Last updated: 24 September 2026

Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This awards website is operated by Lewis Business Media (Arts) Limited (“we”, “us” or “our”), registered in England and Wales under company number 09762838. We are the data controller for personal information collected through this website. Our correspondence address is The Courtyard, River Way, Uckfield, TN22 1SL. You can contact us at info@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk.

This policy explains how we use personal information. Award-specific entry terms explain the rules for entering each competition. The Cookie Policy further down this page describes cookies and similar technologies.

2. Information we collect

When you submit an award entry, we collect the contact and business details you enter, your answers to the entry questions, and any supporting documents or images you upload. An entry may include information about people mentioned in the submission. Please provide only information relevant to the award and ensure you are entitled to submit it.

If this website offers an email sign-up form and you use it, we collect the email address and any other details requested by that form, together with a record of your sign-up choice.

When you visit the website, our servers may record technical details such as your IP address, browser, pages requested and the date and time of your visit. We also use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how the website is used, subject to the cookie choices described below. If you email us, we use the information in your message to respond.

Tickets and any paid award entry fees are purchased through a separate Lewis Business Media payment website. This awards website does not collect card details. The privacy information on the payment website explains how information provided there is used.

3. How we use information and our legal bases

We use information for the following purposes:

Award entries: We receive entries, check eligibility, contact entrants and arrange judging. Our legal basis is performance of the award entry terms and our legitimate interests in running the awards fairly, as applicable.

Finalists and winners: We publish and promote them as described in the relevant award entry terms. Our legal basis is our legitimate interests in reporting the awards.

Optional emails: Where you request them through a sign-up form, our legal basis is your consent. You can withdraw it at any time.

Enquiries and website operation: We respond to enquiries and keep the website working and secure. Our legal basis is our legitimate interests in communicating with visitors and operating a secure website.

Analytics: We use GA4 to understand and improve website use. Our legal basis for processing personal information is our legitimate interests in improving the website, with consent for analytics cookies where required.

Records: We keep information where needed to meet a legal obligation or respond to a claim. Our legal basis is compliance with a legal obligation or our legitimate interests in protecting our rights, as applicable.

4. Award entries and optional emails

We make entries available to the people administering the awards, appointed judges and, where appropriate, expert advisers assessing them. The relevant award entry terms explain eligibility, judging and how finalists and winners may be publicised. We do not treat entering an award as agreement to receive unrelated marketing.

Where the website offers an email sign-up form, we use the details submitted to send the emails requested. You can ask us to stop by contacting us using the details below. We may keep a minimal record of that request so we do not email you again.

5. Cookies and analytics

The website uses cookies and similar technologies for its operation and GA4 analytics. The Cookie Policy below explains the technologies used, their purposes and lifetimes, and how you can manage your choices. Google may receive information about your use of this website when GA4 is enabled.

6. Who we share information with

As well as the awards team, judges and advisers described above, we share relevant information with providers that host, maintain or support the website and entry forms, and with Google when GA4 is enabled. If you request emails through a sign-up form, the people or provider handling that request may receive your details. Where necessary, we may disclose information to professional advisers or public authorities.

Names, organisations and other details of finalists and winners may be published as described in the relevant award-specific entry terms. We do not treat submitting an award entry as a request to receive unrelated marketing or as permission to give entrants’ contact details to third parties for their own marketing.

7. International transfers

Some providers, including Google, may process personal information outside the UK. Where a transfer is restricted by UK law, we rely on an applicable adequacy arrangement or appropriate safeguards. Contact us if you would like information about safeguards relevant to your data.

8. How long we keep information

We keep entry information for the time needed to administer, judge and report on the awards, handle any questions or disputes, and meet applicable legal obligations. We then delete or anonymise information that is no longer needed. Published details of finalists and winners may remain available as part of the awards’ public record. We keep optional email sign-up details while you remain subscribed and may retain the minimum information needed to respect an unsubscribe request. Technical logs and analytics data are kept according to the settings of the relevant systems and for as long as needed for security, troubleshooting and understanding website use.

9. Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to access your personal information, correct it, ask for its deletion, restrict or object to its use, and receive certain information in a portable format. You can withdraw consent to optional emails at any time. To exercise your rights, email info@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk. We may need to verify your identity before responding. 

10. Other websites and changes to this policy

Websites linked from this one, including our separate lbmsubscriptions.com payment website, have their own privacy and cookie policies. We may update this policy as our practices change. The date above shows when it was last updated.

11. Contact us

For questions about this policy or to exercise your data protection rights, email info@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk or write to:

Lewis Business Media (Arts) Limited
The Courtyard
River Way
Uckfield
East Sussex
TN22 1SL

Cookie Policy

1. About this policy

This policy explains how Lewis Business Media (Arts) Limited uses cookies and similar technologies on this awards website. The Privacy Policy above explains how we use personal information.

2. What cookies do

Cookies are small files placed on a browser or device. Some are needed to operate the website or remember a choice. Others help us understand how people use the website. Browser storage may serve similar purposes.

3. Cookies used on this website

Essential cookies. These may be used to run entry forms, maintain a session, secure the website or remember your cookie preferences.

Analytics cookies. Google Analytics 4 may use cookies such as _ga and _ga_<measurement-id> to understand visits and improve this website.

4. Managing your choices

The cookie controls on this website let you manage non-essential technologies where consent is required. You can also clear or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may prevent entry forms or other features from working.

5. Other websites and contact

lbmsubscriptions.com has its own cookies and policy. For questions, email info@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk or write to Lewis Business Media (Arts) Limited, The Courtyard, River Way, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 1SL.