A PAISLEY and Edinburgh-based communications and publications agency was the biggest winner at a Scottish awards ceremony celebrating the best of communications in business.
Connect Communications took eight titles at the Communicators in Business Scotland Awards, held on Friday evening, in Glasgow.
Among its haul was Designer of the Year (for Renny Hutchison) Project Manager of the Year (for Jim Byers) and Writer/Editor of the Year (from Brian Henson).
Its other prizes were:
* Staff Newsletter for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Best employee newsletter
* The Key for Glasgow Housing Association – Best stakeholder newsletter
* Connections for NHS Lothian – Best employee newspaper
* Healthlink for NHS Lothian – Best stakeholder newspaper
* Unfiltered for SMWS – Best member magazine.
Said Connect managing director, Alan Ramsay: “It was an exciting evening, and we were delighted to have won so many awards for our clients…and for three of our staff to be judged worthy of individual honours by our industry peers is doubly satisfying.”
The winners list reads in full:
Best employee newsletter
SN: Staff Newsletter, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Best stakeholder newsletter
The Key, Glasgow Housing Association
Best employee newspaper
Connections, NHS Lothian
Best stakeholder newspaper
Healthlink, NHS Lothian
Best employee magazine
Refresh Magazine, Redhouse Lane Communications
Best stakeholder magazine
Choice Magazine, Redhouse Lane Communications
(Discover NLS, Think Scotland – Highly Commended)
Best one-off employee publication
OnSite, Scottish Water Solutions
Best one-off stakeholder publication
The Price of Fish, Seafish
Best member publication
Unfiltered Magazine, Scotch Malt Whisky Society
(Historic Scotland, Think Scotland – Highly Commended)
Best annual report
Robert Wiseman Dairies Annual Report 2009, Emperor Design
(Cairn Energy PLC Annual Report 2008, Emperor Design – Highly Commended)
Best annual review
The Yard Review, Tayburn Ltd
(Uncover Discover Review 09, National Museums Scotland – Highly Commended)
Best corporate social responsibility report
TOTAL in The UK: Environment and Social Responsibility Report 2008, TOTAL E&P UK Ltd
Best use of visual communication
Bus Stop! 1 Second, 1 Life, Art Department / CSK
(Doing the Right Thing on a Difficult Day, Speakeasy – Highly Commended)
Best use of interactive media
HMIE – Teachers’ Self-Evaluation Tool’ CD Rom, Speakeasy
Best use of social media
Social Media Company for the Scottish Learning Festival 2009, Learning and Teaching Scotland
Best website/microsite
Stirling Castle Website, Historic Scotland
Best intranet
Lothian & Borders Police Intranet, Lothian & Borders Police
Best Ezine
FACe, City of Edinburgh Council
Best redesign
Robert Wiseman Dairies Annual Report 2009, Emperor Design
(Whale & Dolphin, Think Scotland – Highly Commended)
Best use of photography/illustration
Cairn Energy PLC Annual Report 2008, Emperor Design
(The Art Of Learning, Scottish Arts Council – Highly Commended)
Best new corporate ID/rebrand
GHA Brand Evolution, Glasgow Housing Association
Best live communications event
Murder, Mystery and Microscopes, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
(CFS – The Next Chapter, Speakeasy Productions – Highly Commended)
Best campaign
Tackling Health Inequalities, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
(‘It’s In Your Hands’ – Protection of Adults at Risk, The City of Edinburgh Council – Highly Commended)
(Your Feedback, The Royal Bank of Scotland – Highly Commended)
Writer/editor of the year
Brian Henson, Connect Communications
Designer of the year
Renny Hutchison, Connect Communications
Account/project manager of the year
Jim Byers, Connect Communications
Printer of the year
J Thomson Colour Printers
Communication team of the year
UK Retail Internal Communications – The Royal Bank of Scotland
Communication manager of the year
Nicola Cameron, FMC Technologies
Young communicator of the year – Joint winners
Aislinn McGrane, NHS Lothian
Stephanie Antezana, Seafish
