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Marketing News: Awards : Haygarth has achieved the fantastic accolade of being one of the 100 best companies to work for in the UK

For the fifth year running Haygarth has achieved the fantastic accolade of being one of the 100 best companies to work for in the UK, achieving 36th position (a rise of 11 places) in The Sunday Times' annual listing of the best small companies to work for. Haygarth is one of only two marketing agencies (the other being RPM) and one of only six small companies in the whole of the UK to have appeared in the list for five consecutive years.

Marketing News: Awards : Dave to sponsor the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

The Broadcasting Press Guild is an association of journalists who focus their works to television, radio and the media generally, and serves to further professional relations between its members and the people they write about. Every spring the Guild presents the BPG Television and Radio Awards, recognising outstanding programmes and performances from the preceding year. All but three of the 14 awards are voted for by membership, the rest are decided by specialist panels.

Marketing News: Creativity rewarded as MCCA announces Best Awards shortlist

The Marketing Communication Consultants Association has announced the shortlist for its annual Best Awards, recognising creativity, innovation and execution across all marketing disciplines. The awards promise to celebrate only 'The Best' creative work, focusing on the message: "Creativity uninhibited delivers results."

Marketing News: During 2009, Billington Cartmell successfully added another 21 clients to its books, including adidas, LG and Kingsmill.

Billington Cartmell has proved itself again… for the second year running, showing the agency can succeed not only when trading conditions are buoyant. During 2009, the agency successfully added another 21 clients to its books, including adidas, LG and Kingsmill. To accommodate the growing portfolio, the agency has strengthened its operations and planning teams by bolstering its staff numbers and insight teams. The judges were impressed by its well-established management system, which has enabled it to consistently grow the business, even in difficult times. The judges also praised the high levels of creativity the company continues to provide to existing clients, even when juggling its growing new-business list.

Marketing News: EasyInsites : shortlisted for the "Young Business of the Year" award

EasyInsites, a full service online research agency specialising in custom panels and innovative online research tools, today announces it has been shortlisted for the "Young Business of the Year" award in the Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2010. EasyInsites has been shortlisted in this award category with just two other companies.

Marketing News: WAITROSE FOOD ILLUSTRATED AND SPIKES AND BEER ARE MOST SUCCESSFUL MAGAZINES AT APA INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER PUBLISHING AWARDS

Waitrose's iconic customer magazine, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and UK Athletics title Spikes and the Campaign for Real Ales' magazine BEER last night each won two awards each at the APA International Customer Publishing Awards, which celebrate effective and creative editorialised branded content. Waitrose Food Illustrated, published by John Brown Media scored for Best Retail Consumer Publication and Best Use of Typography. Spikes, published by Haymarket Network also took an award in the Best Consumer Publication category, in the non-retail sector as well as its editor, David Hall, winning the coveted award for Editor of the Year. But it was BEER that took home the coveted Grand Prix award, described as the 'best of the best', having also scooped the award for Best not-for-profit, charity or association membership title. The Grand Prix was chosen by a panel of judges from a shortlist comprising all the night's 24 category winners. Beer qualif

Marketing News: dotDigital Group Ranked 284th Fastest Growing Technology Company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009

Digital marketing company jumps 174 places in a year. The dotDigital Group PLC today announced that it ranked number 284 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2009, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA, based on percentage revenue growth over five years. The full service digital marketing company, which is quoted on the PLUS market, grew 607% during this period, having put in place an organic growth strategy that has achieved outstanding levels of sales, profit and market share improvement. Over the last three years, the dotDigital Group PLC has transformed itself from a niche website design agency and email service provider into one of the UK's leading full service digital marketing agencies. In that time, a series of new business units have been created and the Group is now made up of four main brands: dotMailer, dotCommerce, dotEditor and dotAgency.

