Media Awards: PRCA DARE Awards, winners, Scotland and NI

IT was a good night last night for Smarts Communicate, who emerged multiple winners at an awards ceremony hosted by the Public Relations Consultants Association.

The PRCA DARE Awards Scotland and Northern Ireland also saw the City of Edinburgh Council take the In-House Team of the Year title.

Say the organisers: “The PRCA’s third Scotland and Northern Ireland DARE Awards, held in Edinburgh last night, recognised PR and communications excellence in ten categories.”

The winners’ list reads:

CAMPAIGN CHALLENGES

Consolidated PR and The Scottish Government

Don’t Get Scared, Get Checked

CONSUMER RELATIONS

Stripe Communications

IRN-BRU: Born to Support

CORPORATE, FINANCIAL AND STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS

Scottish Widows (Lloyds Banking Group)

Scottish Widows’ Centre for the Modern Family – Putting Family at the Heart of Finance

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL STRATEGY

Citypress & Fish is the Dish

Omega-3 Awareness Campaign

LIVE, LAUNCHED AND LOUD

Smarts Communicate

Bushmills Live

MEDIA, MARKETING AND MEASUREMENT

Smarts Communicate

Bushmills Live

PUBLIC SECTOR AND THIRD SECTOR

Grayling

Borders Railway: New tracks, New Journeys, New Beginnings

TECHNOLOGY TRADE AND B2B

Citypress

Hudson UK: The great generational shift

CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR

Smarts Communicate

IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

The City of Edinburgh Council