{"id":3366,"date":"2020-08-17T08:50:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T07:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2020-08-17T09:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:19:59","slug":"whats-new-for-the-2021-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/whats-new-for-the-2021-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new for the 2021 competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.8&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>31 August 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve consulted with judges, entrants and other stakeholders and made the following changes for the 2021 competition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All entry forms are now online.<\/li>\n<li>There is a new category: Diversity. This is intended to recognise particular efforts to promote diversity in all forms, such as particular efforts to attract a diversity of people into the industry, the promotion of equal opportunities, initiatives to make it obvious that a business welcomes recruitment from all, and practices designed to help a business to be part of the diverse community in which it operates. The full criteria of this new category can be found <a href=\"criteria-for-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Sustained Marketing Excellence and Marketing Initiative of the Year categories will be rested this year and replaced with a single Marketing category. The amended criteria is available <a href=\"criteria-for-marketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The title of the ROSCO award has been slightly revised to better reflect the criteria of the category.<\/li>\n<li>The &#8216;free flow&#8217; entry form trialled in the last competition was liked by entrants and judges and so has been extended to more categories this year.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<div class=\"ukba-after-content ukba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"ukba-2699432557\"><div class=\"ukba-adlabel\">Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters, including<\/div><div id=\"ukba-slider-40\" class=\"custom-slider ukba-slider-1905443992 ukba-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"ukba-1657248082\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albumbus.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ALBUM logo with strapline CROPPED 150dpi RGB\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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