Media: PR awards shortlist unveiled

The shortlist has been announced for the prestigious CIPR West of England PRide Awards.

The awards are the only ones of their kind to showcase the best PR work in the regions of the UK. Winners of the West of England awardsd will be announced at a black-tie dinner in Bristol on October 21.

More than 1,000 entries were submitted to this year’s awards. The judging process is rigorous with a national panel of industry experts assessing the shortlisted entries and choosing the winners.

Chair of the CIPR West of England Committee Sarah Pinch said; “I am very proud to see such a high standard of communications work highlighted in the CIPR PRide awards for 2011.

“This region is once again showing real innovation in its communications activities and delivering real results to organisations and companies across the region.

“All shortlisted organisations deserve many congratulations.”

Commenting on the shortlist, Jane Wilson, CIPR CEO, added; “The CIPR PRide Awards celebrate the best PR and campaigns from the profession across the UK. To be shortlisted for an award demonstrates exemplary achievement, impact and value – immediately putting their work in the spotlight. Congratulations to everyone for reaching this stage.”

The shortlist:

• Brandon Hill Communications
  Growing Business – the Big Conversation
• Brouha Marketing
  Soaring Sales in a Declining Market
• Coco PR
  Wines of Lebanon
• Grayling
  Media relations for Frazer-Nash Consultancy
• JBP PR & Parliamentary Affairs
  Sustaining a Healthy Bottom Line in Times of Austerity
• Target Public Relations
  The Magnetic Force of PR

• Camargue
  Cut the Carbon
• Churton Inge Associates with Somerset Community Foundation
  Surviving Winter Appeal
• Renegade Media
  Please ReTweet Me
• Spirit Public Relations and The Grand Appeal
  Cots for Tots

• Synergy Creative
  Magnificent Seven

• Cornwall Council
  Flooding in Cornwall
• Oldbury Power Station, Magnox
  Turning a nuclear crisis into an electric opportunity

• 3G Communications and National Grid
  Community Relations during major pipeline construction
• Damselfly Communications
  The Lakes by yoo Good Neighbours
• Flamingo
  The Suit Amnesty

• Gloucestershire County Council
  Gloucestershire County Council – Meeting the Challenge

• 10 Yetis PR Agency
  Launch of the H2O Shower Powered Radio
• KOR Communications
  "Is this love?"
• MPAD
  Greenbank Fal River Festival 2011
• North Bristol NHS Trust
  Hot Drinks Harm
• The Vine Marketing & PR
  Beyond the sea: The Vine's PR campaign for Open Studios Cornwall 2011

• Bath & West Show 2011
  Best in Show 2011
• Polymedia
  Four steps of the customer journey
• The Splash Partnership
  Cheese Couture Campaign for Pilgrim's Choice

• Camargue
  The Pledge
• Geometry PR
  Made in Cornwall
• Inside Media
  Kettler GB 'Witness the Fitness'
• PamLloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
  British Asparagus for all!
• The Vivid Consultancy
  A paralympic dream – helping Mel to get wheels
• Wild Card
  Fifteen Cornwall turns five

• Brouha Marketing
  Tradelink Triumphs
• Grayling
  Bristol Style: Establishing Cabot Circus as the South West's Fashion Destination
• McCann Erickson
  They're Amongst Us – LEGO Hero Factory Launch
• NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
  TLC: always here
• PamLloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
  Pink Lady – 100% Sunshine in every bite
• Synergy Creative
  World's First Talking Freeview Digital Box, Smart Talk

• Brandon Hill Communications
  Growing Business – the Big Conversation
• McCann Erickson
  BRUT – Race for Recovery
• Media Safari with BitDefender
  BitDefending the Nation

• Barefoot Media
  Polo on the Beach
• PamLloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
  Love Radish – Not just a bite on the side

• Airbus in the UK Government Affairs Team
  On the Radar, Airbus in the UK Parliamentary Newsletter
• Brouha Marketing
  The Edge
• Magnox
  PowerLines
• Moose Partnership
  Punchline Magazine
• PamLloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
  Pink Lady Apple News – It's all in the PLAN

• Bristol City Council
  Making a Difference staff magazine
• Cornwall Council
  People Matters
• Plum Communications & PR with Merlin Housing Society
  Bringing a new lease of life to internal communications with The Pulse
• Synergy Creative
  Employee magazine Insite

• Barefoot Media
  Barefoot Media website and press centre

• Airbus in the UK Communications Team
  BAC 100 Service of Celebration
• Avon & Somerset Police Authority
  The Community Policing Awards
• Brandon Hill Communications
  ExploreExport 2011, Bristol
• Brouha Marketing
  Edgetech German Manufacturing Facility Launch
• Inside Media
  'Cider House Rules': Taking Cider to Westminster
• Marick Communications, Magnox
  Berkeley Nuclear Power Station Safestore Celebration Event

• Dani Marlborough
  Spirit Public Relations
• Lyanna Tsakiris MCIPR
  McCann Erickson
• Rachel Picken ACIPR
  MPAD
• Sam Lynas
  Barefoot Media

• Brouha Marketing
• Flamingo
• Inside Media

• Oldbury Power Station, Magnox
  Powering Communications Across Magnox

• Brandon Hill Communications
• JBP PR & Parliamentary Affairs
• PamLloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
• Wild Card

• Suzie Smith
  Media Consultancy