Marketing News: E Commerce Expo : Read about the Best e-Commerce Site 2009

The 14 awards are listed with details of the short list and winners. Many thanks to all the companies that have contributed entries and nominations for the e-Commerce Awards for Excellence. The winners were announced on the 20th October at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in front of 240 ecommerce industry leaders and pioneers. All the winners for the e-Commerce Awards for Excellence

Marketing News: Getting the award has given me a real boost : Roxanne Messenger has been named DMA Young Spark 2009

Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw's Roxanne Messenger has been named DMA Young Spark 2009 in one of the most hotly contested awards since its inception in 2005. The creative art director was crowned at the annual DMA Scottish Ball before an audience of direct marketing luminaries. Roxanne claimed the title and £1,000 in prize money by seeing off co-finalists Renee Heath of WmpS and Sophie Slowe of Targetbase Claydon Heeley in a grueling second-round pitch process in front of a panel of seasoned industry judges, including Chris Arnold of Creative Orchestra and Gary Smith, partner at Hush. Commenting after collecting her award, Roxanne said: "It was an honour to be nominated for the DMA's Young Spark award, so to be named as the winner is absolutely amazing. Getting the award has given me a real boost and I now feel like anything is possible in my future career." Entries for the 2009 Young Spark were up 64 per cent on last year, with the direct marketing industry's new and upco

Marketing News: Sense Internet wins DADI awards for best FMCG website[Rizla] and Travelodge iBooker iPhone app

At the DADI Awards, Sense Internet wins best FMCG website for its new and highly original Rizla website design, and gets a commendation for its creation of the Travelodge iBooker iPhone app, which allows users to find, book and pay for Travelodge and affiliated hotel rooms while on the move.

Marketing News: Hugh Robertson, Founding Partner of experiential agency RPM has been named as the fourth most influential name in the events industry by Event magazine

Hugh Robertson, Founding Partner of experiential agency RPM has been named as the fourth most influential name in the events industry by Event magazine. Robertson came in behind client names from the COI and LOCOG as the top agency representative. In addition to Robertson's ranking, Head of Production Rory Sloan also swept up the table by more than 40 places, coming in at No. 50. RPM was founded in 1993 and remains independent. The agency has grown through its unswerving belief that experiential should be an approach that is applied to all channels, including events, and continued investment in its end to end delivery of brand experience.

Marketing News: WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT UK'S TOP BUSINESS AWARDS

Addison Lee, The Environment Agency, Peter Marks - The Co-operative Group (pictured) were among the companies and individuals whose successful feats of business and commerce were celebrated at last night's National Business Awards 2009, sponsored by Orange. United Business Media, the organisers of The Awards, were delighted to bring the UK's business community together to recognise and celebrate some truly wonderful examples of UK business excellence and achievement. The coveted Awards were presented before more than 1200 business leaders, Parliamentarians and other VIPs at the prestigious gala ceremony, hosted by the BBC's Kirsty Wark at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.

Marketing News: Coffee#1, which has 11 stores across Bristol and South Wales, claimed the top national prize at the Beverage Service Association's (BSA) BEV-E awards

A Bristol-based chain of coffee houses has served up a surprise by being voted the best in the UK. Coffee#1, which has 11 stores across Bristol and South Wales, claimed the top national prize at the Beverage Service Association's (BSA) BEV-E awards – the industry equivalent of the Oscars. Judges, who rated all entrants for quality of beverage served, customer service, cleanliness, layout and ambience, were impressed by the very good experience offered at Coffee#1, also complementing the friendly, professional service and well-trained staff. Owner James Shapland, who gave up a successful career in the City to found Coffee#1 eight years ago, said: This is a brilliant day not only for myself but for all our staff throughout Coffee#1 – especially our coffee trainer, Nancy, who has brought a fanatical devotion to ensuring our coffee is the best around.

