Look Back at The Revo’s 2023

For over 37 years, Revo has been dedicated to recognising and celebrating talent within the retail, leisure, and placemaking property sector, with the Revo Gold, ACE, and Purple Apple Awards being the hallmarks of excellence.

However, the pandemic had put a halt to the usual awards approach, and Revo returned in 2022 with ‘A Celebration of Place’, an interim industry and UK-wide recognition campaign to celebrate the good within the industry during a challenging period.

Due to popular demand, Revo was proud to announce its new industry awards, The Revo’s in 2023.

Crafted by a team of industry experts, The Revo’s recognised and rewarded the best of the best in the built environment, combining elements from the Revo Gold, ACE, and Purple Apple awards to create a holistic awards series encompassing development, investment, asset management, operations, customer experience, and destination marketing in the sector.

As the built environment continued to evolve, we were proud to keep up with the changes in our industry. The Revo’s provided us with an opportunity to recognise and celebrate those who were adapting and leading the way forward.

We were excited to announce a host of new categories that ensured places, spaces, projects, and people were rewarded and recognised. We encouraged applications from our members and the wider sector, regardless of whether it was an individual, business, or team, whether for a space, place, or initiative.

At its core, The Revo’s was all about celebrating excellence. We couldn’t wait to see what 2023 had in store and were excited to honour the best in our sector.

Thank you to everyone for entering in 2023, and we hope you will join us again in the celebration in 2024!

2023 SHORTLIST
AWARDS CEREMONY
OUR WINNERS

What awards are up for grabs?

Recognise and reward the best of the best in the built environment including examples of development, investment, asset management, operation, customer experience, and destination marketing in the sector. 

Recognise and reward effective retail destination marketing within the UK.

Recognise and celebrate the very best examples of development, investment and asset management in the retail sector. 

If you’re shortlisted, prepare to be noticed!

Winning isn’t the only way to make waves – we shine the spotlight on all shortlisted entrants.  

Here’s how we profiled our 2023 shortlisted entrants: 

  • Listed on The Revo’s webpage with concise entry details  
  • Featured prominently in all shortlisted award communications.  
  • Referenced in promotional campaigns, including digital marketing and social media activity to the Revo database (circa 10k+).  
  • Supplied with a “The Revo’s Shortlist” logo for use across your own marketing and communications.  
  • The opportunity to purchase your very own plaque (at cost). Whether you want to present back to your community or keep it as a memento of the fantastic efforts of a hardworking team, this is a great way to acknowledge efforts and successes. 
  • Recognition at the ceremony and throughout the year.  
  • ‘Meet your shortlist’ mini-interviews to be shared with the membership after the ceremony, RevoLens. 
  • Published as shortlisted in Revo’s 2024 Brochure, distributed to our membership. 

Plus, here’s how what we did in addition for our 2023 winners: 

  • The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony. 
  • The winner will be featured in press releases and subsequent media coverage. 
  • All finalists will receive a certificate of recognition for their achievements with the winner receiving a plaque.
  • Published as winners in Revo’s 2024 Brochure, distributed to our membership. 

Award Categories

THE REVO'S

  • BEST RETAIL LEASING INITIATIVE

  • BEST LEISURE LEASING INITIATIVE

  • BEST PLACEMAKING INITIATIVE

  • BEST SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

  • RISING STAR

  • PROPTECH INNOVATION

  • BEST LOCAL AUTHORITY INITIATIVE

  • BEST LOCAL AUTHORITY/PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP

  • ASSET MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE

  • OCCUPIER OF THE YEAR

  • INDEPENDENT OPERATOR OF THE YEAR

  • POP-UP OF THE YEAR

THE PURPLE APPLES

  • COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

  • BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – LARGE | OVER £25K PER CAMPAIGN

  • BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – MEDIUM | BETWEEN £5K – £25K PER CAMPAIGN

  • BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – SHOESTRING | BELOW £5K PER CAMPAIGN

  • CENTRE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE YEAR

THE GOLD’S

  • REPURPOSING

  • BEST NEW DEVELOPMENT

Entry Fees 

Fee per entry, £100 plus vat for every category except Rising Star, Independent Operator of the Year and Pop-up of the Year which are free to enter and the Gold’s which cost £250 plus vat to enter. 

Meet the Judging Panel

The Revo’s were judged by an esteemed panel of industry front runners and Revo members from across the retail real estate sector.

CLICK HERE TO MEET THE JUDGES

Key Dates

27th June

Entries open & sponsorships opportunities available

29th September

Entries close @ 17:00!

5th – 12th October

Judging

16th October

Announce presentation shortlist

30th October- 7th November

Shortlisted 15-minute presentations (Purple Apples & The Gold’s)

10th November

Shortlist announced

6th December

The Revo’s Ceremony

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