Entry Information

• Who can Enter?

   

  Entries can be made by employers or by providers, advisers or consultants on behalf of their employer clients.

   

• Why Enter?

  
  Benefits of Entering -

   

  Employers entering / being entered can:

   

  ·    Demonstrate to clients, staff and potential employees that they have implemented award winning employee benefits schemes

   

  ·    Be credited as a top performer in the industry

   

  ·    Have the prestige of winning an award and the opportunity to use the Employee Benefits Awards winner / finalist logo & certificate

   

  ·    Earn the deserved respect of their peers

   

  ·    Have the opportunity to win and be personally awarded the coveted Employee Benefits Awards trophy on stage in front of their peers

   

  ·    Be featured as a winner / finalist on www.employeebenefits.co.uk, www.employeebenefitsawards.co.uk, in Employee Benefits magazine and in the Employee Benefits Awards Supplement

   

   

  Providers, advisers and consultants entering their clients can:

   

  ·    Reward your clients / customers - a sure way to strengthen relationships with your most lucrative customers and to ensure repeat business

   

  ·    Be credited as the entering company to an Employee Benefits Awards 2010 winner / finalist in the announcement of the shortlist in Employee Benefits magazine and in the Employee Benefits Awards Supplement

   

  ·    Receive an adviser-to-winner / finalist logo and a certificate

   

  ·    Raise your brand and company profile within the employee benefits community and demonstrate that you are a major player in the industry

   

  ·    Celebrate the best schemes initiated in 2009 by employers and their providers, advisers and consultants at the Employee Benefits Awards

   

• Entry Tips

   

  ·    The judges will be looking for proof that you have produced an award-winning entry. They will be using three key main criteria when it comes to judging the awards. They will examine the appropriateness of the strategy and objectives in relation to the workforce; the degree of innovation involved, either for the employer concerned, the sector or the benefits industry in general; and the results achieved.

   

  ·    Please ensure that you read the How to Enter and the Conditions of Entry sections (below) before completing the relevant Category Entry Form/s. Once completed the Category Entry Form/s should be uploaded during the online entry process.

   

  ·    The word counts are simply a guidance, but the overall word count on this document must NOT exceed 2,000.

   

  ·    If you are entering the same scheme into a number of categories please complete the relevant form for each and ensure you have tailored the entry specifically to each category.

   

• Conditions of Entry

  
  1.       Strategies/schemes that were running at any time during 2009 are eligible for entry. They could have been running for a number of years, or launched during 2009.

   

  2.       Entries will not be accepted for judging unless the correct Category Entry Form is uploaded. 

   

  3.       Entries where the word count exceeds 2,000 words will be disqualified. 

   

  4.       Please note that if your entry is shortlisted the information in your written submission may be included in any supporting materials for the Awards, such as in the Award Winners Supplement or Employee Benefits magazine, or used at the Awards ceremony.

   

  5.       Centaur Events are not responsible for retaining any supporting material for collection, unless the entrant specifically requests this by email before 5.30pm on Friday 29th January.

   

  6.       Entries may be withdrawn for any reason up until 5.30pm on Friday 29th January 2010. To withdraw an entry, please email – anna.hartwell@centaur.co.uk.

   

• How to Enter

  
  1.       Please ensure that you have read the Conditions of Entry (above) prior to submitting your entry/ies.

   

  2.       Please download and complete one Category Entry Form for each entry you submit (using the correct form).
  Please note if you are entering the same scheme into a number of categories please complete the relevant form for each and ensure you have tailored the entry specifically to each category.

   

  3.       Return to the website and complete your details on the Submit an Entry page, before selecting the category/ies, completing the entry details and uploading the relevant Category Entry Form for each.

   

  4.       Please make sure that you have completed the charity donation section on the Submit an Entry page if you wish to make a donation to Samaritans. Please send your cheque (made payable to ‘Samaritans’) to: 
      Anna Hartwell
      Senior Event Co-ordinator
      Employee Benefits Awards 2010
      Centaur Events
      St Gile House
      50 Poland Street
      London 
      W1F 7AX

   

  5.       If you wish to submit any material to support your entry please ensure that you upload this with your written submission.

   

  6.       Please ensure that you upload the employer’s company logo and an image to represent the campaign (as an illustrator EPS or a JPEG of at least 300 DPI).
  Please note that if you do not upload an image to support your entry, Employee Benefits reserve the right to use stock images when referring to the entry in the Awards Supplement, if relevant.

   

  7.       If you are entering on behalf of another company or have worked with another company on a project referred to in the entry, please ensure you have gained their approval before submitting your entry.

   

  8.       Remember to book your table!!

   

• Entry Deadline

  If you are interested in entering please call Anna Hartwell on +44 (0)20 7970 4943