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The entry deadline for the UK Jewellery Awards is 9 February 2024.
If you need help with your entry or require any clarification, please contact Laura Glenister on 020 3953 2078 or email Laura.Glenister@emap.com.
The UK Jewellery Awards will have a two-stage judging process. In the first round, in order to be in with a chance of being shortlisted, you MUST answer all of the questions on this entry form.
If you fail to adequately answer any of the questions, or enter the wrong category, your entry maybe removed from the competition and not considered for shortlisting.
If you are shortlisted, and as part of the second stage of the process, you may then be required to provide additional information/financials/images/examples of product ahead of the judging days.
Again, failure to provide information when requested, at this stage, could result in your entry being removed from the shortlist. The UK Jewellery Awards reserves the right to move your entry to a different category from the one you entered, if the team deem that an alternative category is more suitable for your entry.
Check out our Hints and tips for completing your entry HERE
Watch Retailer of the Year (five stores or fewer)
Who can enter?
Bricks-and-mortar and/or online business in the UK and Ireland with five stores or fewer who consider themselves a watch specialist and have dedicated at least 30% of their store footprint or total business turnover to watches.
Service Supplier of the Year
Who Can Enter?
UK and Irish-based suppliers of any service used by retailer jewellers or those operating in the UK and Irish jewellery/watch industry. You must have a full support operation in the UK or Ireland, not just representatives/agents, and you must have been operating in the UK for at least four years by the closing date of 9 February 2024.
Store Design of the Year
Who can enter?
This category is open to all sizes and type of store (jewellers, watch retailers, mono-brand boutiques) that have either been newly opened or fully re-furbished/re-fitted in the 12 months up to 9 February 2024.
Retailer of the Year (six stores or more)
Who Can Enter?
Retailers of jewellery and/or watches with six or more stores in the UK and Ireland
Please note this category is aimed at multi-brand/product retailers only AND NOT mono-brand boutiques.
Retail Team of the Year
Who can enter?
Any team of sales/shopfloor staff working in a retail business (of any size or type i.e. independent, multiple or e-tail business) that sells jewellery and/or watches to end consumers.
Those on that team can be working at any level from part-time sales assistant all the way up to store manager providing they are involved in the day-to-day selling of products to the end consumer.
The team can enter themselves for this award or they can be nominated by their manager or someone else from within the business. If you are nominating a team, please answer the below questions with them in mind.
Online Retail Strategy of the Year
Who Can Enter?
Retailers of either jewellery and/or watches who sell their goods through innovative and/or inventive digital methods, including ecommerce and omnichannel strategies, social media, online tools, and creative digital platforms. These can be bricks-and-mortar independents, multiples or purely ecommerce organisations that are pushing boundaries in digital technologies to improve their sales and reach consumers. Please note, this category is not applicable to brands or suppliers with a B2B or D2C online sales strategy.
Marketing/Social Media Campaign or Collaboration of the Year
Who can enter?
Any brand, retailer, designer or supplier of jewellery and/or watches who launched a new marketing, or social media campaign and/or collaboration at any time during the last 12 months (up until the 9 February 2024 closing date).
This can include print, online, social media, outdoor, TV or radio campaigns or collaborations or a combination of all of the above. Campaigns can be either B2C or B2B focused.
Jewellery/Watch Supplier of the Year
Who Can Enter?
Manufacturers and/or UK and Irish-based suppliers/distributors of jewellery or watches. You must have a full support and distribution operation in the UK or Ireland, and not just sales representatives/agents and you must have been operating in the UK for at least four years by the closing date of 9 February 2024.
Jewellery Retailer of the Year (five stores or fewer)
Who Can Enter?
Retailers with five or fewer stores in the UK and Ireland who have dedicated 40% of their store footprint or total business turnover to jewellery.
Please note this category is for multi-brand retailers only. Also, any franchise stores will not be considered in the total number of stores. (i.e. if you have three of your own stores trading under your name but also operate eight Pandora franchises, you would still be eligible for entry into this category as you would be considered as having three stores).
Bespoke Jewellery Retailer of the Year
Who can enter?
Independent, multiple and ecommerce retailers in the UK and Ireland whose primary business is the design and creation of bespoke jewellery for customers. This bespoke jewellery must represent a significant portion (more than 35%) of your total turnover in the 2023/24 year
Bridal Jewellery Retailer of the Year
Who can enter?
