THE Holyrood Partnership was among a handful of Scots winners in an awards competition celebrating public relations in both the north and south of the UK.
As noted in a media release that Holyrood posted on allmediascotland (here), it was a winner in the Community Engagement Campaign of the Year (north) category of PRmoment Awards.
Among the other Scots winners: Citypress Scotland, in the Not for Profit Campaign of the Year (north) category and Pagoda PR named the Public Affairs Agency of the Year (north).
The awards – split into north and south sections – saw the following winners from the north:
Social Media Campaign of the Year
Weber Shandwick Manchester and Aldi UK – Aldi wins #BlackFriday
Integrated Communications Campaign of the Year
Smarts Communicate and Bushmills Irish Whiskey – Bushmills Live
Best Use of Research
Stein IAS and Trelleborg Marine Systems – The Performance People
Event of the Year
Smoking Gun PR and Virgin Holidays – Manchester Tunnel to Barbados for Virgin Holidays
Stunt of the Year
Shackleton PR and 77 Diamonds – Diamond in the Sky
Best Use of Evaluation
Umpf – The UK’s First Ever Social Media Index
B2B Campaign of the Year
de Winter and Aaron and Partners LLP Solicitors – Creative Approach Puts Law Firm in the Spotlight
Financial PR Campaign of the Year
M&S Bank – Everyday Banking, M&S Style
Healthcare / Pharma Campaign of the Year
Prostate Cancer UK – Men United v Prostate Cancer: Five Inequalities, Five Solutions
Public Sector Campaign of the Year
myclever™ Agency and VisitEngland – Showcasing the ‘great and good’ England has to offer in ‘England’s Hall of Fame’
Consumer PR Campaign of the Year
Wire Media – Whyte & Mackay’s Spirit in the Sky
Internal Communications Campaign of the Year
DTW and Coast & Country Housing – I am Coast & Country
Not for Profit Campaign of the Year
Citypress Scotland and Seafish – Sea You Home Safe
Media Relations Campaign of the Year
Acceleris and The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations – Championing Sustainable Fishing
Low Budget Campaign of the Year
Wire Media and Union Square – Ginge Benefits: Union Square’s red-hot discount
Community Engagement Campaign of the Year
Holyrood Partnership and Banks Renewables – Bandirran – Powering Support
Best Use of Video
Rule 5 and British Cycling – Social Video and the UCI Track Cycling World Cup London
Young Professional of the Year
Sarah Lawless, Head of PR and Social at One Marketing Communications
In-house Team of the Year
Pitman Training Group In-house Marketing Team
Small Agency of the Year
PR Agency One
Social Media Agency of the Year
Umpf
Consumer PR Agency of the Year
Smoking Gun PR
Consumer PR Agency of the Year
Highly commended – Manc Frank
Public Affairs Agency of the Year
Pagoda PR
Integrated Agency of the Year
Umpf
Large Agency of the Year
Citypress
