Date
Thursday 10th July 2025
Venue
This year's awards ceremony takes place at the stunning Grand Hotel, Birmingham.
Dress Code
Black Tie
For ideas on what to wear click here to see what guests wore to last year's People First Awards
Timings
6.30pm: Drinks reception
7.30pm: Guests take seats for awards to commence
Further timings to follow.
Accommodation, Parking and Directions
Accommodation and breakfast will be booked for you at The Grand Hotel .
Guests will be able to check in from 4pm on Thursday 10th July and check out is 11am.
The address is: 1 Church Street, Birmingham, West Midlands B3 2FE, England
For detailed directions on travelling to venue please visit the
hotel's website here or see below.
Getting to the Grand
Just a short walk from New Street and Snow Hill train stations, and easily reached by road too, you’ll find The Grand on Colmore Row, in the heart of the city.
Unfortunately the hotel doesn’t have on-site car parking but it does have local car parks close by:
B4 Car Park*, Weaman Street B4 6DG
*Hotel guests get a 55% discount at B4 Car Park: 24 hours parking for £14.40. Please validate your parking at the hotel reception upon departure and pay the discounted rate at the ground floor pay machines in the B4 Car Park before exiting the car park.
Snow Hill Multi-Storey Car Park B3 2BJ
EV charging points
X6 in Snow Hill Car Park B3 2BJ
X2 in 85 Cornwall Street B3 3BY
Learn more about arriving by rail or bus here: Birmingham Public transport
Join our online photo album!
Have you got Viva Engage (used to be Yammer) downloaded to your phone?
At last year’s awards our attendees put together a pretty impressive online photo album as they posted pics of their partying the night away in our dedicated awards community.
Make sure you’re snapping and sharing into our People First Awards community by having the Viva Engage app installed on your phone.
If you have a work phone the app will already be installed, but you can also install it on your personal phone for easy access on the night.
Here’s how…
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Simply search for Viva Engage where
you normally download apps from, and
then use your Speedy login details to access it.
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You will need to activate with DUO, as a security measure to make sure you are a speedy employee!
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Then, once you’re in, click on ‘communities’ at the bottom of the screen, and then search for People First Awards.
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Now you’re in, you can like and comment on other people’s posts, and get sharing your own!
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Why not have a scroll through to have a look at last year’s pics and get you in the mood for the night!
