FAQ

HOW DO I ENTER?

Entries must be submitted online. Full details of how to submit your entry can be found here.

WHY SHOULD WE ENTER?

Winning a Credit Award is a symbol of achievement, a veritable endorsement of success enhancing your credibility and standing in the eyes of your peers and your customers, not to mention the exceptional marketing and PR opportunities your win guarantees you.

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE AN ENTRY FORM?

Please allow sufficient time to complete your entry before the closing date. It should not take longer than a couple of hours to complete the form, however we would recommend that to ensure your entry is as strong as possible, the more time spent on preparation the better. You can save your entry and come back and update it online, so you do not need to submit it until you are happy with it. This year you can also email the entry to yourself or colleagues that may wish to add to the entry.

WHAT SUPPORTING MATERIAL CAN I SUBMIT?

For every category you can supply up to two A4 pages of supporting documentation.

Please ensure you keep to these guidelines as anything else will be disregarded by the judges. Judges particularly like to see third party validation of any claims made within the entry.

WHAT CRITERIA DO WE NEED TO MEET?

There are separate criteria for each of the categories and this appears on the category pages. The underlying values associated with all the categories are business ethics, innovation and success.

ARE ENTRY FORMS AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED KEPT CONFIDENTIAL?

All materials will remain confidential to the judges who are all under NDA. Winning case studies may be used in post-event materials to promote best practice but permission will be sought from entrants before publishing.

CAN WE SUBMIT MULTIPLE ENTRIES?

Multiple entries may be submitted. You may enter as many different categories as you are eligible for and there is no limit on the number of entries you may submit per category.

WHEN DO ENTRIES OPEN?

Entries for the 2021 Credit Awards are now open and will close on 23 July 2021.

IS THERE AN ENTRY FEE?

An admin fee is applied for each entry submission.
A standard entry fee of £150 will be applied until 18 June 2021.
A late entry fee of £250 will be applied until the final deadline of 23 July 2021.

Upon submitting your entry(ies), a member of the Credit Strategy team will contact you to send you your invoice.

CAN WE GET FEEDBACK IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL?

The judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into after the judging. Due to the number of entries and the confidential process we are unfortunately unable to give feedback on to why an entry has not been included on the shortlist or didn’t win.

WHEN DOES THE EVENT TAKE PLACE?

The event will be broadcasted on 23 September 2021 from 4pm to 7pm.

WHERE WILL THE EVENT TAKE PLACE?

Due to the current covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the Credit Awards will be broadcasted live from a London TV-studio. More information to be released soon.

WHAT ARE CREDIT STRATEGY’S MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS?

You can register for free here or take advantage of our Premium Membership to receive discounted conferences passes, exclusive access to premium content on our website and a hard copy of each new magazine we print.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact membership@creditstrategy.co.uk