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Winners of CorpComms Awards 2006 announced
Added: (Thu Dec 07 2006)
London, December 7, 2006 – Southern Water’s ‘Engaging the public to beat the drought’ campaign won the top prize at CorpComms magazine’s first excellence in corporate communications awards. The publication dedicated to the UK’s corporate communications professionals celebrated the winners of the awards, as selected by a panel of judges, at a black-tie event on December 6 at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London. The event was hosted by comedian Ed Byrne.
Southern Water’s campaign, with agencies John Connors Press Associates, Springboard marketing, LLM Communications, Facepack Theatre Company, Talisman Communications, Visicom Digital Media and The Garage, won the grand prix for best overall communications. Companies were awarded in twelve categories including best communications by a not-for-profit organization, won by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s ‘Save our soles day’, with Trimedia Communications UK; best public sector communications, won by Allerdale Borough Council’s ‘Making Allerdale a great place to live, work and visit’ scheme, with agency Firpress Group; best employee communications, won by Aegon UK for its ‘On’ integrated communications approach, with Melville & Young; and best rebranding exercise, won by Nats for its ‘Our story – Rebranding from public to private’ campaign. A comprehensive list of winning and highly commended companies is attached.
The awards follow CorpComms’ tremendous success since its launch in June 2004. Alistair Nichols, publisher of CorpComms, comments: ‘I have been delighted at how quickly the corporate communications community has taken these awards to heart. For an inaugural event, the judges were very impressed with the hard work and dedication that went into the entries. The CorpComms Awards have quickly become a benchmark for excellence, and I’m sure the standard will be set even higher next year.’
Helen Dunne, editor of CorpComms, adds: ‘There has been a phenomenal response to the inaugural CorpComms Awards. The entries demonstrated the huge wealth of talent and resources in the industry. They also proved that the size of the budget is not directly linked to the success of the campaign.’
A panel of top industry professionals selected the winners. The judges were Christina Mills, head of media relations, Royal Bank of Scotland; Emma Byrne, director of corporate communications, Alliance Boots; Suzanne Peck, chairman, CiB; Stephen Watson, managing director, CTN Communications, Simon Bailey, Enterprise IG; Tom Hampson Bellon, Merlin Financial PR; Mark Fox, director of communications, BVCA; Peter Baillie, director of corporate communications, GKN; and Janet Hull, head of marketing, IPA. The judges for the best financial and business media relations award were Ian King, city editor, The Sun; Fiona Walsh, business editor, Guardian Online; Robert Miller, The Daily Telegraph; and Guy Ruddle, podcast editor, The Daily Telegraph.
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About Cross Border
Cross Border Ltd (formerly Cross-Border Publishing) was founded in the UK in 1993 and is the publisher in New York and London of IR magazine, the only global publication focused on the interface between companies and their investors. IR magazine hosts annual awards ceremonies in the US, the UK, continental Europe, Canada, the Nordic region, Asia, Brazil, Ireland and Australia with a combined annual attendance of around 8,000 investor relations professionals. An IR conference was launched in India in February 2006. Cross Border also publishes Corporate Secretary in North America and CorpComms in the UK. The Cross Border contract division offers publishing and event management to the financial and corporate communications sectors in Europe and the Americas. Visit www.thecrossbordergroup.com for more information.
About CorpComms
CorpComms magazine was launched in June 2005 by Cross Border, the publishers of IR magazine and Corporate Secretary. CorpComms was created to fill the gap in professional trade publications aimed specifically at senior executives who are responsible for managing and communicating their company’s corporate image and identity.
