MONDAY 28 MAY 2012 4:41 PM

CIPR EXCELLENCE AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The CIPR Excellence Awards took place last night at a packed out Hilton on Park Lane in London, as 850 PROs and their agencies celebrated with the winners at the Chartered Institute's annual celebration of excellence in public relations in 2012.

In the Olympic year, the ceremony was MC’d by Olympian Colin Jackson CBE, and the CIPR President’s medal was awarded to Lord Sebastian COE KBE.

Winners on the night included Salt PR with two trophies, Iris PR & The FA, and the Lothian and Borders Police who won a special award for best measurement. Unity took home the night’s ultimate prize, for Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy, whilst the Royal College of Nursing scooped Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team. Individual awards for Outstanding Young Communicator went to Lisa Gutcher from Liquid PR and Public Relations Director of the Year went to Emma Leach of the University of Nottingham.

The full list of winners:

Corporate and Business Communications
Man Bites Dog - The Cost Boomerang

 

Financial and Investor Relations
John Lewis Partnership and MRM - Launching the John Lewis Partnership Bond

 

Internal Communications
BT Operate - 
Communicating our Operate2014 strategy

 

Consumer Relations
Kärcher & Shine Communications - 
Kärcher Cleans Britain

 

Best Sporting Campaign - new
iris PR and The FA - 
The FA WSL - Call The Shots

 

Public Sector
Working Word - 
People's Collection Wales: a nation telling its own story

 

Corporate Responsibility
salt PR - 
Lifebuoy: Global Handwashing Day

 

Public Affairs
Peter Carroll Associates - 
FairFuelUK

 

Not-For-Profit
JPR - 
Community Relations Week

 

Healthcare
salt PR - 
Lifebuoy: Global Handwashing Day

 

Integrated & Marcomms Campaigns
Queen's University Belfast - 
The Higher Education Funding Campaign

 

Best Use Of Media Relations
Natural History Museum, London - 
Sexual Nature

 

Best Use of Social Media
Umpf

 

Broadcast Campaign
Ogilvy Public Relations  - "
W" for Winner – It's your word against ours!

 

Global Public Relations
Slam PR - 
Sparking brand love for Zippo

 

Crisis Communications
Nottingham City - 
One Nottingham - Communicating Through the Disturbances

 

Best Automotive Campaign
Genesis PR - 
PR drives business at Ford Retail

 

Low Budget
Lothian and Borders Police - 
Made From Crime?

 

External Newspaper, Magazine or Publication
Sellafield Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Nuclear Management Partners - 
The Sellafield Plan

 

Internal Newspaper, Magazine or Publication
UK Asset Resolution with scarlettabbott

U Magazine

 

Website
RAF Benevolent Fund - 
RAF Benevolent Fund website

 

Event
Kaizo - The Truvia Voyage of Discovery - Turning Over A New Sweet Leaf in the UK

 

Outstanding Young Communicator
Lisa Gutcher MCIPR - 
Liquid

 

Best Freelance Practitioner
Jane Hunt MCIPR - 
Catapult PR

 

Outstanding Small Consultancy
Judge & Howard

 

Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team
Royal College of Nursing

 

Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy
Unity


Royal College of Nursing


Natural History Museum


John Lewis Partnership


Man Bites Dog


Lothian & Borders Police


Queen's University, Belfast


Salt PR


Unity


Judge & Howard