Employer of the Year 2026

Who can enter?

Any beauty salon, nail salon, hair salon, spa, or aesthetic clinic in the GCC that opened before the end of February 2024 and employs therapists, nail technicians, hair stylists, barbers, or aestheticians — whether full-time or part-time. Please note that product brands and suppliers are not eligible for this award.

You can download a short overview of the questions asked in this form here.

Saving your progress

You can save your progress at any time by ticking the ‘Save my progress and resume later’ check box and following the on-screen instructions. You will be sent a link to bring you directly back to the form or simply come back to this page and click on ‘resume a previously saved form’.

Deadline for submission

Please note the deadline for entries is 23:59 on the 8th September 2025. Any entries received after this time or any alterations to previously submitted entries will not be allowed.

Click ‘NEXT PAGE’ to continue and begin your submission.

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Employer of the Year 2026

Employer of the Year 2026

Due to the high volume of entries some users may experience problems uploading images and other files. Please use the following guidelines to ensure you do not lose your work and avoid these difficulties.

1) SAVE YOUR PROGRESS NOW BEFORE GOING ANY FURTHER

2) Keep a copy of all the text you enter in a word document, so just in case the online form does crash you have a backup.

3) When uploading files, make sure they are in only one of the following formats:

The  Awards system supports JPEG, non animated GIF, TIFF, PDF, DOC and XLS files only

DO NOT UPLOAD any of the following as doing so will automatically invalidate your entry: ZIP files, Any video file, Powerpoint or similar file

4) Make sure files are no larger than 2MB in size - any file over 2MB will be deleted from your entry.

5) If the files are of the correct format and less than 2MB in size then select and upload each file one at a time. Save your progress after each file before uploading the next.

Save your progress now before hitting the Next button

Employer of the Year 2026

Upload your supporting documents here

You can upload files up to 2MB in size. The Professional Beauty Awards system supports JPEG, non-animated GIF, TIFF, PDF, DOC and XLS files only

Files larger than 2MB will result in the upload failing and in some circumstances cause your entry information to be lost. If you are unsure of how large the files are please save your progress now before attempting to upload files.

To be absolutely safe - after choosing each file SAVE your progress and resume the form. This uploads each file individually rather than attempting to upload them all at once.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - This is where you can upload pictures of the salon, employment policies, training policies, staff handbook and any other documentation you feel would assist the judges in understanding your business and demonstrates why you may be awarded 'Employer of the Year' 

Employer of the Year 2026

As part of the judging process, Professional Beauty surveys the employees of each company that reaches the shortlist. you MUST upload this information to enter this award.

Please use the link below to upload contact details for at least 10 of your employees, and must include at least the following information:

- First Name

- Last Name

- Job Title

- Email address

- What's app number (including country code)

You can download a templete HERE

The spreadsheet should ideally include employees at all levels of the business (eg therapists, receptionists, etc, as well as managers).

You can upload a file up to 2MB in size. We will only be able to accept .xlsx files only.

Employer of the Year 2026

Upload your Marketing material

You can upload files up to 2MB in size. The Professional Beauty Awards system supports JPEGs, non-animated GIFs, TIFFs, PDFs DOC and XLS files only 

Files larger than 2MB will result in the upload failing and in some circumstances cause your entry information to be lost. If you are unsure of how large your files are please save your progress now before attempting to upload files.

To be absolutely safe - after choosing each file SAVE your progress and resume the form. This uploads each file individually rather than attempting to upload them all at once.

MARKETING MATERIAL

If you have a brochure, menu or price list this is where to upload this

PICTURES OF YOUR SALON(s) / SPA(s) / CLINIC(s) - Interior & Exterior  

PICTURE OF TEAM

It is ESSENTIAL that you upload a picture of your team, ideally in uniform if you wear one. This picture will be used if you are shortlisted as a finalist so make sure it's a good one!

Employer of the Year 2026

All that is left to do is to 'Submit' this form by hitting the 'Submit' button below

Once you have pressed the 'Submit' button you will get a chance to review and print the information you have completed and edit it if required before the final submission of the form is complete. 

You will need to confirm the submission once you have reviewed it at the bottom of the page before it is sent. failure to do this will mean your entry WILL NOT be sent.

You will receive an on screen message to say the entry has been sent. If you do not see this then you have not sent your entry. Please read and follow the on screen instructions fully.

A copy of the information will also be sent to the email you have provided so please make sure the email details have been entered accurately. 

If for any reason you wish to amend your entry later on you can do as long as you let us know before the 23rd June 2015.

PRESS SUBMIT  to review your entry now and then PRESS CONFIRM on the next page