PR talent takes centre stage at PRide Awards
THE cream of Yorkshire’s public relations industry was celebrated at this year’s Chartered Insititute of Public Relations (CIPR) Yorkshire & Humber PRide Awards last night.
More than 300 PR practitioners celebrated the industry’s top achievers at the glittering awards ceremony at Saviles Hall, Leeds, with Harrogate-based Cicada Communications being named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy, Hatch Communications picking up Outstanding Small Consultancy, and Yorkshire Water winning Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team.
Rebecca Douglas of MCG PR was named Young Communicator of the Year.
To read Ian Briggs’ blog on last night’s awards, click here.
To view an image gallery from event, click here.
Leeds-based Finn Communications picked up three gold awards for its work on campaigns including Yorkshire Bank in the Community and Cough Cough Campaign.
Other gold winners were:
Approach PR
Department for Work and Pensions
Realm PR
Dig for Fire PR
Bluestorm Design and Marketing
Wolfstar
Public
NHS North Yorkshire and York PCT
Hull City Council
Carol Arthur, Chair of CIPR Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and director of Harrogate-based Northern Lights, said: “Celebrating excellent PR campaigns inspires greater professionalism in our fast-developing industry. To win a CIPR PRide Award is a tremendous achievement and I congratulate all of this year’s winners.
“Winners came from consultancies both small and large, and from in-house teams in both private and public sector. There were over 1,400 plus entries UK-wide this year. The entries demonstrate what a vibrant PR community we have in Yorkshire, which is something we should all be proud of.”
The CIPR PRide Awards are a programme of regional awards events that recognise excellence and reward achievement in the PR and communications industry throughout the United Kingdom.
Justin McKeown, divisional director of Trimedia UK, said the awards had been another successful example of Yorkshire’s PR industry’s strength.
For a full list of gold and silver award winners visit http://ciprprideawards.com/page114153.aspx.
