How it works.

The judging process

To be considered for an award, all NACFB Member brokers wishing to participate must submit their entries by 5pm on Friday 6th June 2025.

A carefully selected panel of industry experts will then review all entries to determine a shortlist in each award category. The panel will be announced in the coming weeks.

Shortlisted entrants will be notified (under embargo) by email ahead of the public shortlist announcement in late-July. NACFB Patron lenders and Partner suppliers will then be invited to their cast votes for the Member brokers of their choice in each category (where relevant). Voting will remain open for one week.

The judging panel’s scores will be combined with the votes to determine the winner and highly commended in each category. For full details, please read the entry criteria terms and conditions below.  

The winners in each category will be revealed at a ceremony at Lancashire Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, on the afternoon of Friday 19th September 2025. You can secure your tickets here.

Key dates

Free to enter, the NACFB Commercial Broker Awards 2025 is open exclusively to NACFB Member brokers. NACFB Patron lenders and supplier Partners are not eligible to enter but will be invited to vote on the shortlist.

Please note, dates may be subject to change.

Wednesday 7th May
Awards open for entries and early bird tickets for NACFB Member brokers only go on sale

Friday 6th June
Entry deadline at 5pm

Late-July
Shortlist announced and voting opens to NACFB Patron lenders and supplier Partners

Early-August
Voting closes

Monday 18th August
Early bird tickets for NACFB Member brokers close at 5pm

Tuesday 19th August
Tickets go on sale to NACFB Patron lenders and supplier Partners (subject to availability)

Friday 19th September
Winners revealed at the awards ceremony which takes place at Lancashire Cricket Club, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester

Entry criteria, process, terms & conditions

The awards are open to all NACFB Member firms only with the exception of NACFB Board directors who have elected to recuse themselves from participation.

  1. Each entry must reflect the contribution of Member firms or individuals since June 2024 to the present.

  2. Members can enter as many categories as they deem suitable and enter multiple times in any one category if relevant; however, all entries must be unique.

  3. For each submission, Members have just 300 words in which to convince the judges that they are worthy winners. Additional submitted evidence will not be accepted; however, the judges reserve the right to request more information.

  4. The judging panel is made up of independent industry stakeholders and NACFB Board directors who will be provided with guidance on how to review submissions individually and fairly.

  5. To help determine the shortlist in each award category, the judges will review submissions without knowing the entrant names.

  6. Entries will not be judged solely on the size of the brokerage; judges will take other elements into consideration including the impact on the borrower’s business, the broker/lender dynamic, and the ability to get deals over the line.

  7. Judges reserve the right, without prior consent of the entrant, to move entries to different categories if they feel it is more appropriate.

  8. All information provided to judges will be used solely for the purposes of assessing the entries. Potentially sensitive information will not be made public.

  9. NACFB Patron lenders and Partner suppliers are invited to vote on the shortlist. To ensure fairness, Patron/Partner firms are limited to five votes each per category.

  10. The winners and the highly commended in each category are determined based on the combined results of the judges’ selections and the Patrons’ votes.

  11. The judges’ decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into and no reasons given for decisions.

  12. The deadline for all entries is 5pm on Friday 6th June 2025. The NACFB reserves the right to extend the deadline if necessary.

  13. The winners will be announced at the NACFB Commercial Broker Awards ceremony at The Lancashire Cricket Club in Manchester on Friday 19th September 2025.

  14. Winners may state in advertising and promotional material that they have won, but they must state the year the award was won.

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