The awards aim to recognise ‘hospitality superstars’ who have shown ‘amazing resilience and innovation’ over the past year as the industry recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.

There are 16 award categories including ‘Best recruitment initiative’, ‘Best Talent Onboarding’, ‘Employee Health & Wellbeing‘ and ‘Business Innovation‘, alongside some new awards for 2022 including ‘Disability Confidence’ and ‘Best Kickstart Employer’.

Springboard was established in 1990 to support the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry and those seeking employment within it.

It has three key aims:

• To advance the life and education of those under the age of 25, through the provision of advice, training and skills courses.
• To relieve poverty and unemployment by assisting people to secure jobs in the hospitality sector.
• Tackle ongoing problems the hospitality, leisure and tourism industries face, including staff and skills shortages and misrepresentation about what a fulfilling career they offer.

The awards are free to enter and for more information, visit here.