Congratulations to all the Comms and PR professionals who have been shortlisted in this year’s Excellence Awards.
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has just announced who is on the 2023 list.
It’s been a pleasure to help judge them again this year and I wish you the best of luck ahead of the awards evening in June.
Here’s who has been shortlisted.
Corporate and Business Communications Campaign
- Hard Numbers
Highspot – State of Sales and Marketing Alignment - Hood & Woolf Ltd
Celebrating a challenged hospital’s improvement journey - Man Bites Dog
Sustainable Cities Index 2022: Prosperity Beyond Profit - Mischief (MHP Group)
Three Black Friday - Rooster PR
Zeus: The ambassador for sustainable freight - Sage Group PLC
Champion of SMBs - Virgin Media with Hope&Glory, Missive and Broadcast Revolution
Creating a National Databank - Zeno London
Zoom Towns
Internal Communications or Employee Engagement Campaign
- AstraZeneca
Crowdsourcing a Bold Ambition for 2030 and beyond - Enthuse Communications
Be your best - KPMG
KPMG Values Week - Lloyds Banking Group
Helping to reshape our organisation - Sellafield Ltd
The Last Days of Magnox reprocessing – documentary - Sony Interactive Entertainment
Introducing Sony Interactive Entertainment’s new Values - University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Staff Engagement Campaign for Cost of Living - Wincanton
Wincanton: It’s OK not to be OK
Consumer Relations Campaign
- Launch
Hotel Hyundai - Lounge Group
A Summer of Preloved Tales - Ready10
Ready10 x McDonald’s: One’s Lovin’ It - Red Consultancy
Love at first bite babes: Launching the McCrispy - Taylor Herring
Crouchy Conducts the Classics - Taylor Herring & Mars Wrigley
The No-Bounty Celebrations Tub - The Pharm/WPP
The Dermatologist comes to the High Street
Public Sector Campaign
- Companies House
Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) - Cowshed
It Starts in School - Influential & Champs Public Health Collaborative
Simple Things Still Mean A Lot - London Borough of Lewisham
Discover Lewisham this Summer - Met Office
Communicating Extreme Heat in Summer 2022 - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
#OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign - Sussex Police and Surrey Police
Drink Driving – Together We Can Stop It - UKAEA
Fusion is coming: JET Record Results
Social Purpose Campaign
- Frank PR
Lewis Pugh’s Red Sea Swim - Good Relations
The All Inclusive Photo Project - Grayling
Chopstick Goals with YO! - Hanover Communications
WalkSafe+: A responsible partnership in the night-time economy - Mischief (MHP Group)
He’s Coming Home - Pitch Marketing Group
Dennis the Menace gets his first smartphone - Tin Man
The Most Inclusive Airline in the Skies - Virgin Media with Hope&Glory, Missive and Broadcast Revolution
Creating a National Databank
Public Affairs Campaign
- BB Partners
Rebuild General Practice - BCW
Grundfos: From Energy Crisis to Energy Efficiency - Kingston University
Kingston University – Future Skills Campaign - Malaria No More UK
SECURING UK LEADERSHIP IN ENDING MALARIA - Martis Media
Harper’s Law Campaign - Norwich Research Park
Putting science in Norwich on the map - The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Restore Rehab Service and Rehab Space - WA Communications
Saving the UK’s Cash Infrastructure
Not-for-Profit Campaign
- Cowshed
When your world stops. We’re There. - Mischief (MHP Group)
He’s Coming Home - Ready10
Project Light: Bringing 54 Ukrainian orphans to safety - Red Consultancy
#NotComingHome - TEAM LEWIS FOUNDATION
Supporting the Magic of Music - Tin Man
Open Doors to Guide Dogs - Woodrow
Rwanda Deportations: fighting for asylum seekers’ rights
Healthcare &/or Well Being Campaign
- BCW
Together Against RSV - Evergreen PR
Sound of Science: A Tinnitus Biobank - markettiers and Prostate Cancer UK
Find the 14,000 men - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
#OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign - South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS)
Defibrillators: A deadly game of hide and seek - Third City and Zurich Insurance
Fertility in the Workplace - Virgin Media O2 and British Heart Foundation
Virgin Media O2 x British Heart Foundation - West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership
