The first year of The Golden Hedgehog PR Awards was a great success! With over 300 entrants and 400 attendees to our awards evenings, we certainly started with a bang.
Thank you to everyone who entered and attended either of our ceremonies in Manchester and Birmingham. We hope you had a fantastic time and enjoyed celebrating PR success.
Below is a compiled list of this year's PR winners:
The North, Northern Ireland and Scotland Shortlist | Midlands, Wales and The South Shortlist |
Crisis Management Campaign of the Year | |
First TransPennine Express - Winning the communication battle and keeping customers moving
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Eulogy! / DMA - Why Hate Junk Mail?
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Social Media Campaign of the Year | |
Northumberland County Council - Northumberland gets social | 1000heads - F-Secure: Are you Smarter Than John? |
Integrated Communications Campaign of the Year | |
NHS Trafford - Smile! Improving NHS dental access in Trafford |
Mintel / VYou.com - British Lifestyles 2011 |
Event of the Year | |
The Co-operative Insurance - Driving down the cost of insurance for young people |
Phipps - Rioja presents ‘Tapas Fantasticas’ |
Best Use of Research | |
Aviva Life & Pensions and The Wriglesworth Consultancy - Aviva Family Report Series – Recognising the Difference! |
HROC - Dirty Cash Highly Commended: Dynamo PR / AQA 63336 - Owning the Apple London Queue |
Consumer PR Campaign of the Year | |
JAMpr - Going the extra mile for my Travel Cash | Ketchum Pleon for Philips - Wake up the Town |
B2B Campaign of the Year | |
IAS b2b Marketing - Green Fleet – Lex Autolease | Willoughby Public Relations - FOG Down The Drain - BSS Industrial |
Financial PR Campaign of the Year | |
The Co-operative Bank - Come bank with us! | Santander UK plc - Securing the RBS assets for Santander |
Healthcare / Pharma Campaign of the Year (South) | |
Virgo Consumer HEALTH / Seven Seas - Seven Seas Joint Health of the Nation | |
Public Affairs Campaign of the Year | |
RMS - SOS Save Our Seafarers – A global effort to end piracy | Gough Bailey Wright - Sainsbury’s Regenerating Leek |
Best use of Evaluation (North) | |
Hatch Communications - Rabbit Awareness Week | |
Public Sector Campaign of the Year | |
NHS Trafford - Smile! Improving NHS dental access in Trafford | Birmingham City Council, Corporate Communications Team - Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board 'Eyes and Ears' campaign |
Internal Communications Campaign of the Year | |
Anchor - The Anchor Way | Anchor - The Anchor Way |
Not for Profit Campaign of the Year | |
Acceleris Marketing Comunications - Celebrations of the Sea – The Worlds First Photography Exhibition Underwater | Frank PR / Beatbullying - The Big March (TBM) |
Media Relations Campaign of the Year | |
IAS b2b Marketing - Waste Not, Want Not - Recyclebank
Highly Commended: Bell Pottinger North - Jip, The Dart Playing Dog Scores for Thwaites |
Seas - Seven Seas Joint Health of the Nation |
Low Budget Campaign of the Year | |
de Winter / Golden Square Shopping Centre - Growing Up Green at Golden Square Shopping Centre |
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