brilliance Awards are a generally smaller scheme than a lot of HR Awards with fewer categories, but boast an impressive array of past winners that includes global multinationals as well as smaller-sized companies. You have until 26th October to enter.  Finally, it is definitely worth considering entering The Employee Wellbeing Awards, this year expanding to 15 categories. These include Employee Wellbeing awards for ‘Leadership and Culture’, ‘Financial’ Wellbeing, ‘Mental’ Wellbeing and ‘Community Impact.’ Deadline here is 30th October. 

Okay so there we have a few award highlights coming up – I wish you the best of luck during the autumn awards season. Below you will find all the awards in the next two months organised by industry sector. Remember, Contact Boost if you need a helping hand entering any of these awards. Our in-house team of experienced award writers have won over a 1,100 awards and can increase your chances of a win significantly.

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