Check In With Your Mate
Integrated Campaign
- Grayling
Bring Your Own Gran with YO! - Loughborough University
Loughborough at the Commonwealth Games - Mischief (MHP Group)
He’s Coming Home - Nestle
Quality Street – behind the brand - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
#DoubleYourDefences Flu and COVID-19 Joint Vaccination Campaign - Ready10
Ready10 x McDonald’s: One’s Lovin’ It - Taylor Herring
Crouchy Conducts the Classics - The ABI and PLSA
Pension Attention
Luxury and Lifestyle Campaign
- Battersea Power Station Development Company
Battersea Power Station - Carousel
The Art of Promoting ‘The Art of Banksy’ - Catapult PR
No. 1 Topiary Garden - Pangolin
Beefeater Gin – Key To The Jewel
Environmental Campaign
- Barley Communications
Eat Your Pumpkin - Brands2Life
Appetite for Action – Creating Resilient Supply Chains - Fugu
#WorldBankWorldProblems: Campaigning for a sustainable energy future - License to PR
Peppa Pig make waves for World Ocean Day - Man Bites Dog
Aquanomics - Man Bites Dog
Sustainable Cities Index 2022: Prosperity Beyond Profit - Pelican Communications
Fishtek Marine & The Scallop Disco - Red Consultancy
Get Dirty to Save Earth’s Skin
Low Budget Campaign
- Energy PR
Sport’s Biggest Name Influencers - Evergreen PR
Sound of Science: A Tinnitus Biobank - Hard Numbers
National Broadband – Better Connected in Space - Hunt & Gather
Coral Reef Gardener - Mindfully Wired Communications
Fortune favours the bold: Influencing sustainable tuna policy - North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
#OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
No Excuses – tackling abuse in the NHS - Tillymint Communications
Karnlea – from kitchen table to cupboard staple
STEM Campaign
- GCHQ
Using GCHQ’s puzzle power to inspire STEM studies - Gerard Kelly & Partners
LIMIT LESS – PHYSICS IS FOR EVERYONE - JComms
NI Science Festival: Putting the ‘A’ in STEM - JFG Communications
Furrer+Frey Decarbonisation and Electrification of Freight Terminals - Liberty Communications
Becoming the people’s password manager - UKAEA
Fusion is coming: JET Record Results - Virgin Media with Hope&Glory, Missive and Broadcast Revolution
Creating a National Databank - Royal Society of Chemistry & Weber Shandwick
Broadening Horizons in the chemical sciences
Sport or Entertainment Campaign
- Brands2Life
Follow In Her Footsteps (UEFA Women’s EURO 2022) - Grayling
Levelling the playing field for women - MHP Group (Mischief)
Play Makes Anything Possible - Mischief (MHP Group)
The Hundred Minecraft - Pangolin
Pepsi Nutmeg Royale - Taylor Herring
Crouchy Conducts the Classics - Third City and Starling Bank
Make Women’s Football Equal - University of Stirling
Recruiting the 12th man: campaign drives 1,000 fans to historic match
Travel, Transport, or Tourism Campaign
- Catapult PR
No. 1 Topiary Garden - Good Relations
The All Inclusive Photo Project - Skyscanner
Travel Trends 2023 - Sunny Side Up
Be Yourself - Tin Man
The Most Inclusive Airline in the Skies - TUI UK
Find Your Happy with TUI BLUE - VisitScotland
Scotland’s Witch Trail - Words + Pixels
Lime launches world-first Helmet Hair Salon
Education Campaign
- Cowshed
It Starts in School - Grayling
Fraudulese - iNHouse Communications and Northumbria University
Becoming University of the Year - Kingston University
Kingston University – Future Skills Campaign - KPMG UK
National Numeracy Day 2022 - Taylor Herring
NatWest Scammer House of Horrors - UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering
Tomorrow’s Home: showcasing the future of home technology - Universities UK International (with Cormack Consulting Group and Waterfall)
The #TwinForHope Campaign
Best use of SEO
- Ready10
VoucherCodes On Tap: Driving high-quality backlinks
Best Use of Media Relations
- Brands2Life
Follow In Her Footsteps (UEFA Women’s EURO 2022) - Carousel
The Art of promoting ‘The Art of Banksy’ - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
World-first use of ‘base editing’ - Lexington & Oxford University Press
Oxford Word of the Year: The People’s Choice - Taylor Herring & Mars Wrigley
The No-Bounty Celebrations Tub - Tin Man
The Most Inclusive Airline in the Skies - UKAEA
Fusion is coming: JET Record Results - Zeno London
Hidden Talent
