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(1) Messaging at rollover:
nominations open w/c Monday 21 April 2025
nominations open Tuesday 6 May 2025
(2) When nominations open:
nominations are open
and will close on Friday 27 June 2025
(3) When nominations close:
nominations have closed
deadline for submission forms: 25 July 2025
shortlist announcement: 26 September 2025
(4) When submission forms close:
nominations and submission forms have closed
shortlist announcement: 26 September 2025
(5) When the shortlist goes live:
shortlist announced
(6): When the digital brochure preview goes live:
shortlist announced
click below to view the 2024 digital brochure
digital brochure shortlist shortlist review
(7): When the winners go live:
winners announced
setup: voting paneL X 2 VERSIONS
The Voting Panel will meet to discuss this year's nominations on Thursday 25 September 2025. Credentials of the panel members will be announced on this page in due course.
Click below to see judges from past events.
the 2024 voting panel

SETUP: SHORTLIST REVIEW
Read more about this year’s shortlisted companies by selecting an award below. Further award categories will be published in due course.
Setup: The event
[Accommodation: rollover version]
Park Plaza Hotel, Westminster Bridge
Exclusive rates for bedrooms may be available for guests attending the event and further information will be available in due course.
[Accommodation – final version]
Hotel InterContinental, London, W1
A special rate of £385 per room per night inclusive of VAT and English breakfast has been secured for the night of 14 November 2024, subject to availability.
Please find below the link to book; the cut-off date is 31 October 2024.
book a room [add link & convert to button]
SETUP: CharitY
2024 charity collection
V1. When the charities are confirmed ahead of the event
A collection will take place at the UK tech awards 2024 and the total amount raised will be shared equally between our two supported charities, BBC Children In Need and BCCS. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
V2. Once the collection result is available: to carry over unchanged at rollover
A collection was held at the UK tech awards 2024 in support of BBC Children In Need and BCCS. The total amount raised, which was shared equally between these two charities, was:
£X,XXX
award modals – winners SETUP
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2021 winner
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SETUP: NOMINATIONS OVERVIEW (sub-page)
ALWAYS SAVE AN UP-TO DATE COPY on this page and make the following updates at key stages of the lifecycle
Notes:
- Key dates – only one version required
- Eligibility – only one version required, which always goes below the nominations section
2024 nominations
[1. At rollover]
Nominations will open here w/c Monday 21 April 2025 and will close on Friday 27 June 2025.
FAQs
There are no costs to enter the UK tech awards.
Nominations for the UK tech awards will open w/c 21 April 2025. You will then be able to make one or several nominations by following the online instructions.
Once your nomination(s) have been submitted, the nominator should receive an email confirmation and the nominee(s) should also then receive an email outlining the next steps.
Submission form
For seven of the categories – scale-up, tech for good, tech growth business of the year, tech businesswoman of the year, tech innovation of the year, tech CEO of the year and tech company of the year – nominees will be sent an email containing a link to the submission form. Please fill out the form and return, as directed therein by Friday 25 July 2025. If you require any assistance with the submission, please email Jo Thomas at jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
Details supplied in your submission, along with other publicly available information such as your company accounts, will be assessed as part of the judging process. The Voting Panel will discuss and debate nominations on Thursday 25 September 2025 and the final shortlist will be announced on this website on Friday 26 September 2025.
If you have any queries regarding the nominations process, or the submission forms, please contact jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
The awards will be presented at the UK tech awards on Thursday 13 November 2025.
For further information on sponsorship, purchasing a table at the event or any other queries regarding the dinner, please contact Jo Thomas on 07866 567713.
[2. Nominations open]
Award process: to nominate, you will need to create a login profile at our new Nominations Portal, accessed via the nominate here button above.
There are a total of 11 awards and nominations are a two-stage process.
- Stage one requires a brief reason for nomination (up to 300 words). Deadline for entry into the nominations process is 27 June 2025. Once your nomination(s) have been submitted, the nominator will receive an email confirmation. The nominee(s) will also receive an email outlining the next steps which will involve completing a submission form for all award categories. For more detailed information about the nomination process, please refer to our FAQs below.
- Stage two requires completion of a submission form. For all award categories, nominees will be sent an email containing a link to the submission form. Please fill out the form and return, as directed to uktech-awards@ford-sinclair.co.uk by 25 July 2025. To see samples of the submission forms, please refer to our FAQs below.
Details supplied in your submission along with other publicly available information will be assessed as part of the judging process. The Voting Panel will discuss and debate nominations on 25 September and the final shortlist will be announced on 26 September 2025.
