2022 Categories

We’re hunting for the past 12 months’ most exciting and revolutionary technical innovation. This award will go to the innovative product, platform or service which has dramatically changed one sector - or many!

Technology can have a huge impact in healthcare, and in recent years many enormous changes have been brought about in health and wellbeing. The winner of this award will have launched a technologically brilliant solution which has improved healthcare, boosted health metrics, or simply helped people’s recovery.

Tech has already changed retail immeasurably - but there remain many new and thrilling in-store and online innovations changing how shopping looks. This award will go to the innovation that’s had the biggest impact on how consumers behave, making their shopping experience simpler and helping retailers in the long run.

Marketing technology allows organisations to build relationships with existing and new customers, through software and other tools which make marketing teams’ lives easier - and we’ll present this award to a novel and forward-thinking Martech innovation that’s solved the problems of marketers everywhere.

We’re looking for the digital innovations improving learners’ lives, from early years all the way to adulthood. Technology has the power to make education more accessible, effective and fun, and this award will identify the innovation which has provably succeeded in doing just that.

This award will recognise the technological solution which has been implemented into the vast world of financial services and processes, and made its mark. Whether it’s payment processing, banking, security or any number of other innovative solutions, we’re on the lookout for people changing finance in 2022.

This category is intended to find a new-to-the-market mobile app which has had a tangibly positive impact. Across ecommerce, entertainment, transport, leisure, dating and more - we’re looking to reward the best app from the past year.

We’re recognising an innovator whose solution has had a positive impact where it matters over the course of the last year. From green technology, to tackling the digital divide or making headway into diversity and inclusion, the Tech for Good Award will be presented to a business or individual who can demonstrate the positive social impact of their innovation. 

This category is free to enter - use discount code GOODTECH.

We’re on the lookout for campaigns which have succeeded in grabbing headlines and attention in the press. This award will recognise the campaign which, through efficient outreach, intelligent planning and creative brilliance, has raised awareness of a tech product, business or cause.

Have you undergone or enabled a revolutionary digital transformation? This category is looking to recognise the projects which have changed the way an organisation looks and operates through digital solutions. Both those who have undergone their own digital transformation and consultancies or agencies handling it for another are eligible to enter.

This award is for the creator of a Software-as-a-service product which is relied upon and trusted by a wide range of organisations. We’re looking for a company which can demonstrate resilience, high growth, client support and innovation above all.

This award is for tech organisations that turnover up to £5m across all sectors and can demonstrate their growth and performance over the course of the last year - as well as ensuring a great culture and positive impact.

The Medium Tech Company of the Year award will go to an organisation turning over between £5m and £20m across all sectors, whose performance has been remarkable, with provable metrics for success and impact on a regional, national or even global scale.

This category will recognise a company with a turnover above £20m across all sectors, that uses technology in a variety of ways and can prove its impact on a large scale. We’re looking for big organisations committed to doing the right thing, remaining agile, and supporting both partners and staff.

We’re looking for an organisation which is skilled at enabling and smoothing online commerce for sellers and consumers. However you do it, we’re looking for those companies at the forefront of one of the North’s most thriving sectors - ecommerce.

We’re looking for the top provider of cloud services in the region, who ensure and enable excellence in IT via the cloud. The winner will be able to show demonstrable success, a commitment to users, and enviable financial metrics.

This award will be given to the internal team or department of a tech company which has had the greatest impact. We want to learn more about the pivotal teams in an organisation and why they matter so much to the company’s ultimate success.

A great workplace can have an enormous effect on employee morale and performance. Perhaps through a recent renovation, new venture, or hybrid innovation, we’re looking for a workplace that redefines the way work is done and helps the workforce thrive in a space that works for each one of them.

Companies aged less than 2 years whose focus is on disruptive tech solutions are eligible to enter this category, which will reward a start-up which has made a huge contribution to its sector, finding its niche and solving a unique problem in a creative way. We’re looking for agility, imagination, foresight and brilliance.

This category is free to enter - use discount code STARTUP.

This award is for a tech company which can display the fastest rate of growth over the course of the past year. The winner will be a tech organisation of any size which can provide concrete evidence of its huge and sustained positive growth.

This category looks to reward the past year’s top entrepreneur working in the region. We’re looking for individuals who’ve overcome significant challenges, introduced novel solutions, and done everything they can to support their team. The winner of this award will be decided through a combination of judges’ scoring and a public vote.

This category is free to enter - use discount code ENTREPRENEUR.