If
you haven't already entered your company or project into the Yorkshire Digital
Awards, you now have until the 13th February to do so.
Entering is free and
couldn't be easier - just click here to be taken to the nomination form.
Insider Yorkshire Digital Awards 2009
Thursday 7th May 2009
Saviles Hall, The Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Are
you bowled over by some of the talent you have seen in the Yorkshire digital
and creative sector? Perhaps you work in the sector itself, and feel the
project you are working on at the moment, or the piece of technology you are
developing, really needs wider attention. Even if you don’t work directly in the
industry, perhaps you have seen a mind-blowing website that establishes a new
benchmark in quality, or a new digital equipment you think could really make a
difference to our lives or the way we do business.
Whatever your situation,
if you wonder why so many companies still seem to think they have to go to
London for creative work done when so much excellent work goes on up here, then
the Insider Yorkshire Digital Awards are for you. Whether you are in the
industry or just an interested observer, we want to hear from you.
This
successful awards programme, now in its tenth year, acknowledges and promotes
digital companies in Yorkshire and the Humber who are really pushing the bar in
creativity and technological prowess. There are clearly benefits to winnng too.
Huddersfield-based Liquid Accounts, for example, won the Best Application of
Internet Technology category in 2008. “Winning that has really given us a
boost,” says marketing director Lisa Kendrick. “It has opened up a number of
doors for us, and it has given us the confidence to go on to bigger and better
things. Finally, it was a great do that allowed us to let our hair down and
celebrate three years of hard work.”
Here at Insider we think it’s really
important to talk up the importance of the creative and digital sector at a
time like this as well. Too much of what the industry does in this region is
still taken for granted, yet the possibilities of what the industry could
achieve – both for itself and for the regeneration and future development of
Yorkshire as a whole – are enormous.
That’s one reason why this year we are
introducing a new award for best new talent*. The award will be open to any
student in their final year of study on a creative or digital course in a
Yorkshire institution who can demonstrate by their project work and their ideas
that they really are the “next big thing”. We want to be first to give them
recognition and make them aware too that there is plenty of work on offer up
here in Yorkshire.
So do you need any more reasons? Why not enter now?
How to Enter
Entries are open to any digital company that is based in
Yorkshire and the Humber. Please be aware that companies will be restricted to
enter a maximum of two award categories. The awards categories are:
Best Web
Design Company sponsored by Yorkshire Forward
Best IT Consultancy
Best Business to
Business Website sponsored by NYnet
Best Business to Consumer Website sponsored by Invest
in Bradford
Best
Application of Internet Technology sponsored by Yorkshire Forward
Best Digital Start Up sponsored by Barnsley Digital Media Centre
Best Game sponsored
by Screen Yorkshire
Best Entertainment Site
Best e
Learning Initiative
Best Application of Mobile Technology sponsored by 4iP
Best New Talent sponsored by Leeds
College of Art & Design
If you wish to submit an entry to the
Awards, without any further obligation, please click here for a
nomination form. *We will not be seeking formal nominations for the Best New
Talent award. These will be sought individually from college tutors.
Entries
Close: Friday 13th February 2009
Attending The Dinner
Based on response to the black tie dinner/disco last year we
expect an audience of over 300 and demand for tables to be high. Therefore
early booking of tables is advised. Table reservations will be held pending payment
and will be booked on a first come first served basis. Please click here for a
table booking form and return it to us as soon as possible to secure your
table.
Should you require further information regarding the awards or
the dinner itself, please call Lynda Craig or Helen Rangeley on 0161 907 9704
or email [email protected].
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