ByKatharina Lay
Getting ready for an awards ceremony is exciting, but deciding what to wear can sometimes be a challenge! Whether you’re attending as a finalist, winner, colleague or guest, you’ll want to look and feel your best for the big occasion. From black tie and formal dress codes to cocktail attire and business wear, knowing what’s…
ByKatharina Lay
Every organisation wants to be customer-centric. Fewer can prove what that means in practice. For award judges, a strong customer experience story isn’t built from words such as seamless, innovative, exceptional or world-class. It is built from evidence that shows a customer problem existed, something meaningful changed, and customers experienced a measurable benefit as a…
ByKatharina Lay
Do you need to prepare for an awards final? Are you wondering what the judges might ask you? I’ve been judging awards for over a decade, and I can’t count the questions I’ve actually asked, but I’m also asked all the time ‘what will the judges will ask me?’. So here are 40 questions you…
ByKatharina Lay
Last week, the August Recognition team had the pleasure of exhibiting at the Gatwick Business Show, connecting with local businesses, ambitious entrepreneurs and industry professionals for a brilliant day of networking, inspiration and new opportunities. Our founder, Donna O’Toole, joined the team to represent August Recognition, with our exhibition stand positioned in the foyer. It…
ByKatharina Lay
Utilities organisations are delivering enormous change. Customer experience is being redesigned. Sustainability commitments are becoming measurable programmes. Technology is changing how services are delivered. Teams are solving complex operational problems and creating better outcomes for customers and communities. But there’s a question we think more organisations should be asking: Has your reputation changed as quickly…
ByKatharina Lay
Spooky season is here. But missed award opportunities? That’s a genuinely scary thought. October is the perfect time to look back at what your business, teams and people have achieved in 2026 and ask whether those achievements are getting the recognition they deserve. Several prestigious awards are open now, with key November deadlines approaching. Here…
ByKatharina Lay
If you run an agency, you probably spend a lot of time proving how good you are at growing other people’s brands. But how much time do you spend building the reputation of your own? Over the past few weeks, we’ve been surrounded by some of the best agencies in the business. First at the…
ByKatharina Lay
Getting shortlisted for an award is a fantastic achievement. Your written entry has captured the judges’ attention, demonstrated the value of what you’ve achieved and secured your place among the finalists. But if your award includes a presentation stage, being shortlisted isn’t the end of the journey. Your awards presentation is an opportunity to bring…
ByKatharina Lay
Ideas Fest 2026! The Awards Experts are in town! Ideas Fest is always full of big ideas.Taking pride in being Awards Experts, we strive to help people tell their stories and it was a fantastic opportunity for us to hear real life examples of current ambitions, understand the various challenges businesses and individuals have had…
ByKatharina Lay
National Inclusion Week is a valuable moment to celebrate the people, initiatives and ideas making our workplaces more inclusive. But there’s an important question every business should be asking: What are we doing to make inclusion matter beyond this week? Because meaningful diversity and inclusion isn’t created by a single campaign, event or awareness day….
ByKatharina Lay
Whether you’re a founder, business leader or senior executive, there’s one brand you can’t afford to overlook: Your own. Personal branding isn’t about self-promotion or simply being more visible. It’s about what you’re known for, why people trust you, and the evidence that supports your reputation. And in a world where customers, investors, partners and…
ByKatharina Lay
September is a brilliant time to reflect on what you and your team have achieved so far this year – and turn that success into credible, independent recognition. Because awards aren’t simply about having a shiny trophy on the shelf. The right recognition can give customers another reason to trust you, help a growing business…
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Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
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Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to