Everything You Need To Know About Our Great British Brands Awards 2026

Sponsored by Rathbones, the GBB Awards celebrate luxury, craftsmanship, and creativity across various industries, from travel and automotive to fashion and design. The awards – which have been expanded this year – focus on promoting brands that embody British heritage, innovation, responsibility and excellence. Scroll down for all categories and how to apply. These awards are open to Great British Brands members only.

Great British Brands is Country & Town Houses’s annual ‘luxury bible’ for British companies and products, celebrating craft, heritage, innovation, creativity and resilience. If you’re interested in becoming a member, please email [email protected].

Need To Know: Great British Brands Awards

Categories

• Commitment to Craft
• Commitment to Planet
• Commitment to Community
• Best Experimental Activation
• Best Storytelling
• Best Emerging Brand
• Innovation Award
• Best Product Award
• Best Collaboration Award

Winners’ benefits

• Beautiful award trophy created by Thomas Lyte which will be presented at the Great British Brands party in early 2026
• Featured on the Awards page of the 2026 issue of Great British Brands 
• Featured on countryandtownhouse.com and our social media
• GBB Award winner logo which can be used on your website and social media

Dates & Deadlines

Deadline for entry is Friday 7th November

Good luck! 

How To Enter

Stage 1

Choose which award you feel your brand falls into from the list above.

The entry form will ask for information about your business/initiative/campaign and will also provide an opportunity to outline and back up why you believe you should win the chosen category. You can put your brand forward for consideration in more than one category.

If you have any questions about your entry, please contact [email protected].

Stage 2

Once nominations have closed, the first round of judging will be completed by Country & Town House, creating a shortlist for the next round of judging.

The shortlist will be passed onto our expert panel of guest judges who will collectively decide on each category’s winner.

The awards will be announced in the print issue of Great British Brands, which will go on sale in January 2025.

Please be aware that only Great British Brand members are eligible for entry to these awards. If you would like to be considered for an award but are not a GBB member please email [email protected].