UCFB and GIS are delighted to have been shortlisted as a finalist at this year’s Football Business Awards.

We have been nominated and accepted as a finalist in the ‘Best Business Serving Football – over 200 employees’ category at the 2023 awards.

This is the first time UCFB and GIS have been shortlisted since we won at the 2020 Sports Business Awards, in the ‘Best non-matchday use of venue’ category.

This year’s grand final will take place at The Brewery in London on Friday, May 26.

Other finalists shortlisted in the ‘Best Business Serving Football’ category are:

  • BeIN
  • Fanatics
  • Mackrell Socilitors
  • Pulselive
  • Sodexo Live!
  • St George’s Park (The Football Association)
  • TOCA Football

The awards has a long list of illustrious judges from the football industry, including the chief executives at clubs including Fulham, Hibernian, Bristol City, Birmingham City, Port Vale and many more.

Other judges include:

  • Jeff Mostyn, former chairman of AFC Bournemouth
  • Sanjay Bhandari, chair of Kick It Out
  • Yvonne Harrison, CEO of Women in Football

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