PRWEEK AWARDS: 2007 FINALISTS

PR Week UK, 29 August 2007, 6:00pm

It's that time of year again... we reveal who has made the shortlist for this year's PRWeek Awards on 24 October.

Awards: 24 October 2007

CATEGORIES (in alphabetical order)

Broadcast...

- Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster – Army on Everest – Army Recruitment Group
- Frank PR – Sure FanZone – Sure Sport for Men
- Freud Communications – The World’s First Live Theatre Advertisement – Visit London
- Markettiers4dc – Pill Crushing – Rosemount
- The Red Consultancy – Radio DJs on Community Service – The Home Office

The JFL Search & Selection Award: Consultancy of the Year ...

- Blue Rubicon
- Cake
- Cow PR
- Edelman
- The Red Consultancy

The Golin Harris Award: Corporate Communications...

- Anglian Water – Shopping Trolley Art
- Connectpoint PR – Calor Village of the Year 10th Anniversary Awards – Calor Gas
- Man Bites Dog – Waking Up To China – Hay Group
- Marks & Spencer – Plan A
- McDonald’s – Not Bad for a McJob
- Pelham PR – Save Savile Row – Savile Row Bespoke

Corporate Publications...

- Beetroot Publishing – Enterprising – The Prince’s Trust
- Nexus Communications Group – Life at Queen Elizabeth Hospital – The Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust
- Redwood – Your Family Magazine – NSPCC
- The Communication Group – The Retailers’ Guide to Marketing Diamond Jewellery – CIBJO
- The Department for Work and Pensions – DWPeople Magazine

The Precise Media Award: Financial...

- Citigate Dewe Rogerson – Could you survive on a State Pension? – AXA
- Clerical Medical – Clerical Medical Pension Campaign
- Four Communications – Barclaycard 40th Birthday – Barclaycard
- Lansons Communications – Scottish Widows – Women and Pensions
- Octopus Communications – Playing The Exchange Game – Currencies Direct

The Xchangeteam Award: Freelance Achievement of the Year...

To be announced on 24 October

The GCI Award: Healthcare: Ethical & OTC Consumer...

- bma communications – Kick-off for Tesco pharmacy blood pressure testing service – Tesco
- Starfish Communications LLP – The Lloydspharmacy Suncare Amnesty – Lloyds Pharmacy
- The Red Consultancy – Demand More - Engaging young women on contraception – Yasmin, Schering Health Care
- Unity – Face Facts – Sk:n
- Virgo Health PR – A Pharmacy Guide to Bowel Health – Boehringer Ingelheim Consumer Healthcare
- Weber Shandwick – Hard Facts and Hard Talk – Pfizer

The Harkness Kennett Award: Internal Communications...

- CTN Communications – Two-Six – Royal Navy (Ministry of Defence)
- ITV – Re-energising ITV in 100 days
- Marks & Spencer – Plan A
- Stockport Council – Winning Healthy Hearts and Minds
- Westminster City Council – Preparing for Inspection

The Hanson Search Award: International Consultancy of the Year...

- AxiCom
- Burson-Marsteller
- Hill & Knowlton
- Hotwire
- Lewis PR
- Weber Shandwick

The Regester Larkin Award: Issues and Crisis Management...

- Cohn & Wolfe – Smashing Sex Inequality In Grand Slam Tennis – Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
- GCI London – Keeping BA Flying in the Face of Terrorist Attacks – British Airways
- Government News Network – MSC Napoli beaching at Branscombe beach – Maritime and Coastguard Agency
- Platform PR – A New Town for the Highlands – Moray Estates
- Tesco – Management of petrol contamination issue

Marketing Communications: Business...

- Companycare Communications – Biting the Apple to Steal the Show – Omnifone
- Kinross + Render – Shout About Noise – Hewden
- Octopus Communications – Raising Standards In Employment – Recruitment and Employment Confederation
- Publicasity – Earn & Learn – Lutron
- The Red Consultancy / Yellow Pages – Kitchen Table Tycoons: Rewarding Inspirational Business Mums – Yell

Marketing Communications: Consumer (annual fees less than £100k)...

