Are you one of the East Midlands’ brightest young professionals? The Generation Next Awards are your chance to showcase your achievements, gain recognition, and inspire others. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, industry rising star, or making a difference in your community, there’s a category for you. Enter now and let your success shine!
Our headline award recognises an influential professional who has significantly contributed to their industry during their career to date demonstrating how they are progressing within the business. Entrants will demonstrate how they have made a impacting their organisation’s growth.
This award recognises people who make innovation part of their role, seeking changes to improve productivity, or make an impact for the better of the business or its people. You should be able to demonstrate how the new ideas have improved business growth, made improvements for its people or enhanced what the business does.
This award recognises 18–40-year-olds who can demonstrate they deliver industry-leading standards of service, give evidence on how they exceed customer expectation, and the impact of their customer experience on business performance.
This award recognises a dynamic, creative, and visionary business entrepreneur. It seeks to award a successful entrepreneur with the drive and ambition to carry innovative strategies, which contribute to the growth of their business. Entrants will be able to demonstrate growth and the impact this is having on business performance.
This category recognises those aged between 18 and 40, working towards/completed their apprenticeship and/or T Level qualification. The award acknowledges a young person's exceptional contribution to their workplace. This award category can be entered by individuals, or a company can complete the entry on behalf of an employee.
This award celebrates an individual who has made an impact within their organisation or community over the past year through their dedication to volunteering, environmental sustainability, or promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion. It recognises those who inspire others through their vision, passion, and commitment to driving meaningful change. Applicants should demonstrate how their work has benefited the business/community/people.
The Emerging Talent Award recognises someone at the start of their career who is “one to watch". Entrants will be able to demonstrate a measurable contribution to their organisation and show promising leadership, responsibility and ongoing growth and development.
This award seeks to recognise an individual or business that whose culture contributes to its overall success, by supporting talent, demonstrating how they nurture and empower the next generation through training, mentoring, and other personal development initiatives.
