Advertising Sales Team of the Year (Business)
Brand Republic Group, Haymarket Media Group
Judges Comments : In a fiercely competitive marketplace, the Brand Republic Group Sales Team has achieved fantastic success year-on-year, with a significant increase for both consumer and ad revenues. The team has achieved record levels of new and repeat business, with a most impressive Lead Generation offering. The judges were hugely impressed by the iconic new advertisers the team had recruited
Advertising Sales Team of the Year (Consumer)
Dennis Interactive Ad Sales Team, Dennis Publishing
Judges Comments : The judges commended this team’s very clear strategy and execution, resulting in impressive year-on-year growth, demonstrating the commercial understanding and effectiveness of the team. The judges thought this a great example of building on existing business and having the confidence to launch, with a small team, in a niche market, and in a difficult climate
App of the Year
FourFourTwo Stats Zone, Haymarket Media Group
Judges Comments : The judges said that this is a fantastically well-executed app that creates a real digital buzz. It’s a fantastic brand extension and a great use of data combining a strong social element with unique cross-platform sponsorship opportunities
Digital Data Service of the Year
What Car? True MPG, Haymarket Consumer Media
Highly Commended : Roadwork.org, ELGIN
Judges Comments : The judges were impressed with this innovative product that ticks a lot of real life experience boxes, giving the results added credibility, in such a competitive market place
Digital Edition of The Year
The Week iPad Edition, Dennis Publishing
Highly Commended : BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide/Immediate Media Co.
Judges Comments : Dennis Publishing approached this title with real intelligence to produce an elegant, focussed digital edition that has delivered a strong return on investment. By putting the business model ahead of the technology, they have gone on to create something that truly stands out from the competition
Digital Publisher of the Year (Business Media)
Estates Gazette, Reed Business Information
Judges Comments : The judges congratulated Estates Gazette for leading through innovation. The big decision –to dramatically transform all services to allow readers to consume the content across different platforms – resulted in great subscriber renewal rates and large increases in traffic
Digital Publisher of the Year (Consumer Media)
Future Publishing
Judges Comments : Always ahead of the pack, Future continues to impress, through developing its own in-house video production capability and app creation software, to the use of video advertising and interactive tablet editions. A well-deserved recipient of Consumer Media Digital Publisher of the Year
Directory of the Year (Business Media)
MIMS app, Haymarket Business Media
Judges Comments : This well designed app, with a good pricing strategy and an attractive interface, has proved
a popular platform for existing users, as well as widening the app’s audience. The judges were particularly impressed by the instant accessibility, with no internet connection required
Directory of the Year (Consumer Media)
KC Colour Pages, KC Information Services
Judges Comments : Despite its established value as a printed directory, KC saw an opportunity to maximise value and increase reach by running the directory in tandem with its online service colourpages.com. In doing so, KC introduced an app, as wellas use of QR codes and video, and an online review facility, whilst still maintaining their ‘local’ theme across all platforms. KC has enjoyed great user feedback on it’s easy-to use site in an extremely challenging local search market
IT Development Team Of The Year
Dennis Interactive Tech & Design Team, Denis Publishing
Highly Commended : FindaportCD, Shipping Guides
Judges Comments : The Dennis Interactive Tech & Design Team has used competitor experience to their advantage by entering the digital arena at a late stage. The judges were impressed by their use of open-source solutions and sensible technology as well as their development methodology, utilising a clean and agile approach
Marketing Team Of The Year
estatesgazette.com, Reed Business Information
Judges Comments : The judges were impressed by the clear direction of estatesgazette.com, offering a great customer experience and leveraging new and traditional channels with excellent results. Efforts like this have turned what could have been a dying brand into a future-proof business
Newcomer of the Year
Duedil
Judges Comments : The Newcomer of the Year Award is judged
and awarded by directors of the PPA Business
Group who this year were unanimous in
agreeing it should go to the entrepreneurial
data start-up, Duedil.
Formed just three years ago, Duedil has won
plaudits for augmenting Company House
records with data from a variety of open sources
to provide more than 30 billion data points on
every company and director in the UK.
“It’s made Company House data more
comprehensive, easier to access and more
informative – it’s a real boon in due diligence
searches,” said one PPA Business director.
Congratulations to Duedil, one of the fast- rising
new stars on the UK digital data scene
Outstanding Achievement of the Year
Estates Gazette,Reed Business Information
Judges Comments : Our supreme award goes to one of the first B2B brands to deliver digital and data content to its audience. Evolution and development has continued ever since and in this latest iteration news and data are integrated, with a new search function accessing a 300,000-item archive.
Cross-platform delivery has seen a 53% uplift in traffic, a 91% subs renewal rate, a considerable chunk of new business and a sharp increase in monthly uniques.
Outstanding performance from an outstanding brand. The winner of Outstanding Achievement of the Year award is Estates Gazette
Outstanding Team Leadership of the Year
Carrie Tyler - ELLEuk.com, Hearst Magazines UK
Judges Comments : Having championed a united web/print workforce, Carrie Tyler has succeeded in exceeding targets and improving traffic growth. A complete redesign and change in infrastructure led to new readers and advertisers, and ELLEuk.com has become a huighly innovative and interactive business she should be very proud of.
Paid Content Sales Team of the Year
BankersAccuity, Reed Business Information
Judges Comments : With an excellent holistic apporoach, the focus, adapatability and dedication of this team has resulted in not only global success, but also in the bulding of very successful local sales hubs.
Product Development of the Year (Business Media)
Charity Choice, Willmington Business Intelligence
Judges Comments : Charity Choice shows clear understanding of its customers’ needs and there is obvious evidence of real commercial success. This development has it all, in the words of one judge, and is a truly worthwhile winner
Product Development of the Year (Consumer Media)
What Car? True MPG, Haymarket Consumer Media
Judges Comments : The True MPG product demonstrates genuine innovation, reflecting customer needs in our tough current financial and environmental climate