CITY AND FINANCIAL PR CELEBRATED AT PRCA AWARDS
Pressures on city and financial communications teams have increased with the influx of cyber security issues, crisis management, the typical challenges of M&As and IPOs and a shift toward a more digital business. Those that not only meet those challenges, but succeed in the face of pressure have received commendations at this year’s PRCA City and Financial Awards.
On Thursday last week, the winners were celebrated at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London at the third annual ceremony which recognised excellence in all areas of corporate public relations.
Francis Ingham, PRCA Director General, says, “The standard of entries at this year’s City and Financial Awards has been incredibly impressive. It has never been truer to state that the UK’s City PR industry leads the world as a powerhouse of fantastic communications.”
Hudson Sandler LLP received two commendations, one for client work on the Quiz plc IPO and one for client director Emily Dillon who won the ‘Rising star of the year award.’ The ‘Professional of the year’ prize was bestowed upon corporate communications director at the Ardonagh Group, Kelly-Ann Knight. In this year’s prize for ‘Best annual report,’ FleishmanHillard Fishburn showed its longtime annual reporting prowess with a win for its work with Standard Chartered. drp exhibited success in live events with its work for Nationwide, winning the 'Best banking communications campaign award.'
The full list of winners, including Domino’s Pizza, Newgate Communications, Lansons and more, is below.
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Full list of winners:
Best M&A or Communications in Support of a Transaction Award
Newgate Communications: The Acquisition of Imagination Technologies by Canyon Bridge
Best IPO Campaign Award
Hudson Sandler LLP: Quiz PLC – Advising Quiz on a Successful IPO
Best Banking Communications Campaign Award
drp: Nationwide Building Society ‘Our BIG Event’
Best Insurance Communications Campaign Award
Teamspirit Public Relations on behalf of Zurich UK: Zurich: The Changing World of Saving
Best Strategic Communications or Corporate Brand Campaign Award
Headland Consultancy: UBS Billionaires Insights: Setting the Global Wealth Agenda
Best Crisis Communications Campaign Award
HSBC: Fighting Financial Crime
Best Social Media Campaign Award
Third City: For the ABI: #IPTsUnfair
Best Annual Report Award
FleishmanHillard Fishburn: Standard Chartered
In-house Team of the Year Award
Domino’s Pizza Group
City Agency of the Year Award
Lansons
Rising Star of the Year Award
Emily Dillon, Hudson Sandler LLP
Best City Journalist/Blogger Award
Ben Woods, the Press Association
Outstanding Contribution Award
David Buik, Core Spreads