29/04/2008

An Edinburgh company is among a number of Scots entries to be shortlisted for this year’s top awards being made by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.

The Business is among four contenders competing for the accolade, Outstanding Small Consultancy.

Meanwhile, Louise Nicolson, PR manager at Aberdeen-based global oil and gas industry service provider, PSN, has been shortlisted in the International PR category for public relations  delivered for PSN in the UK, US, Canada and Australia.

The CIPR Excellence Awards “recognise and reward best practice in public relations throughout the UK and acknowledge personal and team achievement at the highest professional level”.

The shortlist reads:

Corporate Communications

    •     Brands2Life: Around the world in a day
    •     Citigate Dewe Rogerson: Moneyexpert.com – Making Sense of Money
    •     Citigate Dewe Rogerson: Prudential – Smart Retirement: Enhancing Retirement Income
    •     Cohn & Wolfe and Barclays Wealth Corporate Communications: Barclays Wealth Insights
    •     Eurostar: Eurostar – Countdown to High Speed 1
    •     McDonald's Restaurants: McJob Petition

Financial PR & Investor Relations

    •     Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster: The Bank of Scotland Corporate £25 Million Entrepreneur Challenge
    •     Lansons Communications: Bringing Stobart to the Stock Market
    •     Lansons Communications: The Launch of Comparison 2.0 with tescocompare.com
    •     Lansons Communications: Scottish Widows – Punching above its weight in the pensions debate

Internal Communications

    •     Camden Council: Clued up Camden
    •     First Capital Connect: First Capital Connect Hearts and Minds Campaign
    •     ITV: What's Next? Launching a Plan for Growth
    •     Northern Rail: Your 2007 Employee Survey

Consumer Relations

    •     Beatwax: Homer Simpson versus the Chalk Giant
    •     Brazen PR: A Very Public Monopoly
    •     Dangling Carrot PR: Trunki – UK Media Launch
    •     Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster: Arts Council England: Take it away
    •     Frank PR: The npower Brighten up Britain campaign
    •     The Red Consultancy: Creating E-mail Britain for Windows Live

Public Sector

    •     Camden Council: Smoke-free Camden
    •     Derbyshire County Council: This is me
    •     Hull City Council: Slavery - Unfinished Business
    •     Lawton Communications Group for NetRegs: Site Waste - It's Criminal
    •     London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham: Council Tax Reduction Campaign
    •     Thanet District Council: Sexing Up Council Tax

Business and Trade

    •     Brands2Life: Recognising The True Value of Software Assets
    •     Man Bites Dog: Dangerous Liaisons
    •     Spotlight Communications: The Need To Move On
    •     Weber Shandwick: The Launch of Accoya

Corporate Responsibility

    •     3M United Kingdom: 3M's Child Road Safety Community Programme
    •     Birmingham Midshires: RAISING, GIVING AND VOLUNTEERING
    •     Coca-Cola Bottlers (Ulster): Designated Driver
    •     Pfizer: Health Inequalities Programme
    •     PRISM: Greatest Race on Earth and Environment
    •     Redhead PR: Make Your Mark with a Tenner

Public Affairs

    •     4Children: Make Space: Creating a Better Deal for Young People
    •     Blue Rubicon: Valuing the benefits of cycling
    •     British Red Cross Society: Life. Live it: Building a generation of life-savers
    •     Essex County Council: Fighting for Essex's Post Offices
    •     Royal British Legion: The Royal British Legion: Honour the Covenant
    •     Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): Saving Sight Campaign

Not-for-Profit

    •     4Children: Making Space: Creating a Better Deal for Young People
    •     LEWIS Communications: Sweet Dreams for the IT Industry and NCH
    •     Royal British Legion: The Royal British Legion – Poppy Appeal
    •     Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): Saving Sight Campaign
    •     SiX: 'ilovemarrows' - Encouraging Young Men to Donate Bone Marrow
    •     World Vision: Millionaires' March

Planning, Research and Evaluation

    •     Department for Work and Pensions: Improving Internal Communications Channels
    •     Echo Research: Building Trust in McDonald's in the UK
    •     Peregrine Communications Group: Financial Express - Winning Friends and Influencing People
    •     Westminster City Council: Westminster Reputation Tracker

Integrated Campaigns

    •     Finn Communications Limited: Nouvelle, Official Recycling Partner to the Glastonbury Festival
    •     Giraffe Communications for Urban Splash: Life at Fort Dunlop
    •     Hull City Council: Wilberforce 2007: Pride - Freedom - Belief - Change
    •     NHS Employers: Step into the NHS
    •     Transport for London: TFL 'Tour De France'
    •     Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service: Bonfires and fireworks ruin lives in a flash

Best Use of Social Media

    •     BJL/Versus Cancer: Lining up to Fight Cancer with Versus Cancer
    •     British Red Cross Society: HIV: What's the Story?
    •     COI: RAF AFGHAN DIARIES with Royal Air Force Careers
    •     Royal British Legion: The Royal British Legion – Poppy Appeal

