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My Annual Awards2026

Every award show in one place — find the one that belongs to your city, and enter it free.

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A guide for nominees, entrants and judges. Use the arrows or your keyboard to move through.

01The Opportunity

Recognition businesses are proud to earn

My Annual Awards celebrates the businesses, entrepreneurs and leaders shaping My Annual. Free to enter, open across every sector, and built to give ambitious organisations three things that are hard to buy.

Credibility

Independent recognition, judged against published criteria — the kind of proof a customer, a buyer or a procurement panel accepts without argument.

Visibility

Press coverage, social reach and a shortlist announcement that puts your name in front of people who have never heard it.

Momentum

A badge that keeps working all year — on your site, in your bids, in your emails and in every conversation that follows.

2 themes. One vision. One night where every kind of excellence is seen.

02The Bigger Picture

A My Annual business engagement platform that culminates in a prestigious annual awards celebration.

The awards night is the headline moment — but the platform is the product. Across 6–12 months it connects businesses, sponsors, partners, exhibitors, suppliers, speakers and members into one commercial community, with the gala as its climax.

03My Annual Business Community

The awards are how you join. The community is why you stay.

This isn’t an “awards info” group. It’s a year-round business community — a WhatsApp network and business database where My Annual businesses connect, celebrate, collaborate and grow. The awards are simply the reason to join.

Connect · Celebrate · Collaborate · Grow

Connect

Meet the businesses, buyers and partners who matter across My Annual.

Celebrate

Champion the wins, milestones and people behind local business.

Collaborate

Share referrals, opportunities and ideas — all year, not one night.

Grow

Turn relationships into real commercial growth.

04The Commercial Flywheel

A community, not a database

Each stage feeds the next. The awards bring businesses in; the community turns them into entrants, finalists, attendees, sponsors, suppliers, partners — and customers for one another.

1Business community
2Nominations
3Entrants
4Finalists
5Attendees
6Sponsors
7Suppliers
8Partners
9Customers
Loops back

Every new customer, partner and supplier is a reason for the next business to join — and the flywheel turns again.

05By The Numbers

The scale of the programme

2

Award Themes

1

Unforgettable Night

600+

Guests Expected

100%

Free to Nominate

Guest numbers are the planned capacity for the ceremony and are indicative until seating closes.

06The Themes

2 themes, one platform

Each theme is its own world of recognition — a distinct area of focus with its own categories, judged on its own terms, celebrated on the same night.

Women in Business

Working Women Awards

Championing women in business

Recognising the achievements, leadership and resilience of women driving business forward in every sector.

Business Excellence

Best Business Awards

The flagship celebration of excellence

Honouring the standout businesses, teams and entrepreneurs setting the standard for the region.

07Award Categories

Categories across every sector, one of them yours

Enter as many categories as genuinely fit. There is no cost per entry and no limit on how many you go for.

Headline Categories

Business of the YearNew Business of the YearCustomer Service ExcellenceHospitality & DiningBusiness InnovationCommunity ImpactEmployer of the YearYoung EntrepreneurFamily Business of the YearGreen & SustainabilityHigh Street ImpactB2B Business Award
08The Awards Night

One evening, the whole region in a room

Date and venue to be announced.

A drinks reception
A three-course gala dinner
The live awards ceremony
Headline entertainment
Structured networking
Press & professional photography
09Attending The Night

Tickets

£75 – £999

Per ticket, depending on the event, the ticket type and the experience selected. Pricing follows the level of the event.

LocalRegionalNationalGlobal

Exact ticket types and prices are published for each individual event.

For Entrants & Judges

Now, the part that is about you

Why businesses enter, what winning is worth, and how the judging actually works.

10Why Enter

Six reasons businesses put a name forward

Build Credibility

Earn independent industry recognition and the customer trust that comes with it.

Increase Visibility

Gain exposure through press coverage, social reach and year-round award promotion.

Celebrate Your Team

Honour the people behind your success and give them a moment they will never forget.

Stand Above Competitors

Differentiate your business and prove your excellence where it matters most.

Attract More Customers

Leverage powerful, third-party social proof that turns interest into commitment.

Accelerate Growth

Open doors to new partnerships, investment, talent and expansion opportunities.

11The Impact

What recognition actually does

70%

of buyers say awards increase their trust in a brand

3x

more media coverage for shortlisted businesses

2x

stronger recruitment pull as an award-winning employer

Media Exposure
Brand Awareness
Customer Trust
Recruitment Edge
Team Morale

Indicative outcomes reported by award-winning businesses and independent industry research.

12How It Works

From entry to the stage

Entries are open now — the closing date is announced on the site. Six steps, and the first one takes about ten minutes.

01

Nominations Open

Entries and public nominations are open now — completely free to enter.

02

Submit Your Entry

Tell your story across one or more categories. Enter as many as you like.

03

Independent Judging

A panel of independent experts reviews and scores every single entry.

04

Finalists Announced

The highest-scoring businesses are revealed and celebrated as finalists.

05

The Awards Gala

An unforgettable celebration — full details announced soon.

06

Winners Revealed

Gold winners are crowned live and the Overall Winner is named.

Entry Deadline

One month before the night

The standard final entry deadline is one month before each Award Night. The exact date is published for each individual event.

13The Judging Panel

Where the credibility comes from

An independent panel of respected leaders and sector experts scores every entry. Scoring is impartial, criteria are published, and nobody buys a trophy here.

What judges score on

  • Excellence in what you do and how you do it
  • Measurable impact on customers, staff and community
  • Innovation — new thinking, not just new tools
  • Customer experience and the evidence behind it
  • Growth, resilience and where the business goes next

Joining the panel

  • Score remotely, in your own time
  • Official recognition as an awards judge
  • Named on the site and in the programme
  • Complimentary place at the ceremony
Apply to judge
14Who Is Behind This

The platform behind the night

A year-round programme

A 6–12 month calendar — launch, category showcases, networking, exhibitions, finalist reveals and the gala. Not one night.

A live community

A WhatsApp community and business database connecting My Annual businesses all year — the network a partnership reaches.

Exhibitions & showcases

Dedicated showcase and exhibition infrastructure that puts businesses — and partners — in front of buyers.

Four themes, 12+ categories

A structured awards taxonomy spanning every sector and every kind of excellence.

A marketing engine

Email, social, web and press channels that carry the programme — and your brand — across the whole campaign.

Backed by B2B Growth Hub

Part of a wider business-growth operation of events, advisory and services — infrastructure, not improvisation.

What makes ours different

Where a typical awards is one evening, ours is a year-round platform: the community, the database, the showcases and the programme are the product — the gala is the climax. That is the infrastructure a partnership actually plugs into.

Full organiser credentials, references, past-event photography and our partner and media list are available to serious partners on request.

15Start Your Entry

Nominations are open. Yours takes minutes.

Entering My Annual Awards 2026 is free, open to every sector, and you can put yourself forward or nominate someone else.

Free to enter · Takes 10 minutes · No payment, ever

16Contact

Talk to the team

Enquiries

hello@myannualawards.com

Telephone

+44 20 3451 7166

Office

Level 18, 40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AB, United Kingdom

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