There are no costs to enter the UK tech awards.
Nominations should be made using our new Nominations Portal accessed via the nominate here button above. You will need to create a login profile and will be asked to verify your email address. If you don’t receive this, please check your spam folder for the verification email. Any details you provide as part of the nomination process will be kept in accordance with our privacy policy.
If you start by typing the name of the nominee, the field will auto-populate with the company name and the company registration number. Please also provide a brief reason for the nomination (up to 300 words).
If a company is not included but you believe it is eligible, please contact jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
When you have made up to three nominations in each category, please submit your nomination upon completion to ensure entry into the awards.
Upon submission, the nominator will be sent an email confirmation and the nominee(s) will be sent an email outlining the next steps. If you do not receive email confirmation after submitting your nomination form, please check your Junk/Spam folder first before contacting jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
Closing deadline for nominations: Friday 27 June 2025.
Submission form
For all categories,nominees will be sent an email containing a link to the submission form. Please fill out the form and return, as directed therein by Friday 25 July 2025. If you require any assistance with the submission, please email us at uktech-awards@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
Details supplied in your submission, along with other publicly available information, will be assessed as part of the judging process. The Voting Panel will discuss and debate nominations on Thursday 25 September 2025 and the final shortlist will be announced on this website on Friday 26 September 2025.
You can decline your nomination by emailing jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
If you do not receive an email confirming the nomination has been submitted, please check your Junk/Spam folder in the first instance, before contacting uktech-awards@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
If the nominee has not received an email containing the submission form link after the nomination has been submitted, please ask them to check their Junk/Spam folder in the first instance, before contacting uktech-awards@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
If you have any queries regarding the nominations process, or the submission forms, please contact please contact jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
The awards will be presented at the UK tech awards on Thursday 13 November 2025.
For further information on sponsorship, purchasing a table at the event or any other queries regarding the dinner, please contact Jo Thomas on +44 7866 567713.
[3. When nomination close]
[2024] nominations
Nominations for the UK tech awards 2024 have now closed and the deadline for submission forms is Friday 26 July 2024.
Nominations for next year’s awards will open in April 2025. If you wish to be added to our mailing list for notifications, please sign up for email notifications at the top of this page.
There are no costs to enter the UK tech awards.
Sample form: scale up award 2024
Sample form: tech for good award 2024
Sample form: tech growth business of the year award 2024
Sample form: tech businesswoman of the year award 2024
Sample form: tech innovation of the year award 2024
Sample form: tech CEO of the year award 2024
Sample form: tech company of the year award 2024
You can decline your nomination by emailing jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
If the nominee has not received an email containing the submission form link after the nomination has been submitted, please ask them to check their Junk/Spam folder in the first instance, before contacting jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
If you have any queries regarding the nominations process, or the submission forms, please contact please contact jo.thomas@ford-sinclair.co.uk.
The awards will be presented at the UK tech awards on Thursday 14 November 2024.
For further information on sponsorship, purchasing a table at the event or any other queries regarding the dinner, please contact Jo Thomas on +44 7866 567713.
[4. When submission forms close; remove FAQs until next rollover]
Nominations for the UK tech awards 2023 have now closed and the deadline for submission forms has passed. Nominations for next year’s awards will open in April 2024. If you wish to be added to our mailing list for notifications, please sign up for email notifications at the top of this page.
2023 shortlist and winners
[1. At rollover]
The shortlist will be announced on Friday 29 September 2023. Winners will be announced at the UK tech awards on Thursday 9 November 2023.
[2. Shortlist announcement]
The shortlist is shown below. Winners will be announced at the UK tech awards 2023 on Thursday 9 November 2023.
tech deal of the year award
Sponsored by Rothschild & Co
Shortlist
tech journalist of the year award
Sponsored by Gracechurch Group
Shortlist
tech growth business of the year award
Sponsored by ECI
Shortlist
tech for good award
Sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles
Shortlist
tech investor award
Sponsored by Panmure Gordon
Shortlist
best use of tech in the digital economy award
Sponsored by BDB Pitmans
Shortlist
tech businesswoman of the year award
Sponsored by PwC
Shortlist
tech innovation of the year award
Sponsored by William Blair
Shortlist
tech CEO of the year award
Sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank
Shortlist
tech company of the year award
Sponsored by Arma Partners
Shortlist
[3. Winners announcement]
Nominations for the UK tech awards 2024 have now closed and the deadline for submission forms has passed. Nominations for next year’s awards will open in April 2025. If you wish to be added to our mailing list for notifications, please sign up for email notifications at the top of this page.