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The short answer is no, although there is one recent notable exception. 

When people appoint us to take care of an honour’s nomination for their worthy candidate, they are not “buying” the honour. What people are paying for is for us to professionally draft the written nomination and liaise with those people who are supporting the process by way of reference letters.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1: Research previous winners of your chosen award
Step 2: Choose the right category
Step 3: Stop procrastinating

We write in to our honours client contracts that we will never knowingly divulge that they are a client of ours. We want our clients to take all the glory for their hard work and achievements and we want to avoid the media and others saying that they only got an honour because they had professional help.

Step 1 – Download our free guide

Step 2 – Browse our library of resources

Step 3 – Contact the experts

There is a temptation to include too much additional information in your award entry in the form of supporting documents, appendices, org charts and financial graphs. Less is more.

Winning awards is key to your success! A study compared the financial performance of 120 award-winning companies across Europe against their industry competitors, tracking their results over 11 years. The award winners showed improvements after just a year of winning their first award.

Put measures in place. Clearly state your success metrics and try not to leave any gaps in your data. Don’t be too selective which figures/stats you provide as the judges won’t have the full picture.

Learn how to write a successful award entry, with expert tips on structure, evidence, judging criteria, common mistakes and making your entry stand out.

• Look at previous winners – would you like to join their ranks and be mentioned alongside their brands?
•  Look at the title – is it something you’d be proud to shout about, such as the National Business Awards or the Best Business Awards?
• Choose the right category – what will give you most credibility with your customers: World Finance Exporter of the Year or West Yorkshire Customer
  Service Team of the Year?
• Are you good enough to win? Remember, you don’t have to be the best in the world, just the best to enter that category of that award this time around.

Awards will: 
• raise your profile and enhance your reputation
• instil trust – the vital ingredient for success
• fulfil your business and personal potential
• acknowledge the recognition you deserve
• attract new business or personal opportunities
• allow you to put up your prices

You might not immediately think that tax and honours have anything in common but the two are inextricably linked when it comes to successful honours nominations for UK citizens. The reality is if your taxes are up to date, your nomination for an honour stands a better chance of success.

Nothing is certain in life, or business! However, the average success rate across all award entries is estimated to be about 1 in 10 (just 10%). Our success rate is an industry leading 2 in 3 (about 65%).

Because we are experts in our niche and the best at what we do. We have drafted literally hundreds of award entries during the last 13 years and have learned what works and doesn’t work.

In summary, it’s five simple steps.

Yes, as it shows to the Cabinet Office that more than one person has had the same idea to nominate the person at roughly the same time, which is a very positive thing.

A highly detailed and colourful account of your or your nominee’s achievements: Our approach differs from most applications in that we would treat your nomination very much like a national newspaper personal profile, whereas the tendency is to approach it like a CV which does not stand out to the judging committee.

There are considerable regional imbalances and have been for many years, Yorkshire and Humber having the lowest proportion of people with an honour in England according to the latest data I’ve seen.

You must provide enough information in the nomination to make a good case. So your nomination shouldn’t be:

• an extended CV.
• a list of educational achievements.
• a list of appointments, awards or posts; or
• a job description showing what the person is meant to do.

The recipe for a successful nomination depends upon several ingredients, the most important of which is that a nominee should have a strong background of success and a record of outstanding achievement, preferably that also impacts positively on the UK.

The recipe for a successful nomination depends upon several ingredients, the most important of which is that a nominee should have a strong background of success and a record of outstanding achievement, preferably that also impacts positively on the UK.

Discover the five most common mistakes that cause UK honours nominations to fail, and how to avoid them when applying for an MBE, OBE or CBE.

Any worthy person, based anywhere in the world, can be nominated for a Royal honour like an MBE, OBE or knighthood/damehood. You don’t need to be based in the UK or even be a UK citizen.