E: 25/02 Win £1,000 & £1,000 Digital advertising for your business (Effort)

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https://www.hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio/competitions/win/wickes-fix-quarter-1-2026

Calling All Trades!

Get Your Business Going With Wickes TradePro

Here’s your chance to win £1,000 to spend at Wickes AND

a digital audio advertising campaign worth £1,000 to give your business a boost!

Or if you’re not in the trade why not nominate your favourite trader.

We’ve 5X of these amazing prizes up for grabs!

To enter, send us a radio advert script promoting your trade.

Be creative, make sure it’s catchy, have fun and don’t forget to add a strapline…because we might even make that ad and play it on air!

Submit your 50-word radio ad script below for your chance to win!

All Thanks To Wickes TradePro

This competition is open from 00:01AM Wednesday 18th February 2026 (the “Start Time”) to 11:00AM Wednesday 25th February 2026 (“End Time”).

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS for “ABSOLUTE RADIO – WIN £1,000 TO SPEND AT WICKES + £1,000 DIGITAL AUDIO ADVERTISING TO PROMOTE YOUR TRADE BUSINESS (WICKES FIX 1)” (the “Competition”).

These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at:  http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html  (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail. 

1.Entry ROUTES and Costs

Entries are restricted to one (1) per person (“Entrant”).

Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes:

Online at  https://hellorayo.co.uk/absolute-radio/competitions/

Online entry is free of charge. 

This is a shared prize running across the Absolute Radio Network of radio stations.

2.COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN

In total, there will be five (5) (“Winners”) of this Competition.

To be eligible to win the Competition, entrants must enter through the website (see 1. Entry Routes and Costs) and share the following details with us:

• Full name
• Contact details including phone number and email address.
• A 50-word radio promotion of either:
  • Their own business
  • Or, nominate another business of someone they want to promote.
    • Condition: If nominating someone else’s business and successful during shortlisting, for GDPR purposes, the Entrant must contact that business owner/representative and have them contact the Absolute Radio production team for any Winner eligibility checks, on-air activity, or any related activities relating to this Competition. If they do not make contact, that business may not be eligible to continue in the shortlisting process and another Entrant may be chosen.

The judging will take place in the following way:

• Entries will be judged by how entertaining, compelling, heart-warming and how deserving the entry is.
• The Entry will only be considered if written in line with Advertising Standards Authorities BCAP Code found at https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/broadcast-code.html
• Entries will also be judged on if they align to an appropriate trade business, including but not limited to:
  •  Builders / General Contractors
  •  Bricklayers & Stonemasons
  •  Carpenters & Joiners
  •  Roofing Contractors
  •  Plasterers & Drywall Installers
  •  Groundworkers
  •  Civil Engineering Contractors
  •  Painters & Decorators
  •  Tilers (wall, floor, ceramic, stone, etc.)
  •  Flooring Installers (wood, laminate, vinyl, carpet)
  •  Plasterers & Renderers
  •  Interior Finishers
  •  Electricians
  •  Plumbers
  •  Heating Engineers / Gas Fitters
  •  HVAC Specialists
  •  Refrigeration Engineers
  •  Ventilation & Ductwork Installers
  •  Glaziers & Window Fitters
  •  Locksmiths
  •  Smart Home Installers
  •  Solar Panel Installers (PV)
  •  Renewable Energy Technicians
  •  Scaffolders
  •  Insulation Contractors
  •  Landscapers
  •  Fencers
  •  Driveway & Paving Contractors
  •  Decking Installers
  •  Tree Surgeons
  •  Drainage Contractors
  •  Handymen / Home Maintenance Services
  •  Appliance Repair Technicians
  •  Property Maintenance Firms
  •  Industrial Electricians
  •  Commercial Refrigeration Engineers
  •  Fire Safety & Alarm Engineers
  •  Security System Installers (CCTV, access control)
    • Additional businesses will also be considered beyond this list if the entry is deemed entertaining, appropriate and/or compelling.
  • Entries will then be judged by an independent adjudicator who will produce a shortlist of 10 entries for the Dave Berry Breakfast Show production team to consider. The shortlisted Entrants may be contacted for availability to come on-air on Absolute Radio and for their entry to be used as part of the Competition Round. If the Entrant fails to answer the phone call or respond, then another Entrant on the shortlist may be chosen to play. The original Entrant may then be considered for further Competitions Rounds, unless they do not respond for Friday’s Competition Round.
• Entrants on this shortlist will then be selected, and their submission of a 50-word radio advert will be produced for the Competition.
• The winning entries will then come to air.
• The Entrant is only deemed a (“Winner”) once they have been told that they have won on Absolute Radio.

Shortlisting will take place from 00:01 AM on 18/02/2026 until 11:00 AM on 25/02/2026 (“Entry Period”). After shortlisting, we will require the entrants to coherently explain their entry and discuss their nomination. The entry must be compelling and match the entry that was entered online. Being called during the Entry Period does not mean that the entrant has been successful.

If the entrant is successful through the shortlist judging process, they will be brought to air as a (“Finalist”) during the Absolute Radio Dave Berry Breakfast show between 06:00 AM to 10:00 AM from 23/02/2026 to 27/02/2026 (“In Play”) dates and times.

All entrants will be called ahead of the Competition segment being pre-recorded or brought to air live. The Entrant will be expected to work with the producer by submitting either an Audio WhatsApp message of them reading their 50-word advert that was made as part of the submission or recording this over the phone with the producer. The caller will then be expected to join the Dave Berry Breakfast Show team on-air as part of the Competition Round. If the chosen Finalist is unavailable when we call them, a backup finalist will be chosen in their place, and the original Finalist may miss out on winning. All participants must be available to take a call between the In Play dates and times.

