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* 1. Please tell us a bit more about yourself.

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* 2. Best Concept

This award recognises a sector leading concept which has made a significant impact over the past 12 months, combining an excellent consumer proposition with dynamic execution.

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* 3. Best Experiential Concept

This award is for an experiential concept which is notably ahead of the pack when it comes to innovation, customer experience and popular appeal.

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* 4. Best New Opening

This award goes to a 2022 site opening which combines a great location with outstanding design and exceptional customer appeal.

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* 5. Emerging Concept

This award celebrates a fledgling multi-site format the senior industry believes looks set to deliver sustainable success.

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* 6. Best Use of Technology

This award is for an operator which has led the way with innovative technology to enhance its business and boost engagement with consumers.

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* 7. Deal of the Year

This category recognises the best deal to have taken place over the last 12 months, delivering an opportunity for the new ownership to develop the business and maximise its potential.

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* 8. Investor of the Year

This award is for an individual or company that has successfully invested in the eating and drinking-out market over the last 12 months, whether through acquisition or in the continued development of its portfolio.

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* 9. International Brand

Brands from America, Asia and beyond continue to favour the UK as a flagship region to do business, and this award celebrates the concept that, in the minds of the industry, has made the biggest impact since landing on our shores.

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* 10. Best Pub Company

This category recognises an outstanding multi-site pub company, greatly admired by the senior industry for its quality proposition, core focus on its people, and the visibility and profile of its leader

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* 11. Best Restaurant Company

Incorporating casual dining, QSR, food to go and coffee shops, this category recognises a standout multi-site company, with a demonstrable focus on its customers and staff, quality offering and strong leadership.

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* 12. Best Omnichannel Brand

This award is for the hospitality brand which has most notably found new customers and driven loyalty beyond its core sales channel by adopting an omnichannel strategy. Nominations for this category are via the MCA team, with the senior industry to decide the winner.

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* 13. Rising Star

This award goes to an outstanding individual in a multi-site management team (e.g., an HR, FD, operations/site manager) who is rising through the ranks and is a star of the business.

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* 14. Sustainability Award – to be decided by a panel of judges

This award goes to a company or brand that has gone above and beyond in demonstrating its commitment to reducing its impact on the environment.

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* 15. Lifetime Achievement Award

To be decided by MCA’s editor, this award recognises the exceptional achievements and impact an individual has had on the sector over multiple decades.

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* 16. Retailers’ Retailer of the Year

This award recognises the outstanding leader during the year, as decided by the Retailers Academy, made up of senior UK operators and MCA subscribers.

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