Attracting Investment A story… A client came to us several years ago and all he wanted was to attract investment into his business of £1,000,000. He asked us if an awards strategy could give him the best chance of doing exactly that and we said, “Yes!” We said yes because at many, if not all…
Attracting New Talent The reason why people choose to enter (and win!) awards varies considerably. For many it is about the growth of their business but the strategy that sits behind awards is nothing if not eminently flexible. For instance, we have a number of clients whose sole purpose is to enter (and win!) awards…
An Award we Love: The British Citizen Award Here at The Awards People we’ve found that The British Citizen Award (BCA) – also known as The People’s Honours – is largely unheard of. Here’s why we love these awards! The awards were founded to celebrate the everyday people who shape our lives and do great…
Answer the Question When I was in school and getting ready for my GCSEs my teachers seemed to have one phrase that they would say over and over again – “Make sure you answer the question being asked NOT the question you were hoping they’d ask!” This is now a piece of sage advice that…
Awards Arsenal OK, we can hear you ask, “What’s an Awards Arsenal?” It’s the phrase we use to start encouraging those interested in entering (and winning!) awards to get organised. Too many times we have asked clients for a photo of themselves or their team or a high res copy of their logo only to…
A is for… Awards Well, it may be an obvious one but we thought let’s start at the very beginning! So, what are awards? Awards are organised by independent companies, trade associations, magazines and the media as well as the Government (think Queen’s Honours and The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise as just two exampled). As…
The A to Z of Awards This year the overarching theme to all our posts, blogs and videos for The Awards People will be ‘The A to Z of Awards’. Using the alphabet as our inspiration we’ll be sharing thoughts, ideas, suggestions, top tips, tricks of the trade, hints, things not to do and plenty…
The British Empire Medal (BEM) Following the publication of the New Year’s Queens Honours List we have, quite literally, been inundated with calls enquiring about MBEs, OBEs and CBEs (you can read more about these Honours and how to nominate someone for one in our blog ‘It’s An Honour, Ma’am’ here: https://theawardspeople.co.uk/its-an-honour-maam/). During these calls…
Kicking Off January in Style! The Awards People Welcomes Two Brand New Clients Welcome to our two latest and fabulous new clients! TRUSTist is an amazing company who support hundreds of customers from around the world to use TRUSTist Local Reviews and integrate that with Google, Facebook and Twitter to promote their businesses online. Their…
Are You Joining In Our 5 Day Award Challenge? Brand new for 2021. Ooooh, have we got something fabulous for you! Going live on Monday 15th February is our very first Award Challenge designed specifically to inspire, motivate and help you get started in creating and implementing your very own Awards Strategy. An Awards Strategy…