• The entry form is now available for the product awards categories for The Licensing Awards 2011. This can be downloaded from the website (www.thelicensingawards.co.uk
• Closing date for entering the product awards is May 20 2011.
• Online and downloadable nomination forms for the Retail Awards, Best Marketing Communications Award and Honorary Achievement Award are also now available from the website.
• You can now follow The Licensing Awards on Facebook and twitter, become a fan and keep up with news as it happens.
• Tickets are selling out fast for The Licensing Awards event on September 13, which this year will take place in The Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel, London which will be attended by 1,300 retailers, licensees, licensors and industry suppliers.
• New for this year - Online entering for the Licensing Property Award categories will commence on March 5.

The Licensing Awards 2011 are now officially open for entries. Entry and nomination forms (online and downloadable) plus ticket booking forms for the awards event are now available from the website (www.thelicensingawards.co.uk).

“The licensing industry is incredibly dynamic, vibrant and exciting. The Licensing Awards 2011 are the ultimate accolades to reward excellence in retail execution, product innovation, property development and marketing expertise. Holding the awards event in The Great Room in The Grosvenor House Hotel for the first time this year befits the gravitas that the awards themselves are now held,” commented Jakki Brown, director of The Licensing Awards and The Licensing Source Book (which owns and organises the awards).

The Licensing Awards 2011 categories cover all aspects of the UK licensing industry:

Retailer Awards – for retailers of licensed merchandise
Product Awards – for ranges of licensed products
Property Awards – for specific licensed properties
Marketing Communication Award – for a specific marketing promotion
Special Awards – for product innovation and honorary achievement

Tickets for The Licensing Awards 2011 event are already on sale from Event Solutions and Promotions Tel 01372 841001 or e-mail tracey@eventsol.co.uk.