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The BikeBiz Awards 2025, in association with Bikedesk, will take place on 16 October at the Button Factory in Birmingham. The awards, designed to celebrate the best of the cycling industry, aim to showcase different areas and give recognition across the industry.
This year, the BikeBiz awards will span five categories, with 17 awards, many new for 2025.
Award Categories
Brands
Bike Brand
P&A Brand
Innovation of the year
Distribution
Bike distributor
P&A distributor
Specialist distributor
Retailer
IBD of the year
Omnichannel retailer
Retailer services
Specialist Retailer
Diversity
Cycle advocacy
Diversity Champion
Woman of the year
Industry Life
Event of the year
Mechanic of the year
Unsung Hero of the year
Cycling Media of the year
See the Bikebiz Awards 2024 winners here
Key dates
Entries and nominations: Open from Monday, 2 June, and close at midnight on Friday, 4 July.
Voting: Opens Friday, 18 July, and closes at midnight Friday, 29 August.
Winners:Â Announced at The Button Factory in Birmingham on Wednesday, 16 October.
How it worksÂ
Entries and nominationsÂ
Members of the cycling trade community will be invited to put themselves in the running for one of our prestigious awards using an online form. Individuals can also nominate their favourite retailers, brands or individuals in any relevant categories.
Entries and nominations will be open from 2 June until midnight on 4 July.
The BikeBiz team will review every entry and nomination to ensure the necessary criteria are met, in order to then compile a shortlist for each award.
Voting
Voting will be carried out by our expert judging panel or by a wider vote open to the whole cycling industry, depending on the category (see below for the full list of awards and the voting procedure in each). Most awards will be decided by our judging panel, who offer years of combined experience in the cycling industry to select the winners.
Our judges come from a broad range of backgrounds in the industry. To make judging fair, judges will have to abstain from any award category that may relate to their organisation, to avoid any conflicts of interest – for example, retailer judges will not be permitted to vote in the retailer category of awards.
Judges will vote using an online form, selecting their preferred winner and offering up a reason for their selection. In other categories, voting will be open to the wider cycling trade through an online voting form.
Shortlists will be announced and voting will be open from Friday, 18 July, until midnight on Friday, 29 August. After the closure, the BikeBiz team will collate all the results.
The winnersÂ
The winners will be announced on the night of 16 October, at The Button Factory in Birmingham.
These will be shared online at BikeBiz.com and across our social platforms, followed by a feature in the December edition of BikeBiz magazine.
Category Details:
Brands
Distribution
Retailer
Diversity
Industry Life
Event of the year:Â Open to any cycling event based in the UK, e.g trade show, race (or series), festival, sportive, etc.**
Mechanic of the year:Â Open to any mechanic working within the UK**
Unsung Hero of the year:Â Open to any deserving person who has contributed to the industry in a significant way in the past year**
Cycling Media of the year:Â Open to any UK cycling publication, podcast, magazine, website, YouTube channel etc**
*winner decided by judging panel
**winner decided by voting open to whole cycle industry
***winner decided by the BikeBiz team
For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the BikeBiz Awards 2025, in association with Bikedesk, contact Richard Setters – richard.setters@biz-media.co.uk
