Re:locate magazine will appoint an independent team of judges from across the spectrum of relocation. Two or three judges from the team will be selected for each category. The exception is the Relocation Personality of the Year award, the winner of which will be chosen by all the judges. Judges are not invited to judge a category their company has entered.

All the judges are distinguished figures in their field, and we are grateful to them for committing their expertise to making the Re:locate Awards a success.

For further information on the judging panel, click here.

Sponsors, supporters and professional endorsers do not intervene in, or influence, the judging process.

Entries will be scored on a points system given for the entry statement and five other criteria.

Entry statement

Each entry will include a 250-word (maximum) statement as to why the individual, team, organisation/policy or technology should win the award (max. 25 points).

Five criteria

Entries will also be scored on five criteria that will vary according to the category. Entrants must supply a maximum of 150 words against each.

For example, the criteria for five of the awards are as follows:

1. Innovation and achievement, including challenges overcome, solutions provided and measurements/benchmarks for success (150 words), max. 15 points
2. Teamwork/effective and excellent customer or client relations (150 words), max. 15 points
3. Leadership (150 words), max. 15 points
4. Effective use of resources: time, staff, money, other assets (150 words), max. 15 points
5. The entrants’ contribution to the business or organisation, plus practical lessons/strategies and methods transferred to other relocation work (150 words), max. 15 points

Full details of criteria for each of the awards are given in the competition rules/entry form.

A maximum of 100 points is achievable per award category.

The judges can use any material supplied as guidance and will be encouraged to question the shortlist when choosing the winner.