Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025 calls for nominations to celebrate hospitality heroes
The Springboard Awards for Excellence 2025, sponsored by Delaware North, are now open for nominations, inviting individuals and businesses across the sector to showcase their incredible achievements. Set to take place at the iconic Wembley Stadium in the Sir Bobby Moore Room on 2nd April 2025, the awards promise to be a night of unforgettable celebration, recognition and inspiration.
The Springboard Awards for Excellence honour achievements across various categories, reflecting the dynamic and diverse nature of the hospitality sector. Categories for 2025 offer a wide range of opportunities for recognition, including:
– Career Development Initiative sponsored by Diageo
– Employee Health & Wellbeing sponsored by Hand Picked Hotels
– Sustainable Business Award sponsored by Nestlé
– Community Engagement sponsored by 5 Hertford Street and Oswald’s
– Best Employer sponsored by Boyes Turner
– Employee Engagement Award sponsored by Indeed Flex
– Springboard Ambassador of the Year Award sponsored by BaxterStorey
– Chris Beaumont Outstanding Contribution Award sponsored by Bidfood…and many more!
Chris Gamm, chief executive of Springboard, says: “This is your chance to shine a spotlight on those making a difference. To celebrate excellence in hospitality by recognising those who are committed to raising standards, driving innovation, and championing the industry’s future. Whether you’re a small, family-run business or a large, multi-national company, the Springboard Awards for Excellence is the ultimate platform to showcase your success or nominate someone you feel has gone the extra mile.”
To enter, or nominate an individual or business, simply click here and complete the submission form by Monday 6th January 2025.
Call to the Government to Support the Hospitality Industry
The hospitality industry has been battered and bruised recently – just a few weeks ago, it was facing chronic labour shortages following the introduction of an ‘immigration points system’, which will make hiring and retaining staff from mainland Europe no longer economically viable for the majority of businesses in this sector. For an industry which had been powered by a third of its workforce coming from mainland Europe, this instilled fears of how their businesses would continue to operate given the fact that the UK was almost in full employment and less young people were entering the industry because of demographics. Coupled with this was a blow to the credibility of hospitality as a career choice, with the bizarre labelling of several of the job roles as ‘unskilled’.
The hospitality, tourism and events industry has now been completely devastated by an even bigger threat – Coronavirus – its impact is immediate and deep. Already, a number of businesses are going into administration, and many others are only just managing to keep their heads above water, as this storm continues to rage.
With travel sanctions now in place and a general drop in footfall due to Coronavirus concerns, including social distancing and people self-isolating with potential Coronavirus symptoms, the industry is having to make tough decisions. Yesterday’s comment from the PM urging people to avoid restaurants, pubs, nightclubs, et al without reassurances on what support was available for these businesses and many finding out that their insurance is useless in these situations – this could be the nail in the coffin for potentially thousands of businesses of all sizes.
We need our industry to not only survive this, but to thrive. Dramatic action needs to be taken by the Government to protect these businesses and the jobs of millions of workers. If you want your favourite pub, restaurant, coffee shop, hotel, bar, etc to still be there for you when you come out of your homes and back into the ‘real world’, call on the government to support them now before it’s too late. Please sign the petition