We will shortlist entries at the following dates and times, for the on-air broadcast as follows:

• The 1st batch of shortlisted contestants will be picked any time between 00.01 AM on 18/02/2026 – 11:00 AM on 19/02/2026 for entry onto the show which will broadcast on 23/02/2026.
• The 2nd batch of shortlisted contestants will be picked between 11:01 AM on 19/02/2026 and 11:00 AM on 20/02/2022 for entry onto the show which will broadcast on 24/02/2026.
• The 3rd batch of shortlisted contestants will be picked between 11:01 AM on 20/02/2026 and at 11:00 AM on 21/02/2026 for entry onto the show which will broadcast on 25/02/2026.
• The 4th batch of shortlisted contestants will be picked between 11:01 AM on 21/02/2026 and at 11:00 AM on 22/02/2026 for entry onto the show which will broadcast on 26/02/2026.
• The 5th batch of shortlisted contestants will be picked between 11:01 AM on 22/02/2026 and at 11:00 AM on 23/02/2026 for entry onto the show which will broadcast on 27/02/2026.

Once being selected as a Finalist, the entrant will be invited to play the on-air portion of the Competition.

The Absolute Radio Team reserve the right to pre-record any part of this Competition with contestants before the 'as-live' broadcast. By entering this Competition, you give Bauer permission to record, dub, reproduce, edit, cut, synchronise and utilise any recordings of your and to use such material across media and online publications during the Competition and on an ongoing basis. 

Entering online does not guarantee you will be invited to play the game or win the prize.

All final decisions will rest with the Absolute Radio Production Team.

3. ENTRY PERIOD 

Entries must be submitted during the following entry period:

Entry Period: From 00:01 AM 18/02/2026 (the “Start Time”) to 11:00 AM 25/02/2026 (“End Time”).

Entries received before the Start Time or after the End Time will be invalid. 

Winner Announcement. 

The winner announcements will take place each day between 06:00 AM – 10:00 AM everyday between 23/02/2026 – 27/02/2026 during the Absolute Radio Dave Berry Breakfast Show.

The name and the hometown of the winner(s) will be announced on the Absolute Radio Breakfast show each week during the Competition period. The online winner details are available by contacting win@bauermedia .co.uk

4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS 

• Open to UK residents aged 18 years or over on date of entry.
• One entry per person.
• Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter.
• If you or any other person at your household has won a prize valued at £500 or more on any Bauer brand in the past 6 months, you nor they are not eligible to enter or win this Competition. The full list of Bauer Media brands can be found here:  https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/brands

5. THE PRIZE 

There will be five (5) Winners of this Competition.

The Prize is provided by two Prize Providers:

• Wickes (“Prize Provider A”); and
• AudioXi (Bauer Media Group) (“Prize Provider B”);

Proof of identification and address will need to be provided to Bauer Media Group. The winner’s name, phone number, email and address will be cross checked against the Bauer Winner Database and only once they pass the criteria, they will be deemed the Winner of the Competition.

Prize Details:

• £1,000 Wickes Gift Card to spend instore, provided by Prize Provider A
  • Note: This gift card is only available to spend in Wickes stores across the UK. It is not possible to spend online. 
• £1,000 of AudioXi Digital Audio Advertising including the following, provided by Prize Provider 
  • Fully produced 20 second advert based on the Entrant’s submission with a 10 second Wickes promotion at the start, totalling a 30 second advert.
    • The Winner will be responsible only for sign off of the script for the 20-sec audio advert produced. 
  • Audio advertising targeting will be set within a 5-mile radius of the Winner’s submitted business address and will use the audio advert Bauer produces. 
  • A post-campaign report will be shared with the winner to display performance. 

The Prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and there is no cash alternative. Prize Provider A reserves the right to substitute the Prize with one of equal or greater value at any time.

Additional Terms relating to Prize Provider A

Use of a false name will result in disqualification.

1. The Prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and there is no cash alternative. Wickes reserves the right to substitute the Prize with one of equal or greater value at any time.
2. Any changes to the prize draw will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by Wickes.
3. Entrants who sign up to the Wickes marketing can opt out at any time. All marketing content which is sent to entrants will have an opt-out link within the content.

Prizing may be sent by Wickes up to 28 days after the Competition ends, that being from 27/02/2026. 

Additional Terms relating to Prize Provider B

The audio advert will be produced fully by Bauer Media Group and there will be no costs to the Winner or, the Winner’s nominated business. 

The Winner’s business will get full sign off of the 20 second portion of the script prior to production. This script will only be fully approved for production once approved by Radio Centre, Bauer Media Group will make the submission to Radio Centre for approval on your behalf. The business will not get sign off of the audio .wav advert once it is produced. The Winner will get no say in the 10 second Wickes portion of this advert. 

The digital advertising audio advert will be 30 seconds in total, made up of the following:

• 10 seconds – A Wickes message
• 20 seconds – A produced advert based on the Entrants submission

This advertising offer is only valid between 27/02/2026 – 31/12/2026. If the Winner fails to sign off the script or agree to the promotional activity included within the prize during these dates then they will forfeit this aspect of the prize.

You can learn more about AudioXi digital audio advertising here: https://audioxi.com/

OTHER CONDITIONS

1. DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see:  http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/ .

1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the Ccompetition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.

1. MISCELLANEOUS.

• Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.
• Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.
• You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.
• We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the Ccompetition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.
• Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the Ccompetition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.
• As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.

We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.

1. CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: win@bauermedia .co.uk. Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.

Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see:  http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms.html  for details of our registered office and company number.