{"id":4144,"date":"2022-10-10T11:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2022-10-10T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:35:18","slug":"judging-interviews-and-mystery-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbusawards.org.uk\/new\/judging-interviews-and-mystery-travelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Judging, Interviews and Mystery Travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>15 August 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Judging is underway in this year&#8217;s UK Bus Awards across all categories in the 2022 competition. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panels of industry experts are examining the entries and making their judgement, and for some categories, selected entrants are invited for interview as part of the judging process. Some other categories are being subject to our band of msytery travellers who will be ensuring that what is being delivered on the ground matches what the entry claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While all this is going on, the list of Finalists will be announced online in the first half of Ocober, but the winners won&#8217;t be known until the presentation ceremony at Troxy in London on Tuesday 15th November.\u00a0<\/p>\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-3064654154\"><div class=\"ukba-adlabel\">Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters, including<\/div><div id=\"ukba-slider-40\" class=\"custom-slider ukba-slider-1675505376 ukba-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"ukba-2051441172\"><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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