Meat Management Industry Awards 2011
Rules & Regulations / Terms & Conditions

1. The Year 2011 Meat Management Industry Awards will run from November 2010 until 31st July 2011.

2. The Industry Awards presentation dinner will take place at a five star hotel or suitable venue in London in June, 2011.

3. Categories:

1. The Catering Butcher Award
2. Manufacturer of the Year Award
3. Best Trade Organisation
4. Best Website Based Business
5. Supermarket / Multiple Meat Retailer of the Year
6. Britain's Best Butchers Shop - Independent
7. Best Equipment / Machinery Supplier
8. Training Scheme of the Year
9. Young Manager of the Year
10. Britain's Best Sausage Award
11. Best Poultry Product
12. Best Pork/Pigmeat Product
13. Best Lamb Product
14. Best Beef Product
15. Best Red Meat Product
16. The Meat Management Excellence Award

4. Yandell Publishing Ltd., the organiser of the Meat Management Industry Awards will offer sponsorship opportunities to companies and organisations servicing the meat industry at a price deemed to be fair and reasonable by the organisers. Companies or organisations are not allowed to sponsor an Award category for which they may potentially be nominated or voted for.

5. Payment for sponsorship will be due by 1st February, 2011 at the latest.

6. Sponsors of the Year 2011 Awards will get first refusal for sponsoring the same category again in 2012. The deadline for decisions for the Year 2012 Awards will be 15th June, 2011. After this date the category will be offered to the open market.

7. Voting forms for the Meat Management Industry Awards 2011 will be circulated to the meat industry through Meat Management magazine. Votes will also be accepted via the website at www.meat-ezine.com

8. The final deadline for votes in relation to the Year 2011 Awards will be 4th March 2011

9. Winners and finalists of category awards will be informed by 4th April 2011 in writing on a Strictly Private & Confidential basis. The deadline for confirmation by the recipient of any category award that they are prepared to attend the Awards Dinner and collect the category award is 13th April, 2011.

10. Should any category winner not be in a position to attend the Awards Dinner or fail to formally confirm that they will accept the Award by 13th April 2011; the Publisher of Meat Management has, at his absolute discretion, the right to rescind the Award and pass it on to the first runner-up / finalist in the category concerned. Information provided by Meat Management magazine to award winners and finalists in advance of the awards dinner is strictly private and confidential and may not be divulged to any third party prior to the award being presented. Any breach of this confidentiality may result in the award being rescinded at the absolute discretion of the publisher.

12. The organisers of the awards dinner reserve the absolute right to refuse admission to the dinner without explanation. Correspondence will not be entered into. Competitive media to Meat Management magazine or its portfolio of publications and media products are not permitted to attend the Awards dinner.

13. Winners of an Award will be requested in writing to supply material for Audio Visual production by 29th April 2011. Failure to do so may result in the Award being rescinded at the absolute discretion to the Publisher.

14. The details of the category winners will not be announced until the Awards ceremony. The winners of the Awards are required to maintain the Private & Confidential status of the Awards until after the formal presentations.

15. An Awards brochure confirming the winners of the Year 2011 Awards will be published and circulated with the July/August 2011 edition of Meat Management magazine. This magazine will also detail the sponsors of the 16 categories. Advertising opportunities will be made available to both winners (on a strictly private & confidential basis) and sponsors, or any business or organisations, who in the opinion of the publisher, is suitable for inclusion in this publication. All advertising bookings are subject to the normal terms and conditions of advertising bookings for Meat Management magazine. A copy of these Terms & Conditions are available upon request and available to view at www.yandellmedia.com. A picture round-up of the Awards Dinner will appear in the July/August 2011 issue of Meat Management magazine, although the publisher reserves the right to publish these pictures in any edition felt to be appropriate as an alternative.

16. Voting for the Year 2011 Meat Management Industry Awards is not open to employees of Meat Management Magazine or their families or to employees of Yandell Publishing Limited, or their families.

17. Voting can only be undertaken by bona-fide meat industry professionals. Voting opportunities will not be offered to trade businesses or organisations. Only one vote per person will be accepted.

18. If for any reason the publisher of Meat Management magazine has reason to believe that any form of 'vote rigging' or manipulation of voting is being attempted, the publisher has the absolute right, at his discretion, to disqualify the votes in question.

19. Details of all votes and voters will be kept private & confidential and names and addresses of voters or how they voted will not be disclosed for any reason. The voting procedure is subject to the data protection act.

21. In the event of a tie, the casting vote will be with the chairman of the judging panel.

22. Dinner tickets are sold on a first come first served basis and are subject to availability. We regret that cancellations are subject to an administration fee of 30 per cent of the total cost and that refunds are not available should bookings be cancelled after 20th May 2011.

23. In relation to all rules and regulations covering the Year 2011 Awards and the Awards dinner, the publisher's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

© Copyright:
These rules and regulations are the copyright of Yandell Publishing Ltd.,
PO Box 5122, Milton Keynes MK15 8ZP. They may not be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of the copyright holder.

Issued 15th June 2010