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Biggest Ever PRCA Awards Celebrate PR Excellence
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Weber Shandwick and Lansons Communications each walked away with two awards; while Consultancy Campaign of the Year went to The Launch Group for “Walt Disney World Twin Town”, and In-house Campaign of the Year was won by Westminster City Council for their campaign “Every older person matters”.
Lansons Communications successfully defended their title of Large Consultancy of the Year, edging out strong entries from Ketchum Pleon and MHP Communications. Medium & Small Consultancy of the Year awards were taken away by 3 Monkeys Communications and John Doe Communications, respectively. Caroline Kinsey, CEO of Cirkle, was named Agency Head of the Year, with David Gallagher, CEO of Ketchum Pleon, winning Personality of the Year following an online public vote.
The In-house Campaign of the Year category was more tightly contested than ever before, with campaigns from Historic Royal Palaces, NHS Leicester City and Cancer Research UK running the winners, Westminster City Council, close for this prestigious award. Meanwhile, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde won In-house Team of the Year for a combination of proactive and reactive campaigns that demonstrated a tangible contribution to the organisation as a whole, but that must have stretched the team to its limits.
Francis Ingham, PRCA Chief Executive said, “It's a pleasure to showcase such PR excellence. Both the quantity and quality of entries this year were unprecedented, and tonight's full house reflects that. The judges were impressed by the creativity and execution of the campaigns, and it required more work than ever to separate them. Our awards are now second in size only to PR Week's - a remarkable growth over the past few years, and fully reflects how the PRCA has transformed itself.”
The co-chairmen of the PRCA Awards Judges were David Holdstock, Head of Corporate Communications for the London Borough of Hillingdon, and Adrian Wheeler of Agincourt Communications. The PRCA Award Winners were decided by a judging panel comprising 60 experts from the press, academia, in-house teams and consultancies.
A full list of winners can be found below.
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For more information, please contact Richard Ellis - 020 7233 6026 / richard.ellis@prca.org.uk
Notes to Editors:
About the PRCA
Who we are: Founded in 1969, the PRCA is the professional body that represents UK PR consultancies, in-house communications teams and PR freelancers. The PRCA promotes all aspects of public relations and internal communications work, helping teams and individuals maximise the value they deliver to clients and organisations.
What we do: The Association exists to raise standards in PR and communications, providing members with industry data, facilitating the sharing of communications best practice and creating networking opportunities.
How we do it and make a difference: All PRCA members are bound by a professional charter and codes of conduct, and benefit from exceptional training. The Association also works for the greater benefit of the industry, sharing best practice and lobbying on the industry's behalf e.g. fighting the NLA's digital licence.
Who we represent: The PRCA represents many of the major consultancies in the UK, and currently has more than 200 agency members from around the world including the majority of the top 100 UK consultancies. Having launched in-house membership last year it also represents over 50 in-house teams including many of Europe's leading corporations and UK public sector organisations.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
AGENCY HEAD OF THE YEAR
WINNER: CAROLINE KINSEY - Cirkle
IN-HOUSE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
WINNER: JOLIE HUNT - Thomson Reuters
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: DAVID GALLAGHER - Ketchum Pleon
CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: LAUNCH GROUP: Walt Disney World Twinned Town
IN-HOUSE WINNER: WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL: Every Older Person Matters
IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: NHS GLASGOW AND CLYDE
CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
SMALL CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR WINNER: JOHN DOE COMMUNICATIONS LTD
MEDIUM CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR WINNER: 3 MONKEYS COMMUNICATIONS
LARGE CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR WINNER: LANSONS COMMUNICATIONS
FINANCIAL AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: LANSONS COMMUNICATIONS: Launching J.P.Morgan Brazil Investment Trust to direct
IN-HOUSE WINNER: SANTANDER UK PLC: Ignite - launching Santander in the UK
HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICAL AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: ASH HEALTHCARE: Olmetec on Trial
IN-HOUSE WINNER: UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST: From Bad Press to BAFTA Success
NEW MEDIA, DIGITAL & BROADCAST AWARD
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDED TO HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES: Enchanted Palace: Wild Boys, bloggers and Palace Hilton
CONSULTANCY WINNER: LAUNCH GROUP: Walt Disney World Twinned Town
IN-HOUSE WINNER: NHS LEICESTER CITY: Teenage Kicks
MEDIA RELATIONS AWARD
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDED TO FRANK PR: Alton Towers Resort- Launch of Thirteen
CONSULTANCY WINNER:COLMAN GETTY CONSULTANCY: The Lost Man Booker Prize
IN-HOUSE WINNER: RACING ENTERPRISES LIMITED: Racing For Change: ‘Go Racing For Free Week'
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: KETCHUM PLEON: The Secret Is Out: Positioning KFC as an Employer of Choice
IN-HOUSE WINNER: KCOM GROUP: Focus On Pensions - Acting Today to Protect Tomorrow
PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARD
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDED TO THE F.I.A. FOUNDATION: Make
Roads Safe Campaign
CONSULTANCY WINNER WESTMINSTER ADVISERS LTD: Save Childcare
Vouchers campaign
IN-HOUSE WINNER: CANCER RESEARCH UK: Sunbed bill
CONSUMER AWARD
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDED TO LAUNCH GROUP: Walt Disney World Twinned Town & MISCHIEF: National Trust: The Album (Music to Think to)
CONSULTANCY WINNER: PEPPERMINT PR: Rooney is Sound Asleep's top snorer
IN-HOUSE WINNER: HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES: Enchanted Palace
PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: RIDGEMOUNT PR: Gas and Cowboys Don't mix
IN-HOUSE WINNER: WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL: Every Older Person Matters
NOT-FOR-PROFIT AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: IRIS PR: Movember 2009
IN-HOUSE WINNER: OXFAM: Bookfest 2009
B2B AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: WAGGENER EDSTROM WORLDWIDE: Driving sales in a downturn
IN-HOUSE WINNER: HEWDEN: Construction Site Soccer
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AWARD
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDED TO: FRANK PR: The Innocent Big Knit 2009 Campaign & THE CO-OPERATIVE GROUP: The Co-operative Plan Bee
CONSULTANCY WINNER: ADMIRAL PR & MARKETING LTD: Newcastle University Changing Age campaign
IN-HOUSE WINNER: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDERS: Stay Safe, Stay Away Campaign 2010
TECHNOLOGY AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: ONLINEFIRE FOR VIRGIN MEDIA: Virgin 50Mega Bytes Broadband - Powerful Stuff
IN-HOUSE WINNER: ORACLE: Oracle EPM Index II
CRISIS MANAGEMENT AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: HANOVER COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD: Balancing the ‘Goody Effect': NHS Cancer Screening Programmes
IN-HOUSE WINNER: TUI UK & IRELAND: Out of the Ashes - The Volcanic Ash Crisis
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AWARD
CONSULTANCY WINNER: WEBER SHANDWICK: The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF): Unlocking Africa's Investment Potential
IN-HOUSE WINNER: EVERSHEDS LLP: Boom or Gloom
SPECIALIST CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: INSIGHT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
IN-HOUSE INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: SOCIETY OF TRUST AND ESTATE PRACTITIONERS
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: WEBER SHANDWICK
YOUNG COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
CONSULTANCY WINNER: GEMMA SHARP: Kazoo
IN-HOUSE WINNER: ANTHONY HUA: Nationwide Building Society
FREELANCER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: REENA PATEL - Lifestyle PR Consultant
