Video games companies in the UK can now enter the GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2026.
The awards are returning for his or her ninth instalment in what has as soon as once more confirmed to be a troublesome yr for companies throughout the trade – however one which has however contained successes for corporations massive and small. The Best Places To Work Awards have a good time the organisations and the individuals who really help their workforce members.
The awards are open to all video games corporations with workplaces in the UK, together with builders, publishers, service corporations, retail and media, and also you can submit your organization by means of this form. The deadline for all entries is Friday, August twenty first. Winners can be introduced throughout an awards ceremony that may happen at the Royal Institute on Thursday, October 1.
The classes are the identical as final yr, though we’ve got barely up to date our entry varieties to allow extra constant comparisons between every entry. Every type retains free-text description fields so that every applicant has the alternative to focus on any actions that do not match into outlined classes.
The Best Places To Work Awards standards relies on a two survey system, one for the employer to fill in (and value 20% of the rating) and the different for workers (80% of the rating). For an in depth rundown on how the awards course of works, our Often Requested Questions and the way these awards are judged, click on right here.
All employer knowledge and identifiable worker info is deleted as soon as the awards and any experiences have been processed. Companies that don’t win won’t be named.
Individuals can obtain a free report from us that includes their general scores, and we even have benchmarking and superior experiences accessible for a payment.
Alongside the Best Places for small, mid-size and huge corporations we even have particular awards. These are awards designed to focus on excellence in particular areas. This yr, these awards embody:
The Variety Award | Highlighting an organization that’s proactive in making an attempt to enhance the inclusion and variety of their enterprise and the wider video games trade. Companies can enter here.
The CSR (Company Social Duty) Award | Celebrating an organization that has gone above and past supporting worldwide and native charities, the area people and the video games enterprise. To participate, enter here.
The Well being & Wellbeing Award | This award is for corporations that supply robust well being advantages and proactively help the bodily and psychological wellbeing of their groups by means of initiatives and consciousness. To participate, enter here.
The Coaching and Improvement Award | Added in 2024, this award is for corporations who supply intensive coaching, growth and academic alternatives for workers. You can enter through here.
The Training Award | Right here we highlight a enterprise that goes the further mile in supporting the growth of the subsequent era of online game expertise. Enter here.
The Inexperienced Award | This particular award is for these corporations who’re guaranteeing their office is environmentally sustainable and are enjoying their half in combating local weather change. You can participate here.
HR Hero | That is for an individual who has gone above and past in taking care of groups and people, and has made a big impression in making certain the video games trade is a greater place to work. You can submit people for this award here.
The ceremony will happen at The Royal Establishment of Nice Britain in London alongside our HR Summit on Thursday, October 1st. Amiqus, Playground Video games, and IO Interactive are sponsoring this yr’s occasion.
“We’re very glad to be supporting each the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit and the Best Places To Work Awards,” says Liz Prince, Enterprise Supervisor at Amiqus. “At Amiqus, we’re obsessed with serving to studios construct inclusive, partaking workplaces the place folks can do their finest work, so it is unbelievable to be concerned in occasions that put folks, tradition and management at the centre of the dialog.
“What makes these occasions particularly helpful is how nicely they complement one another. The HR Summit creates house for trustworthy discussions, shared studying and new concepts, whereas the Best Places To Work Awards shine a highlight on the studios and companies which are turning these concepts into motion. Bringing the trade collectively to each be taught from one another and have a good time success helps elevate requirements for everybody, and we’re proud to play an element in that.”
The Midsize Firm award is as soon as once more sponsored by Playground Video games.
“We’re proud to help GI.Biz in recognising the UK’s finest mid-sized Video Recreation Studios,” says Paul Evans, director of HR & expertise acquisition at Playground Video games. “These aren’t solely groups which are creating good video games, however studios who’re additionally setting the customary for what an amazing place to work appears like in our trade.”
The Training Award is sponsored by IO Interactive.
“We consider nice video games are made by individuals who genuinely love making video games,” says Marina Surdu, International Employer Branding Supervisor. “Training helps flip that keenness right into a craft and, most significantly, provides gifted people the alternative to pursue it. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor the Training Award and acknowledge the folks and initiatives that assist future builders be taught, develop, and grow to be the impactful folks behind the impactful video games that form our trade and create lasting recollections for gamers.”
To participate, click here. The deadline for all accomplished functions is Friday August twenty first.
For extra particulars, contact bestplacestowork@gamesindustry.biz. For sponsorship enquiries, contact matt.butlin@gamer-network.web