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• Winning an award is understandably a positive experience, but in many ways, the process of entering beforehand is even more useful - assessing what is going well, and where there are opportunities to do better still. • The event has long been successful as a forum for bringing key players together. Last year of necessity we were all online. Whatever the context, the more chances we have to share ideas, opportunities and best practice, the better for all. Good luck to everyone entering.” Kevin Reed of Tower Leasing said: “The


Still time to enter The Vendies 2022 So far, this year’s sponsors include SB


Software; Search Engineering & Manufacturing and Tower Leasing, Mondelez International and Burts Snacks, and we are delighted to have them on board.


To allow the industry more time to enter, the deadline for The Vendies 2022 has been extended to 18 March. The event, organised by the Datateam Business Media, will be returning to a live awards format this year on the 9 of June 2022. These awards will continue a


longstanding tradition of recognising and rewarding companies and individuals that have made exceptional contributions to the trade – and entries are now open! As well as all the old favourite categories,


there are also two brand new categories this year and these are open to both suppliers and operators. The Covid Initiative Award seeks entries


from vending businesses that have taken the fight against COVID-19 to new heights. Meanwhile, the Best Vending Project is open to any vending business or partnership that has delivered an innovative project, development or service that is not eligible for any other category. Get the details about the two new categories at thevendies.co.uk/supplier- operator-categories/


OPPORTUNITIES TO ENTER: As well as the two new categories, there are plenty of other opportunities to enter whether you are a supplier or an operator. In particular for vending operators, this last two years has been particularly tough and its time your tirelessly efforts during the pandemic are recognised. Find out all the opportunities to enter at https://thevendies.co.uk/categories/


SPONSORS COMMENTS: Matt Covell, senior divisional manager at Search said: “We are delighted to partner with The Vendies in 2022 and to be sponsoring the Service Engineer of the Year award. Having worked with the finest engineers on the job market, it’s extremely apparent how important it is for the people who undertake these roles to get the recognition they deserve. “Given how candidate-driven the current


market is, we speak with field service professionals day in day out and fully appreciate the lengths they go to provide a quality service, alongside showcasing their expertise from a technical perspective. Celebrating their achievements on the night will highlight our thanks to all entrants for their hard work in what has been an extremely challenging year for the industry.” Simon Black, managing


director of SB Software said: “Here at SB Software, we are delighted to be partnering with the Vendies again this year sponsoring the Best Overall Operator. We have been a category sponsor for a few


years running now. For a variety of reasons: • The Vendies are a “good idea”: not just recognising and celebrating successes already achieved, but also encouraging us all to do ever better still going forward.


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Vendies focuses on recognition for all the amazing achievements, wonderful innovation and hard work of the great people involved in vending. We love a great party, and after such a long


time of not gathering, it’s fantastic the industry is getting together. Most importantly, being emersed in this important service industry we sometimes underestimate what a fantastic job we all do. The many success stories and first rate support, providing refreshment for key and all workers during the many lockdowns mustn’t go amiss. Tower are happy to support The Vendies in helping to achieve this.” Jo Roffey, head of vending at Mondelēz


International said: Mondelēz is delighted to announce its sponsorship and support of the Vendies 2022. We believe it’s really important to support the vending industry which is so important to Mondelez. In particular we want to support and highlight the outstanding work within the industry particularly given recent challenging times. Recognising great initiatives, which are the key to the sustained successful future of the industry is really important. We are very proud to sponsor the Vendies 2022.”


For all the details on how to enter The


Vendies visit https://thevendies.co.uk/entry-form/


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