Entries now open for Northern Tech Awards 2022

GP Bullhound is delighted to announce that entries for the 2022 Northern Tech Awards are now open. In their ninth year, the annual Northern Tech Awards showcase and celebrate the fastest growing and most promising tech companies in the North of the UK.

Entries are open until 13 May 2022. To qualify for entry to the Top 100, firms must have at least three years of revenue growth with a minimum revenue level of £500k in 2019. Companies with revenues below this threshold are invited to enter and will be considered for the Northern Stars category.

To submit your entry, please follow this link.

Shortlisted companies will be revealed on 2 June 2022 in GP Bullhound’s annual Northern Tech 100 League Table, featuring the Top 100 fastest-growing tech companies in the North.

The winners and Top 100 will then be celebrated at an exclusive award ceremony on 16 June 2022 at Manchester’s Albert Hall – attended by entrepreneurs, CEOs and business leaders at the forefront of the region’s digital economy.

The 2022 award categories are:

• Fastest Growing Company of the Year (with revenues under £10m)
• Fastest Growing Larger Company of the Year (with revenues over £10m)
• Judges’ Innovation Award
• Judges’ Award for International Success
• Judges’ Leadership Award
• Tech4Good Award
• Judges’ Entrepreneur Award
• Judges’ Young Entrepreneur Award
• Overall Judges’ Award
• The Region’s Top Northern Star Awards
• Northern Star Innovation Award
• Northern Star Sustainability Award
• Northern Star Award for potential International Success
• Northern Star Overall Judges’ Award

Javed Huq, Executive Director of GP Bullhound, said: “2021 was a record year for technology across the North of the UK and internationally, with companies delivering exceptional levels of growth and raising more capital than ever before.  The 2022 Northern Tech Awards will celebrate the continued success of the local ecosystem, whilst giving Founders the opportunity to share their experiences of operating in the current climate. We are very excited to see all the great businesses that will enter the race this year and strongly encourage ambitious and exciting companies to come forward and be recognised.”

Previous winners at the Northern Tech Awards include Connex One, Crisp, Double Eleven, Evolution Funding, LADbible, Matillion, Miss Group, Missguided, musicMagpie, Nexus, Peak, QBS Technology Group, Skyscanner, The Hut Group, and Twinkle Educational Publishing.

For enquiries, please contact [email protected] or visit www.northerntechawards.com