Independent, multiple and ecommerce retailers in the UK and Ireland where the bridal jewellery (wedding, engagement rings and commitment rings) part of your business represented a significant portion (more than 25%) of your total turnover in the 2023/24 year
Commercial Jewellery Designer of the Year
Who Can Enter?
Any UK or Irish-based jewellery designer behind a jewellery brand (such as John Smith’s Jewellery Design) or working in-house as a designer for another jewellery brand/supplier. The brand must have been producing jewellery for more than four years at the closing date of 9 February 2024.
Please note that this category focuses primarily on the commerciality of your designs and how this translates into a being a commercial designer for a jewellery brand. If you consider yourself to be a creative jewellery designer, then please enter Creative Jewellery Designer of the Year instead.
If you enter this category but, the judging panel deems you to be more suitable for Creative Jewellery Designer of the Year, you will automatically be shortlisted in the other category. Please note you cannot be shortlisted for both categories, so please read the entry questions of both categories first, before deciding which one to enter.
To be eligible for entry into this category you MUST have stockists or distribution in the UK/Ireland (or your own ecommerce site). If you don’t, then your entry won’t be considered.
Creative Jewellery Designer of the Year
Who Can Enter?
Any UK or Irish-based jewellery designer that has been producing jewellery commercially for more than three years at the closing date of 9 February 2024. You can work for your own brand/label or be designing in-house for another company.
Please note that this category focuses primarily on the creative design process and your skills/aptitude as a jewellery designer. If you consider yourself to be the designer of a commercial jewellery brand, then please enter Commercial Jewellery Designer of the Year instead.
If you enter this category but, the judging panel deems you to be more suitable for Commercial Jewellery Designer of the Year, you will automatically be shortlisted in the other category. Please note you cannot be shortlisted for both categories, so please read the entry questions of both categories first, before deciding which one to enter.
To be eligible for entry into this category you MUST have stockists or distribution in the UK/Ireland (or your own ecommerce site). If you don’t, then your entry won’t be considered.
Emerging Jewellery Designer of the Year
Who Can Enter?
Any UK or Irish-based jewellery designer that has been producing jewellery commercially for more than six months but fewer than three years at the closing date of 9 February 2024. You can work for your own brand/label or be designing in-house for another company.
Please note that to be eligible for entry into this category you MUST have already secured stockists or distribution in the UK/Ireland. If you do not currently have any wholesale stockists, or a functioning UK-based ecommerce business, your entry will not be considered.
Emerging jewellery/watch brand of the year
Who can enter?
Any brand (jewellery or watches) which has been in existence for three years or fewer OR has been distributed in the UK for three years or fewer (at the closing date of 9 February 2024).
Please DO NOT enter this category if the business/brand has been in existence for longer than three years, as your entry will be automatically discounted.
The business MUST have distribution/stockists in the UK. The brand must be able to demonstrate significant and continuous growth since launch.
Employer of the Year
Who can enter?
Any employer in the jewellery and/or watch industry that employs a total of more than 10 full-time or part-time staff. This can include retailers, suppliers, brands or manufacturers.
Ethical/Sustainable Business of the year
Who can enter?
Any business in the jewellery and/or watch industry with a strong focus on ethics/sustainability. This can include retailers (independents, multiples or etailers), suppliers, designers, brands or manufacturers.
Hints & tips
Hints and tips for completing your entry
- The prestigious UK Jewellery Awards is an annual event. Therefore, judges want to see what your company has done during the 2023/24 year, that sets you apart from the competition
- In your submissions, please set out for the judges what you did that was innovative during the 12 months from February 2023 to February 2024, as opposed to other years/time periods.
- Answer every question on the entry form as far as possible but do not exceed the word count. If a particular entry question is not applicable, please make this clear.
- Please complete every answer as bullet points
- Please note if you go over the wordcount, or fail to answer in bullet point form, you may risk your entry being removed and not considered
- If you are entering the Emerging Jewellery Designer of the Year, the Creative Jewellery Designer of the Year or the Commercial Jewellery Designer of the Year category and are shortlisted, you will be required to attend an interview via Zoom on Thursday 9 May 2024. This is a compulsory part of the process and if you are unable to attend the interview, it will result in your entry being removed from the shortlist
- This year, three categories (Jewellery Brand of the Year, Watch Brand of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award) are by nomination only and you cannot submit an entry for these categories in the first round
- All of our judges have to sign an NDA so please don’t worry about sharing sensitive information about your business, as this will not be shared with others outside of the judging process