Marketing News: Radley Yeldar is celebrating success at this year's AIM awards

Radley Yeldar is celebrating success at this year's AIM awards which were held recently. Three of Radley Yeldar's clients, May Gurney, Hamworthy and Next Fifteen received recognition for their corporate reporting. May Gurney was awarded first prize in the category for 'Best Communication'. Recognised for its outstanding work in producing an annual report possesses much more than a well produced set of accounts. May Gurney demonstrated that it is able to communicate effectively with all levels of shareholders and potential shareholders, being consistent in its approach and presentations and maintaining regular contact with its shareholders.

Marketing News: Haygarth has won the National Payroll Giving Award for the best SME campaign

For the first time Haygarth has won the National Payroll Giving Award for the best SME campaign. A government award designed to showcase the best examples of UK employers commitment to Payroll Giving, last year over £100million was donated to charities through Payroll Giving. This award is on top of the Gold Payroll Giving Quality Mark that Haygarth has been awarded for the last three years. Over 40% of Haygarth employees make regular donations to their favourite charities directly from their pay via a Workplace Giving scheme and the company has one of the highest participation rates of all UK organisations. This is a remarkable achievement as the Government's bench mark for excellence is currently set much lower at a participation rate of 10%. Haygarth has been part of a Workplace Giving scheme for the past eight years and since 2003 has raised nearly £24,000 which has benefitted over 49 charities.

Marketing News: Onrec Awards, The ceremony for the UK online recruitment industry, London, 31st March 2010

The 2010 Onrec.com Awards - the Online Recruitment Industry's most prestigious Awards Ceremony - will take place at The Grange Saint Paul's Hotel in London on Wednesday 31st March 2010. Celebrating top class performance, innovation and special achievements across the UK online recruitment industry, the Awards are now in their 5th year and are firmly marked in the calendar as the Industry's must attend event. The evening is the perfect way to network with all your colleagues and clients in fantastic surroundings, enjoy gourmet food and fine wine. It is a major night out that simply cannot be missed! Onrec.com, the leading supplier of global online recruitment news, is hosting this annual ceremony and invites all those within the industry to nominate individuals or companies within the following categories:

Marketing News: This year's DMA Young Spark Award

The quest to find the most outstanding new talent in direct marketing in the UK has begun with the launch of this year's DMA Young Spark Award. Now in its fifth year, the award is given to the most outstanding new talent from an agency, supplier or client company across digital, direct, interactive or mobile marketing. Nominees must have worked in the industry for less than five years. Entrants will be judged by a panel of experts including Chris Arnold, founder and director of Creative Orchestra; Gary Smith, partner at Hush; Maxine Reynolds, head of direct marketing, sales and legacies at Macmillan Cancer Support; and Chris Sherlock, marketing director at Equifax. The award, together with a prize fund of £1000, will then be presented on 13 November at the DMA Scotland Ball. As well as taking on the title of 'Young Spark', the winner will also benefit from the help of a top industry mentor who will provide invaluable advice and support for the entire year.

Marketing News: Sense Internet short listed for two industry awards

August 24th 2009, Leeds. Sense Internet has been short listed for the finals of both the DADI Awards and the Fresh Awards for its creation of the Travelodge iBooker - a unique iPhone application that allows users to find, book and pay for Travelodge and affiliated hotel rooms while on the move - and by the DADIs for its innovative redesign of the rolling paper website rizla.co.uk.

Marketing News: AGENCIES RISK 'DISAPPOINTING' CLIENTS BY NOT ENTERING AWARDS

Direct marketing agencies run the risk of disappointing their clients by failing to nominate their campaigns for industry awards, new research has revealed. In a study conducted by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), 77 per cent of direct marketing clients polled stated that their marketing department valued winning awards for their direct marketing campaigns, and 88 per cent agreed that they "would be disappointed if my agency didn't want to enter their work in for an industry award." The research, conducted by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), investigated the attitudes of direct marketing practitioners and their clients towards the value of marketing industry awards programmes. For the direct marketers polled for the study, 80 per cent agreed that "winning an industry award has helped, or could help, their agency to win new business".