Best Channel Delivery
- Headland Consultancy
The Body Shop – Best Channel Delivery - KPMG UK
KPMG ‘Pull Up a Chair’ podcast - South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Our People Podcast - spottydog communications
#ChewsJoy with Earth Animal UK - Sunny Side Up
Black is the new blue - TEAM LEWIS
An Interactive Platform Brings PETRONAS Syntium to Life - Tin Man
Getting the Nation Talking… In BSL - Zeno London
OnlyNans
Best Long-term campaign
- Evergreen PR
Sound of Science: A Tinnitus Biobank - Fareham Borough Council
Live Love Local Fareham - iNHouse Communications
UK Spirits Alliance - Lloyds Banking Group with Citypress
By the side of business - Man Bites Dog
Sustainable Cities Index 2022: Prosperity Beyond Profit - Wyatt International
Challenge 2025: Supporting change by transforming outdoor power. - Zeno London
Hidden Talent
Best Use of Content
- Brands2Life
United for Financial Health: Getting GenZ financially fit! - Cowshed
When your world stops. We’re There. - Man Bites Dog
The Pathway to Inclusive Investment - Oxfordshire County Council
Our strength comes from you - Taylor Herring
Crouchy Conducts the Classics - The ABI and PLSA
Pension Attention - University of Bath
Research with Impact - Zeno London
OnlyNans
Best Event
- Met Office
Met Office COP27 Webinar Series - MHP Group (Mischief)
Big to Bigger… Relaunching the new-look LEGO® Store - Pangolin
Beefeater Gin – Key To The Jewel - Perago
Bringing us together – Digital in Wales event - Sunny Side Up
Black is the new blue - The Gambling Commission
Colleague conference – Introducing the Commission Story - Universities UK International
UK-Ukraine university twinning conference
Best long-term client care
- Alfred
Alfred x Oatly: Best long-term client care - Cowshed
Cowshed and National Adoption Service achieving more together - spottydog communications
Ten years of serving up PR for M&B
Issues, Crisis, or Reputation Management
- Aurrera Communications
Against the clock: Communicating an investment case - Cadent Gas Ltd
Stannington Water Ingress – a co-ordinated response - Citypress
Wagatha Christie: Winning the ‘wag war’ - King’s College London
Ukraine Explained: Shaping informed coverage and conversations - Lounge Group
Help Us Find You! - Met Office
Linking Weather and Climate through Extreme Heat - Pic PR
Pic PR and Coast & Country Hotel Collection - Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Operation London Bridge in Windsor.
Best Publication
- Durham University
Dialogue Magazine - On The Tools
The Women On The Tools White Paper - Pitch Marketing Group
Dennis the Menace gets his first smartphone - Satsuma Group
The Hard Hat – a communications crowning glory - The Glenmorangie Company
Spirited Magazine Issue 2 - The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Best Publication: Our Journal - Tillymint Communications
PIF Matters
Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year
- Charlotte Wilkins
Birketts LLP - David Amos
iseepr
Independent PR Practitioner of the Year
- 1284
- Ben Veal Chart.PR MCIPR – Second Mountain Comms
- Karen Mignon Communications Ltd
- Mackle Communications
- Olivia Rickman Communications
- Onboard PR
- Paul Sutton Ltd
- Tillymint Communications
In-House PR Team of the Year
- Battersea Power Station Development Company
- British Heart Foundation
- Companies House
- Irwin Mitchell
- Lloyds Banking Group
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT)
- Wheatley Group
- Yorkshire Building Society
Specialist PR Consultancy of the Year
- Battenhall
- HN Communications
- Indigo Pearl
- iseepr
- Man Bites Dog
- Playtime PR
- Scala
- Words + Pixels
New PR Consultancy of the Year
- Altitude
- Satsuma Group
Small PR Consultancy of the Year
- Aver PR
- Fanclub PR
- Orchard
- Pier
- Red Lion PR
- Satsuma Group
- Viva PR
PR Consultancy of the Year
- Aspectus Group
- Brands2Life
- Citypress
- Pangolin
- Ready10
- Sunny Side Up
- Tin Man
- WA Communications.
Well done to you all.
Rachel
Post author: Rachel Miller.
First published on the All Things IC blog 6 April 2023.
[…] We joined over 500 people at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, and it was lovely to catch up with comms friends in person and see their hard work celebrated. Well done to all the winners and everyone shortlisted. […]