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CORPCOMMS AWARDS 2006 WINNERS
GRAND PRIX FOR BEST OVERALL CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Winner
‘Engaging the public to beat the drought’
Southern Water
Agencies: John Connors Press Associates; Springboard Marketing; LLM Communications; Facepack Theatre Company; Talisman Communications; Visicom Digital Media; The Garage
YOUNG ACHIEVER
Winner
Jason Rose
Scottish Water
Highly commended
Tony Johnson
Fuller Smith & Turner
Imogen Hitchcock
Westminster City Council
BEST CORPORATE BRAND MANAGEMENT
Highly commended
Communicating Britvic’s flotation on the LSE
Britvic Soft Drinks
Arup corporate communications
Arup
Agencies: GG; Tileywoodman
BEST CORPORATE WEB SITE
Winner
www.landsecurities.com
Land Securities
Agencies: RE:Media; SAS Design
Highly commended
www.mbplc.com
Mitchells & Butlers
Agency: The Group
www.btplc.com
BT Group
Agencies: UniTech; Premm Design; Rufus Leonard; 33
www.yellgroup.com
Yell Group
Agencies: Portal Partnership, Objective Studio
BEST CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Winner
‘Engaging the public to beat the drought’
Southern Water
Agencies: John Connors Press Associates; Springboard Marketing; LLM Communications; Facepack Theatre Company; Talisman Communications; Visicom Digital Media; The Garage
Highly commended
Avian flu campaign
VisitScotland
Recall of the O2 X1 phone
O2
BEST CSR STRATEGY
Winner
‘Let’s make a better world’
BT Group
Agency: Harrison Cowley
Highly commended
Lloyds TSB CSR strategy
Lloyds TSB Group
CSR strategy for Boots the Chemist
Alliance Boots
BEST EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS
Winner
‘On’ integrated communications approach
Aegon UK
Agency: Melville & Young
Highly commended
‘Healthy hearts and minds’
Stockport Council
OneBP Invision - series 2
BP
Agency: World Television
‘Making Allerdale a great place to live, work and visit: The corporate improvement plan’
Allerdale Borough Council
Two-Six
Royal Navy
Agency: CTN Communications
BEST FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MEDIA RELATIONS
Winner
‘Creating Alliance Boots - From scepticism to creation’
Alliance Boots
Highly commended
Re-engineering of BAE Systems’ media relations
BAE Systems
Agencies: Bell Pottinger Corporate & Financial; Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster; Communications Executive Council; CIPR
Sale of the Caudwell Group
The Caudwell Group
Agency: Smithfield
BEST PUBLIC SECTOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Joint winners
‘Making Allerdale a great place to live, work and visit’
Allerdale Borough Council
Agency: Firpress Group
‘Discover Antarctica!’
British Antarctica Survey/Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Highly commended
Central Office of Information 60th anniversary
Central Office of Information
‘Know before you go’
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Agency: Trimedia Communications UK
‘Raising the game for graduate entrepreneurship’
National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship
Agency: Twelve Consultancy
BEST ANNUAL REPORT
Winner
‘Taking scouting forward - Our adventure diary’
The Scout Association
Agency: Jellyfish Creative
Highly commended
Wychavon annual report to shareholders, 2006
Wychavon District Council
Agency: Astwood Design Consultancy
Land Securities Group annual report, 2006
Land Securities
Agencies: SAS Design; Bob Design
‘The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust - Excellence in health’
Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
‘Celebrating Gateshead - Annual report 2005-2006’
Gateshead Council
Agency: Pearsons
BEST REBRANDING EXERCISE
Winner
‘Our story - Rebranding from public to private’
Nats
Highly commended
‘Rebranding and promoting the region’
One North East
Agencies: Robson Brown; Different Advertising, Design & Marketing
Brand awareness campaign
English National Ballet
Agency: The Team
‘Project energy’
EDF Energy
Lex rebranding
Lex Vehicle Leasing
Agency: Milestone Strategic Design
BEST COMMUNICATIONS BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION
Winner
‘Save our soles day’
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Agency: Trimedia Communications UK
Highly commended
‘True/False’ rent campaign
Gateshead Housing Company
‘Rise of the machines report’
Energy Saving Trust
Agency: Consolidated Communications
Brand awareness campaign
English National Ballet
Agency: The Team
Undergraduate marketing campaign
Institution of Civil Engineers
Agency: Cavendish Design & Advertising