International Public Relations

    •     Chandler Chicco Agency: Aesthetic Anthropology International Survey
    •     PRISM: Greatest Race On Earth And Environment Challenge; client Standard Chartered Bank
    •     Production Services Network: PSN Press Pioneers
    •     The Red Consultancy: McAfee Virtual Criminology Report
    •     Weber Shandwick: SOCHI 2014

Crisis Communications

    •     Blue Rubicon: Reputation Management during the 2007 Foot and Mouth Crisis
    •     Hanover: Turning the Tide – Supporting the McCann Family between 12 & 18 September 2007
    •     Southern Water Services: Coming Clean
    •     Sheffield City Council: The Great Sheffield Flood
    •     Worcestershire County Council: Sunshine After the Rain

Broadcast

    •     Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster: Staples – Work from home week
    •     Medialink: The Orange British Academy Awards 2007
    •     Pfizer: 'Doctor Doctor' and Pfizer Life
    •     Rogalski Grigoriu PR Agency: A Christmas Tree For All Romanians

Healthcare

    •     Lansons Communications: Vitality Wheel Campaign
    •     National Patient Safety Agency: Safety in Doses: Improving the Use of Medicines in the NHS
    •     Pegasus Public Relations: Once a Week, Take a Peek; Crusade Against Head Lice
    •     Say Communications: Thought For Food – Plugging the Knowledge in Infant Nutrition
    •     Spink: Ovex Silent Intruders campaign
    •     World Cancer Research Fund: World Cancer Research Funds Expert Report

External Newspaper or Magazine

    •     Breast Cancer Campaign: focus
    •     British Heart Foundation: Heart Health Magazine
    •     Colchester Borough Council: The Courier
    •     G4S plc: International Magazine: Connecting Global Business
    •     National College for School Leadership: LDR Magazine
    •     Westminster City Council: The Westminster Reporter Relaunch

Internal Newspaper or Magazine

    •     CG Business Communications: Clifford Chance, CC World
    •     CG Business Communications: Wolseley UK, Connections
    •     NCP Services: NCP Services, Streetlife
    •     SASS Brand Communications: Revealing the Real Venture
    •     Sheffield Hallam University: Newview
    •     Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: The Reporter – the employee newsletter

e-Newsletters and Magazines

    •     Adult Care Services HCC: Adult Care Services' eBriefing
    •     Devon County Council: Keeping Devon in Touch
    •     JobCentre Plus: Managers' Update
    •     Sheffield Hallam University: EVIEW

Publication

    •     Atkins: Angles - Thought Leadership Publication
    •     BDO Stoy Hayward: Report and Accounts 2007: "Telling It Like It Is..."
    •     Gloucestershire County Council: Your Essential Flood Guide
    •     IPB Communications: Oldham Rochdale Pathfinder Annual Report – Seeing Change
    •     Koan: The Truth About Imported Indian Sandstone
    •     Summersault Communications: A Passion For Care – The First 50 Years of Nuffield Hospital

Website or Microsite

    •     Fortune Cookie for FT Business: FT Business Pensions Gym
    •     Imperial College London: Imperial College London Centenary microsite
    •     McCann-Erickson Public Relations: Driversknow
    •     McCann-Erickson Public Relations: Kodak Lens Website
    •     The Parole Board: www.Paroleboard.gov.uk
    •     Trimedia: Campaigns in a Can

Event

    •     East of England Development Agency: Destination Growth '07
    •     Packer Forbes Communications: The PAH and Scleroderma Mastermind Symposium
    •     PFPR Communications: Two Continents, Two Vehicles, Two Days
    •     Southern Water Services: Achievers' Awards
    •     The Red Consultancy: From Plumbing and Joists to Jackson Pollock – B&Q's changing colours
    •     Unity: Wasted Youth

Outstanding Young Communicator

    •     Abchurch Communications: Gareth Mead
    •     BioMed Central: Matt McKay
    •     Fenland District Council: David Hamilton
    •     Hanover: Natalie Orringe
    •     Tube Lines: Fran Chambers, Tube Lines

Outstanding Small Consultancy

    •     Allman Communication: Allman Communication Ltd
    •     betterpr: betterpr
    •     The Business: The Business
    •     Voice Communications: Voice Communications

Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team

    •     Camden Council: London Borough of Camden Communications Team
    •     Financial Times: Financial Times Communications Team
    •     Irwin Mitchell: Irwin Mitchell Press Office
    •     Southern Water Services: Making A Splash!
    •     Westminster City Council: Campaigns That Deliver
    •     Yorkshire Water: PR to Achieve the Vision

Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy

    •     3 Monkeys Communications: 3 Monkeys Communications
    •     Blue Rubicon: Blue Rubicon
    •     Cow: Cow, we're not sheep
    •     Fishburn Hedges: Fishburn Hedges: A Behaviour Changing year
    •     Lexis PR: Lexis Public Relations
    •     London Communications Agency: London Communications Agency

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