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The PPA Awards 2023 – the shortlist

At the end of March, the PPA published the shortlist for its annual awards.

The PPA Awards 2023 – the shortlist

The PPA Awards 2023 will be held on Wednesday 28 June, at City Central at the HAC.

The shortlist:

PPA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by dsb.net

A Fair Deal for Housing, Housing Today, Assemble Media Group

Cook Smart, BBC Good Food, Immediate Media

End Cyberflashing, Grazia, Bauer Media Group

Menopause Workplace Pledge, Wellbeing of Women, HELLO!

Not4Sale, Broadcast, Media Business Insight

Spring 2022 Portfolio Campaign, Immediate Media

Subscriptions Spring Campaign 2022, BBC Gardeners' World, Immediate Media

Welcome Inclusion, ICAEW, Sunday

PPA CHILDREN'S BRAND OF THE YEAR

Britannica Magazine, What on Earth Magazines

Frozen Magazine, Immediate Media

Fun To Learn Peppa Pig and Fun To Learn Peppa Pig Bag o' Fun, Redan Publishing

Girl Talk, Immediate Media

Pokémon Magazine, Immediate Media

PONY Magazine, DJ Murphy Publishers

Sparkle World, Redan Publishing

The Week Junior, Future

PPA COLUMNIST / EXPERT CONTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR

Alastair Campbell, Men's Health, Hearst UK

Helen Edwards, Marketing Week, Centaur Media

Ingrid Fuchs, Nursing Times, emap

Mark Ritson, Marketing Week, Centaur Media

Gideon Spanier, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

PPA COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR (BUSINESS)

24 Hours in Farming, #Farm24, Farmers Guardian, Arc

Be Ready for the Future, CIO.com x Dell Technologies x VMWare x Essence, MediaCom, Foundry

BSIF Guide to UK Safety & Health Industry, Health and Safety Matters, Western Business Media

FIA Guide to UK Fire Safety, Fire Safety Matters, Western Business Media

TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes, TTG Media

WIRED Trailblazers, WIRED Consulting and HSBC UK

Work rewired, Salesforce and Merkle B2B, Raconteur

PPA COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER)

Audi Dakar & TopGear.com – live from the world's toughest race, BBC Top Gear, BBC Studios

Audi e-tron & Autocar Electric, Haymarket Automotive Studio

BMW M 50th & Autocar Performance, Haymarket Automotive Studio

Driving Change for Good, Citroën & Big Issue Group

Everyone's Game, ELLE & Nike, Hearst UK

City Life, FREENOW & Time Out

It's High Time, Clarins & HELLO!

Making Derry Girls a Smash Hit!, Smash Hits & Channel 4, Bauer Media Group

PPA CONTENT MARKETING AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Haymarket Automotive Studio

Sunday

Think

PPA COVER OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Shutterstock Editorial

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Architects' Journal, emap

BBC Top Gear Magazine, BBC Studios

Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Country Life, Future

Empire, Bauer Media Group

Harper’s Bazaar, Hearst UK

Lifestyle Magazine, Motability, Wonderly, Haymarket Media Group

Management Today, Haymarket Media Group

New Scientist, Harmsworth Media

Radio Times, Immediate Media

PPA DATA INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Publishers' Licensing Services

Christmas renewals subscriptions campaign, Our Media

DMP-powered subscriber engagement, The Courier & Press and Journal, DC Thomson

Driving business growth through known data, Hearst UK

Identifying retention trends in subscribers, Radio Times, Immediate Media

The state of decision-making, Raconteur

Re:member research, Think

PPA DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

Peter Allen, Magneto, Hothouse Media

Chris Barker, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Sonny Dhamu, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

David Dowding, Slimming World Magazine

Kevin Fay, British GQ, Condé Nast

Jess Hibbert, Saga Magazine, Saga

Mark Hickling, Britannica Magazine, What on Earth Magazines

Carolyn Roberts, Grazia, Bauer Media Group

Tom Usher, Harper's Bazaar, Hearst UK

Kerry Wakefield, Waitrose Food Magazine, Dentsu Creative

PPA DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD

Anti-racism in pharmacy strategy, C+D, Citeline

Diversity and Inclusion at Reach

Girl Talk, Immediate Media

The Big EV Road Trip, Lifestyle Magazine, Motability, Wonderly, Haymarket Media Group

TTG, TTG Media

Welcome Inclusion, ICAEW, Sunday

PPA EDITOR OF THE YEAR (BUSINESS MEDIA)

Catrin Griffiths, The Lawyer, Centaur Media

Jaimie Kaffash, Pulse, Cogora

Adam Leyland, The Grocer, William Reed

Maisie McCabe, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Chloe McCulloch, Building, Assemble Media Group

Sebastian Moss, Data Center Dynamics

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Incisive Media

Tom Ravenscroft, Dezeen

Jon Severs, Tes Magazine, Tes

Claire Smith, New Civil Engineer, emap

PPA EDITOR OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)

Hattie Brett, Grazia, Bauer Media Group

William Cash, The Catholic Herald

Lewis Corner, GAY TIMES, GT Group

Gaby Huddart, Good Housekeeping, Hearst UK

Kenya Hunt, ELLE UK, Hearst UK

George Kipouros, Wanderlust, Wanderlust Travel Media

Louise Robinson, