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Returning for its seventh consecutive year and designed to offer consumers insight into some of the best products on the market, the Mums Choice Awards 2021 are now open for entry. Organised and published by the online parenting website, UKMums.TV, the Mums Choice Awards have become a widely recognised and …
Read More »Entries now open to ‘a bigger and better than ever’ Dad’s Choice Awards 2021
The Dad’s Choice Awards is making its return for the ninth year running, promising to deliver an awards programme ‘bigger and better than ever before,’ as it puts the latest toys, puzzles, games, and apps through their paces this year. Entries are now open across all 20 categories for this …
Read More »The BlogOn Toy Awards 2021 is now open for entry
The BlogOn Toy Awards is making its return this year with the fifth iteration of its Annual toys awards ceremony since it was successfully launched in 2017. Billed by the organisers as ‘the perfect way for toy companies big and small to raise product awareness,’ the awards now receive on …
Read More »Hasbro, The Entertainer and The LEGO Group make The Licensing Awards 2021 list of finalists
Hasbro, The Entertainer, Forbidden Planet, and The LEGO Group have all been named among this year’s shortlist of finalists in the 2021 Licensing Awards. Making a return to its physical format this year, the Licensing Awards will be celebrating the best in collaborations across the categories, from Best Licensed Live …
Read More »The UK Games Expo People Awards 2021 is now open for public voting
The People’s vote is now open for this year’s UK Games Expo Awards with a shortlist spanning 52 finalists across 18 board gaming categories. With the nomination process now closed, the voting has commenced and the UK Games Expo 2021 judges have produced a shortlist of the best games – …
Read More »Norton PR Awarded ‘Best Children’s Products PR & Marketing Specialists for the UK’
Norton PR is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year in true style, having been awarded Best Children’s Products PR and Marketing Specialists for the UK at the Media Innovator Awards. Having found itself nominated for the award by multiple companies from across the industry, the Media Innovator in-house research team …
Read More »Mojo Nation reveals Play Creators Awards 2021 finalists
Mojo Nation has unveiled the finalists for this year’s Play Creators Awards, an awards programme developed to celebrate figures in the toy and game design community that have excelled over the last 12 months. The shortlist spans in-house design teams as well as external invention studios and design partners. As …
Read More »MadeForMums opens its MadeForMums Toy Awards 2021 for entry
MadeForMums has opened entries to the MadeForMums Toy Awards 2021, the annual consumer facing awards to celebrate the best toys at every age and stage, from newborns to preteens. The MadeForMums Toy Awards are judged by an army of child testers, with the help of their parents, the MadeForMums editorial …
Read More »Toy Shop UK opens its 14th annual Independent Toy Awards for entries
Toy Shop UK is hosting its 14th annual Independent Toy Awards this year as the online platform opens its 2021 awards programme for entries from now until August 12th. Suppliers are being urged to send in their hero product entries across any of the 30 categories in this year’s event. …
Read More »The Creative Retail Awards return with major trade association backing
At a time when in-store experiences count for just as much as the product stocked, the Creative Retail Awards 2020 are now open for entries, having secured backing from three major trade associations. The Shop & Display Equipment Association, the National Association of Shopfitters and Interior Contractors, and the British …
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