The First Women Awards is the UK’s premium awards programme focused on senior-level business women and professionals.

Since conception in 2005, the awards have grown in influence and impact, and now enjoy the support of many of the UK’s leading businesses, business bodies and business leaders.

The 2015 First Women Awards ceremony will be hosted by the fantastic Clare Balding. Get inspired by the 2014 winners here or nominate for 2015 here. The entry deadline is on the 10th April.

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Categories

The First Women Awards are open to all women in business in the UK. Nominations can be made by the individual herself or by a professional colleague. For full criteria on how to enter, please see the nomination form.

Young Achiever                                                                                                           Entrepreneurship

Business Services                                                                                                       The Built Environment

Media                                                                                                                          Finance

Manufacturing                                                                                                              Public Service

Retail & Consumer                                                                                                       Science & Technology

Engineering                                                                                                                 Tourism & Leisure

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Interested in category sponsorship? Contact us on 020 7045 7600 /firstwomen@realbusiness.co.uk

“An Award like this tells me that I'm doing something right. As a female engineer, I'm one of five women in my larger team so it's really something to have this acknowledgment. It means a lot.”
Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, Senior Researcher, BT

The Night

The First Women Awards will celebrate the success and achievements of senior-level business women and professionals.

The glittering ceremony will be hosted by the television presenter and journalist Clare Balding.

Programme

07.00pm                Champagne reception
07.40pm                Welcome speeches
08.00pm                Dinner
09.30pm                The First Women Awards
11.00pm                Cash bar
01.00am                Carriages

Details

Dress code        Black Tie
Date                  11th June 2015
Venue                London Marriott Hotel,
                         Grosvenor Square

“It's so important to have an event like the First Women Awards because we have not yet quite broken through the glass ceiling. There are still a lot of girls who say ‘I will never do that because I'm a girl’, and we need to break those attitudes.”
Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson

“The First Woman Awards recognise the considerable contribution being made in all walks of life by women producing a more balanced society through their self expression.”
Anne Minors,Director, Anne Minors Performance Consultants

Judges:

Amanda Phillips                                                                                                                                  Brenda Trenowden
Director AP Consulting                                                                                                                           Head of Financial
Partnership Board                                                                                                                                  Institutions Group,
member at City Women                                                                                                                          Europe Global Head of
Network                                                                                                                                                 Funds,  ANZPresident,
                                                                                                                                                            City Women Network