Voting extended for special categories in the Best Places To Work Awards

GamesIndustry.biz has extended the nomination deadline for its Best Places To Work Awards special categories, adding a little more runway for UK companies working in and around games to put forward candidates. The main headline awards are already closed and are being judged from anonymous employee feedback, but these special awards are still open for submissions.

The categories now accepting nominations are the Diversity Award, Green Award, HR Hero Award, Training and Development Award, Education Award, Corporate Social Responsibility Award, and Health and Well-Being Award. Nominations can come from either internal teams or external parties, which makes these awards useful for surfacing work that may not always be visible outside a studio or service business.

The new deadline is midnight on Monday 7 September, with judging scheduled to wrap up next week ahead of the awards ceremony on October 1. For studios, publishers, and support companies, the timing makes this a straightforward opportunity to highlight workplace initiatives that can help with retention, culture, and employer branding.

Tickets are also still available for the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit, which runs on the day before the awards and is focused this year on the future of People & Work. That puts the event squarely in the orbit of studio leadership, HR, and production teams thinking about hiring, development, and workplace strategy.