Themed 'Raising the bar', the HR Excellence Awards 2025 will showcase how HR teams and their leaders are reaching new heights of impact and innovation.
HR teams and their leaders across the UK can submit entries to win more than 20 highly coveted awards, including individual honours – for example, the Best People-focused CEO of the Year award – team trophies and awards that recognise exemplary HR strategies.
Click here to select categories and enter the HR Excellence Awards 2025. Winners will be announced at a lavish presentation ceremony on 4 December 2025.
“Prepare and submit your entries now, to be in with a chance of being recognised for your success, at our glittering presentation ceremony in December,” urged Charissa King, editor of HR magazine, on behalf of this year's judging panel.
Explaining more about the background and context of the awards, King continued: “Our awards were created with HR's greatest asset in mind, and of course that's the range of incredible people that lead and influence the people profession.
“Each year, we want to inspire HR professionals by highlighting what award-winning strategy looks like, and remind the hardworking people from an often underrated sector that the sometimes thankless work they do is valued, is quantifiably impactful, and well worth celebrating.”
The HR Excellence Awards, organised by the HR magazine team in London, are judged by an independent panel of experienced HR leaders.
King added: “The feedback I received from last year's judging panel confirmed just how impressive and wide-ranging HR's work is. Your stories of success really fired up and personally inspired our judges last time.
“So go on, I dare you, make the job even harder for this year's new panel by submitting stellar applications for this year's awards. You have to be in it to win it; study our criteria, select your categories, and prepare your entries with pride. I look forward to toasting to your success.”
To learn more about the HR Excellence Awards, including the available categories and FAQs, visit our dedicated website.
