Awards to Enter This July

Awards to Enter This July

Summer is here (finally!), and while you may be slowing down, your recognition strategy doesn’t have to. This season brings a welcome change of pace. Teams are taking time out, inboxes are quieter, and for some there’s finally space to breathe, even if just a little. This time of year can be a great time…

How to Choose the Right Business Award Category

How to Choose the Right Business Award Category

The TWO big mistakes you might be making when entering awards If you’ve ever entered an award and not won, it can be really disappointing and you can find yourself asking ‘why?’ From years of experience judging award entries, the reason for not winning typically isn’t that the product, initiative or service isn’t award-worthy…  Entries…

The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025
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The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025

The King’s Birthday Honours List is announced on the Monarch’s official birthday in June and celebrates outstanding individuals making an impact in the UK across all fields. From sport, TV and broadcasting, to charity, business and entrepreneurs, and community volunteers. Recipients are nominated before being judged by designated honours committees, the Prime Minister and, finally,…

Awards Open in June 2025

Awards Open in June 2025

We’re halfway through the year and fast heading towards the tail end of the entry period for many major award programmes. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t ample opportunity to enter some of the world’s leading awards and get recognition in 2025. Take a look at just some of the awards open that you can…

Beware of New Awards Scams. They Could Damage Your Brand and Your SEO – Here’s how they work and how to spot them…
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Beware of New Awards Scams. They Could Damage Your Brand and Your SEO – Here’s how they work and how to spot them…

Every week, I hear from businesses who’ve received a mysterious email or Direct Message on social media, telling them they’ve “won” an award or been “rated one of the top providers” in their industry. It sounds flattering, but here’s the reality: you haven’t entered anything, you haven’t been judged by an expert panel, and you…

Group of winners at the 2025 Learning Awards with Claudia Winkelman with the August Recognition Logo overlaid
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The Learning Awards 2026 Now Open for Entries

The Learning Awards are open for entries!  The awards recognise innovation and achievements in workplace learning from organisations across the globe. They receive hundreds of entries every year, in 2023 the awards received entries from 56 countries. Celebrating their 30th year, the Learning Awards have continually adapted to align with significant trends in L&D, and…

From Flat-Pack to Front-Runner: How IKEA’s Sustainability Awards Are Driving Change

From Flat-Pack to Front-Runner: How IKEA’s Sustainability Awards Are Driving Change

The rise of sustainability awards in the corporate world What do Nike, Patagonia, and IKEA have in common? Beyond global reach and iconic design, they’ve each won awards for sustainability. In a world where greenwashing is under growing scrutiny, sustainability awards have become powerful signals of real impact. They don’t just reward good intentions, they…

Meet Scriveiner: International Award-Winning Scale-Up
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Meet Scriveiner: International Award-Winning Scale-Up

Scriveiner London designs unique, luxury, handcrafted pens at an affordable price-point. Often bought as beautiful gifts, they are loved by customers worldwide. But they wanted more than great reviews. They wanted to demonstrate the high quality and standards of both their products and their business by becoming formally recognised as a world-class brand. How We…

Samsung Electronics participants from Donna O'Toole's awards workshop hold up copies of WIN!
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Samsung Electronics: Unlocking Award-Winning Potential

When one of the world’s most innovative brands takes time to reflect on its achievements, incredible things happen. Samsung Electronics is a global leader in technology, but with so many groundbreaking projects across CSR and innovation amongst many other successes, pinpointing the most strategic award opportunities, and crafting compelling entries that hit the spot can…

Lisa Wren and Donna O'Toole from August pose for a photo with Domenico D'Ambruoso from Sodexo Growth Academy (middle) at the 2025 Learning Awards Ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
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Award-Winning Learning & Development Programmes

Sodexo Growth Academy delivers exceptional international training programmes, helping employees develop the skills they need to succeed. In 2024, they wanted to celebrate their success so far and keep building on this for future growth. One way to reflect on their journey and set new benchmarks for even greater growth was to recognise their international…

Karen Barrett CEO and Founder of Unbiased collecting her Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2024 Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards.
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The Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2025

Entries for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA) are now open. Sponsored by Allica Bank, these awards recognise the achievements of outstanding and innovative entrepreneurs from all industry sectors. The awards were founded by Frankie James in 2012, in that time she has established a thriving community with over 50,000 entrepreneurs, including Steven Bartlett, Tej…

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