The region’s top PR agencies and practitioners go head to head this evening at the 2012 West of England CIPR PRide Awards.
The winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony and dinner at the Grand Hotel, Bristol. Bristol Business News will carry full details of all the winners and runners-up this weekend.
Among those shortlisted is Bath-based Geometry PR for its Axe the Pasty Tax campaign in the Best Use of Media Relations category.
The full 2012 West of England CIPR PRide Awards shortlist is:
Corporate and Business Communications
- Barefoot Media
A storm brewing: launching the Harbour Brewing Co. - Geometry PR
Up Close & Personal - Grayling/Offshore Marine Management (OMM)
Marine PR that was made to measure - Leapfrog PR
PKL – Olympic Catering Equipment Shortage Warning - Zurich and AIFA
Zurich fights for advisers
Not-for-Profit
- Communications Team, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
Say No to Norovirus - Golley Slater PR
The Big Lunch 2012 - Grayling/Wessex Reserve Forces & Cadets Association
Supporting the Region's Reservists - The Honest Truth Partnership
The Honest Truth
Best Campaign £10,000 and Under
- Barefoot Media
A storm brewing: launching the Harbour Brewing Co. - First Great Western
It's a wrap - Renegade Media
GCHQ ‘Can you crack it?’ - Spirit PR for Icon Films
River Monsters - The Honest Truth Partnership
The Honest Truth - Wild Card
The Spirit of Cornwall: The First Cornish Whiskey
Best Sporting Campaign (new category)
- Media Safari/Ottobock
Passion for Paralympics
Healthcare (new category)
- Media Safari/Ottobock
Getting back to where you once were - Media Safari/Siemens Hearing Instruments
Live out loud – Challenging the stigma of hearing loss
Consumer Relations
- 10 Yetis PR Agency/ Wish.co.uk
Zombies, zombies, read all about them! - Barefoot Media
Lambing Live at The Olde House
Best use of Media Relations
- First Great Western
Great Western Capacity Improvements - Geometry PR
Axe the Pasty Tax - Inside Media
Going the extra mile for Continental Tyres - Media Safari/Ottobock
One small step for man, one giant leap for the future of prosthetics - PamLloyd PR
Sweet Eve Strawberries – British Born and Bred - Spirit PR for Icon Films
River Monsters – the one that didn't get away
Integrated Communications
- Renegade Media
Ellenborough Park - The Vine
Ignite 2012
Best Use of Social Media
- Media Safari/Ottobock
Engaging disability communities through social media dialogue - PamLloyd PR
Pink Lady Apples – Join the Club
External Publication
- Communications Team, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
'Insight' the magazine for the RUH - Marilyn Smith/Wessex Water
Wessex Water's customer magazine - NHS Bristol
The Bright Ones book - PamLloyd PR
Pollybell – The Organic Farming Experts - The Honest Truth Partnership
The Honest Truth Resource Booklet - Triodos Bank
The Colour of Money
Best Event
- Grayling/St David's
Ladies' night at St David's - Leapfrog PR
Hotelympia 10K
Outstanding Young Communicator
- Ben Veal MCIPR
Plum Communications & PR - Ellie Lean MCIPR
PamLloyd PR
Outstanding Small Consultancy
- Inside Media
- Leapfrog PR
- Plum Communications & PR
Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy
- Grayling
A different kind of PR consultancy - Inside Media
Small But Mighty - PamLloyd PR
Pamlloyd Fresh Produce Marketing & PR
Crisis Communications
- Geometry PR
Axe the Pasty Tax
Best Use of Photography or Design
- Haslimann Taylor
Heritage Bathrooms: New Victoria - Media Safari/Ottobock
One small step for man, one giant leap for the future of prosthetics - PamLloyd PR
British Asparagus – Best of British - The Honest Truth Partnership
The Honest Truth
Regional Campaign of the Year
- Grayling/English Heritage
Days out worth talking about - NHS Bristol
Bristol Van Man