Announcement

Announcing the Results of the Online Self-Service, Citizen Experience and Employee Experience & Insight Categories

We are delighted to announce the results for the Online Self-Service, Citizen Experience and Employee Experience & Insight Categories of the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition.

National Innovation Award for Online Self-Service Experience

Winner: Saascoms
Runner-up: Manhattan Associates
Finalist: Red Technology

National Innovation Award for Citizen Experience & Insight

Winner: Nesta
Runner-up: Davies Group
Finalist: ViewPoint

National Innovation Award for Employee Experience Insight

Winner: Centrical
Runner-up: ViewPoint
Finalist: WorkForce Software

National Innovation Award for Employee Experience

Winner: WorkForce Software
Runner-up: Centrical
Finalist: Nexthink
Finalist: ViewPoint

“These final categories in the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition were very closely contested. The quality of finalists’ submissions was very strong, and the judges had a hard task deciding the winners and runners-up. We thank the judges across all the categories for lending their time and expertise to the competition.” – Sam Heggie-Collins, Awards Director, UK National Innovation Awards.

Announcing the Results of the Guest Experience & Insight Categories

We are delighted to announce the results for the Guest Experience & Insight Categories of the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition.

National Innovation Award for Guest Experience

Winner: Vonage
Runner-up: LTIMindtree
Finalist: Connect
Finalist: Snom

National Innovation Award for Guest Experience Insight

Winner: Forsta
Runner-up: Medallia
Finalist: Dragonfly AI
Finalist: LTIMindtree

The judges were UK-based practitioners in the fields of customer experience, customer contact, and customer service. All judges represented significant organisations.

Commenting on the results, Awards Director Sam Heggie-Collins stated:

“The Guest Experience & Insight categories of the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition were very closely contested. The quality of finalists’ submissions was very strong, and the judges had a hard task deciding the winners and runners-up. We thank the judges for lending their time and expertise to the competition.”

Announcing the Results of the Contact Centre Experience & Insight Categories

We are delighted to announce the results for the Contact Centre Experience & Insight categories of the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition.

National Innovation Award for Contact Centre Experience

Winner: Cognigy
Runner-up: NICE Ltd
Finalist: Cirrus Response
Finalist: Fusion Telecom Ltd
Finalist: Noetica

National Innovation Award for Contact Centre Experience Insight

Winner: Speechmatics®
Runner-up: NICE Ltd
Finalist: Aiwo
Finalist: Calabrio, Inc.
Finalist: SuccessKPI

In total, 93 judges were recruited across the two categories. All judges were UK-based practitioners in the fields of customer experience, customer contact, or customer service. All judges represented significant organisations.

We thank the judges for lending their time and expertise to the competition.

Commenting on the results, Awards Director Sam Heggie-Collins stated:

“The Contact Centre Experience & Insight categories of the 2023 edition of the UK National Innovation Awards competition were very closely contested. The quality of finalists’ submissions was very strong, and the judges had a hard task deciding the winners and runners-up. The high number of requests from judges for brochures, customer testimonials, and demos post-competition is testament to the quality of technology innovation the competition showcased.”

Introducing The Nationals

The UK National Innovation Awards (the Nationals) is a prestigious recognition programme, founded in 2016 by Directors Club United Kingdom, to celebrate new technologies and their impacts on customer experience, operational performance and employee wellbeing.

Past winners and finalists are celebrated permanently on our Honours Board.

Uniquely, our Judging Faculty is drawn from the leadership of the functions and divisions pertinent to each award category. Judges are also members of Directors Club United Kingdom.

We do not recruit judges from consultancies, suppliers, resellers or technology vendors.

All-digital Process

Our awards journey is 100% digital from entry through to the gala webcast. This means there is a level pitch for technology innovators across the world.

Whether you are located in London-England, Paris-France, or Mumbai-India, you use the same online process to enter, compete and celebrate.

Award Categories

2024 Awards Categories will be announced shortly.

Help Us Judge

Since 2016, hundreds of business leaders have helped us judge a wide variety of award categories. Our judging alumni represents a rollcall of the great and the good of leadership in their fields.

Jon Snow, the convenor of judges for the UK National Innovation Awards, is now inviting UK-based leaders to join the Judging Faculty for the 2024 edition of this global open competition.

Judging Process

Each award category will have up to 5 finalists.

Each finalist will have submitted a written submission (up to 1,000 words) and a finals video (10-15 minutes).

In turn, you read the written submission and watch the finals video for each finalist. You then decide which finalist – in your opinion – is the most innovative and which is the second most innovative. These are your category winner and runner-up.

No notetaking, decision justification, or finalist feedback is required.

Judging one category takes approximately 1-hour. Each category has a one month judging window.

Why Become A Judge?

The primary reason business leaders volunteer to judge the UK National Innovation Awards is to learn about new, innovative technologies pertinent to their role and field of business.

Technology innovations are impacting every function of every organisation. Keeping track of the most significant innovations is hard for busy professionals. Judging the Nationals is one way to keep current and gain understanding not readily available elsewhere.

If you are curious about the future and want to stay ahead of your colleagues, please consider joining the 2024 judging faculty.

Other benefits include a judge’s e-badge to use on social media and email signatures, and a permanent place among the judging alumni on the awards website.

Apply To Judge The Nationals

Judging places are by invitation. If you’d like to receive an invitation, please email Jon Snow, the convenor of judges, on

Honours Board

Winners, Runners-up & Finalists