- Brave PR – Petwatch – Petplan
- Bray Leino PR – www.cheddarvision.tv – West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers
- Brazen PR – Eau de Stilton – Stilton Cheese Makers Association
- John Lewis – Never Knowingly Undersized: John Lewis weighs into the ‘Size Zero’ debate
- The Red Consultancy – Acacia Avenue – AA Insurance

Marketing Communications: Consumer (annual fees more than £100k)...

- Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster – Army on Everest – Army Recruiting Group
- Frank PR – The npower Brighten up Britain Campaign – npower
- Ketchum – Launch of Flash with FlashGuard – Procter & Gamble (Flash)
- Shine Communications – Drambuie Pursuit
- Topshop – Kate Moss for Topshop VisitBritain – The Da Vinci Code

VMA Group Search & Selection Award: New Consultancy of the Year...

- Insight Public Affairs
- Man Bites Dog
- Mischief PR
- Phil Hall Associates
- VERO Communications
- Watershed PR & Marketing

The Durrants Award: New Media...

- National Trust (on behalf of heritage sector) – History Matters Pass It On... One Day in History – National Trust and others
- DSG International – Launching The TechGuys
- Focus PR – Cadbury Creme Egg Consumer PR Campaign, 2007 – Cadbury Trebor Bassett
- JCPR – Anchor Christmas Pudcast – Arla Foods
- Ogilvy – Yak Shack – Save the Children
- Trimedia Harrison Cowley – Rhyme4Respect – Department for Education and Skills

NGO Sector Department of the Year...

- Alzheimer’s Society
- Breast Cancer Campaign
- British Heart Foundation
- British Red Cross
- The Children’s Society

Not-for-profit campaign...

- Age Concern – Hungry to be Heard – Alzheimer’s Society
- Dementia UK – Responding to the Challenge
- British Heart Foundation – Doubt Kills - A Campaign That Saves Lives
- I CAN – Make Chatter Matter
- Orchid Cancer Appeal and Metia – Bearing All campaign for the Team Bearing 360

The Huntsworth Award: Private Sector Department of the Year...

- EDF Energy
- Marks & Spencer
- McDonald’s
- Weight Watchers (UK)

Public Affairs...

- AS Biss & Co – Save the Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Cohn & Wolfe – Smashing Sex Inequality In Grand Slam Tennis – Sony Ericsson Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)
- Connect Public Affairs – Keeping Policing Local: Stopping Police Restructuring – Campaign for Local Policing
- Edelman – CCG Campaign for a Second Cancer Plan – Cancer Campaigning Group
- Weber Shandwick – Women’s Insight into Rheumatoid Arthritis – Abbott

The Government News Network and Trinity & All Saints Award: Public Sector...

- Band & Brown Communications – Get Set for Life – Learning and Skills Council
- Norfolk County Council – Don’t be a loser - Think! Road safety in Norfolk
- The Red Consultancy – Radio DJs On Community Service – The Home Office
- Trimedia Harrison Cowley – Rhyme4Respect – Department for Education and Skills
- Westminster City Council – One City

Public Sector Department of the Year...

- Visit London
- Pension Protection Fund
- Westminster City Council

Research...

- Citigate Dewe Rogerson – Could you survive on a State Pension? – AXA
- Lansons Communications – Leave more with Preparation – Scottish Widows
- McGrory Communications – The Launch of insidedivorce.com – insidedivorce.com
- The Red Consultancy – Acacia Avenue: A Portrait of Middle Britain – AA Insurance
- Van Communications – A Face for Comedy – Jongleurs Comedy Clubs/Regent Inns

The Prospect Resourcing Award: Specialist Consultancy of the Year...

- London Communications Agency
- Just Health PR
- Text 100 UK
- Red Door Communications
- Resolute Communications

The Fleishman Hillard award: Technology...

- Burson-Marsteller – High Octane PR for SmithBayes – SmithBayes
- DSG International – Launching The TechGuys
- Hotwire – J-Online Brand Protection – NetNames (Group NBT)
- Mantra PR – City of London WiFi Launch – The Cloud
- Six Degrees – Launching
- Scandoo - Traffic Lights for the Web – ScanSafe
- Text 100 UK– NFC trials making trails in the UK – NXP Semiconductors

Young PR Professional of the Year...