nominations overview
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nominations have closed
submission form deadline extended to 15 August 2025
shortlist announcement: 26 September 2025
2025 nominations
Nominations for the UK tech awards 2025 have now closed and the deadline for submission forms has been extended to Friday 15 August 2025.
Award process:
There are a total of 11 awards and nominations are a two-stage process.
- Stage one, the confirmation of entry into the nominations process, was completed on 27 June 2025. Once nomination(s) were submitted, the nominators were sent an email confirmation. The nominee(s) were also sent an email outlining the next steps, which will involve completing a submission form for all award categories.
Submission forms:
- Stage two requires completion of a submission form. For all award categories, nominees have been 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 15 August 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.
eligibility
UK: Companies should either be headquartered in the UK, or have substantial management, control and ownership based in the UK and/or be listed in London.
tech: An eligible company for the UK tech awards will be one whose business growth and success is dependent on, or attributed to, the development of its technology. Eligible companies will have developed their IP and will be able to demonstrate significant innovation in the technology or its application. For the purposes of these awards, eligible companies could be involved in communications, electronic and digital technologies, biotech, medtech, fintech, govtech and/or cleantech.
2025 key dates
The period under review for all awards is from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
Tuesday 6 May 2025 – nominations open
Friday 27 June 2025 – nominations close
Friday 15 August 2025 – extended submission form deadline
Thursday 25 September 2025 – voting panel meeting
Friday 26 September 2025 – shortlist announced
Thursday 13 November 2025 – UK tech awards 2025 at the Hotel InterContinental
FAQs
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.
2025 shortlist and winners
The shortlist will be announced on Friday 26 September 2025. Winners will be announced at the UK tech awards on Thursday 13 November 2025.