The largest independent PR agency outside London, Scotland's The BIG Partnership has secured the most nominations in this year's annual awards competition celebrating the best of Scotland's public relations industry.
In the Scotland PRide Awards, being run by the Scottish division of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, BIG secured nine nominations across the competition's 26 categories.
The winners will be chosen on November 4, in Edinburgh.
The shortlist was unveiled yesterday. In an ironic twist, at the time of writing, the only PR sent to allmediascotland.com about the shortlist had come from BIG.
The shortlist reads:
Corporate and Business Communications
3×1 Public Relations – A Wealth of Media Exposure
Bread PR – Riding the Rapids
Grayling – Reviving Lloyds Banking Group's Corporate Reputation
The BIG Partnership – Banking on Success
Not-for-Profit
Ministry of Defence in Scotland – Support your troops and veterans
Pagoda Public Relations – Edinburgh Mela Festival: Scotland's gathering of cultures
Stripe Communications – Putting the Stigma of Mental ill-health back on the Agenda
Tricker PR – The SWRI gets wired
Internal Communications
NHSGGC Communications – Trusted to tell it like it is …
South Lanarkshire Council – Smarter Choices
Crisis Communications
Falkirk Council – 'It's Snow Every Day this Happens'
Moray Council Communications Team – Never waste a good crisis; securing a Ministerial promise
VisitScotland – Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Community Relations
Stripe Communications and The Scottish Government – No Knives, Better Lives
The Big Partnership & Scottish Government Communications Directorate – Know the Score (KtS)
Tricker PR for Aberdeen Asset Management – Aberdeen Asset Management Universities Boat Race
Weber Shandwick – From Springside With Love
Weber Shandwick – The Cumbernauld Positive Image Project
Public Affairs
BMA Scotland – Promoting NHS General Practice in Scotland
British Heart Foundation – Cigarette Vending Machines are Totally Out of Order
Pagoda Public Relations – Roman Wall No Barrier to Distillery
Public Sector
Army Scotland Press Office – 3rd Battalion The Rifles Campaign – Sangin, Afghanistan, October 2009 – May 2010
Consolidated PR – Join the Children's Panel, it's Life Changing
Consolidated PR – Organ Donation – The Gift of Life
Pagoda Public Relations – Social Work Changes Lives
Real PR – “You only have to ask” – Five Years of Freedom of Information in Scotland
Best Campaign £10K and Under
3×1 Public Relations – Under the Hammer – the Dalmore Oculus
Beattie Communications – Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2010
Cloudline PR – The Cruelsea – Bloodhound Comes to Ocean Terminal
The BIG Partnership – Loganair Tees up Island Golf Trips
Pagoda Public Relations – Roman Wall No Barrier to Distillery
The Global Energy Group and Ross County FC – We're on Our Way…
Consumer Relations
Beattie Communications – Scottish Campaign For Warburtons 'National Bread Week' 2010
Euro RSCG Biss Lancaster – Mecca Bingo Buddy of the Year 2010
Weber Shandwick – Siriusly Exclusive
Best Use of Media Relations
Grayling – The Union Square Story
Real PR – “You only have to ask” – Five Years of Freedom of Information in Scotland
The BIG Partnership – Cordia – The Birth of the Third Way
The BIG Partnership – The Kwik Fit Insurance Lollipop Person of the Year Competition
VisitScotland – Scotland Gets All Shook Up at Winter
Weber Shandwick – National Blood Donor Week: Scotland's First Human Blood Drop
Integrated Communications
Hartmann Media – Scottish Fashion Awards – 5th Anniversary
Matthews Marketing – Mackintosh 100
The Big Partnership and Scottish Government Communications Directorate – Steps for Stress
VisitScotland – Meet the Scots
Best Use of Digital PR
Weber Shandwick – The Scotch Malt Whisky Society Twitter Tasting
Best Use of Photography or Design
Falkirk Council – 'Shameful, Filthy, Selfish'
Tricker PR – Deelicious
Tricker PR – Knitting the Boat Festival
Weber Shandwick – National Blood Donor Week: Scotland's First Human Blood Drop
Best Newspaper
Midlothian Council – Midlothian News
NHS Lothian – Connections – the staff newspaper that connects
NHS Lothian – Health link – Your healthcare in your community
NHSGGC Communications – Health news
Best Publication
Hartmann Media – Scottish Fashion Awards – 5th Anniversary
RR Donnelley – Government Legal Services Scotland Brochure
South Lanarkshire Council – Tinderbox Heroes
Best Magazine
Glasgow Caledonian University – The Caledonian
Learning and Teaching Scotland – Connected: Moving Education Forward
NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Dialogue
NHSGGC Communications – SN: Staff newsletter online and in print
The BIG Partnership – Green
Best Newsletter
Magnox North – Hunterston A Site, Hunterston Outlook
South Lanarkshire Council – South Lanarkshire View – East Kilbride
The BIG Partnership – Sustainability Matters
Best Website or Microsite
Glasgow Caledonian University Marketing and Communications Department – Glasgow Caledonian University Website
NHS Education for Scotland – Rebrand and Launch of Scottish Medical Training Website
Best Event
Hartmann Media – Scottish Fashion Awards – 5th Anniversary
Learning and Teaching Scotland – Scottish Learning Festival 2009
NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Ayrshire Achieves
VisitScotland – The Launch of the Edinburgh Festivals Summer Season
Outstanding Young Communicator
Diane Primrose – Consolidated PR
Joe Walton – Real Public Relations
Laura Adamson – 3×1 Public Relations
Sabina Kadic – Axis Media Group
Outstanding Small Consultancy
Axis Media Group
Wave PR
Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team
Centrica Regional Corporate Affairs Team – Rising to the Challenge
Edinburgh Napier University – Becoming 'Edinburgh' Napier University – Successfully Delivering and Capitalising On a Change of Name
Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy
3×1 Public Relations
Stripe Communications
The BIG Partnership
Weber Shandwick Scotland
Scottish Public Sector Team of the Year
Falkirk Council
NHSGGC Communications
South Lanarkshire Council Corporate Communications Team & Public Affairs Team
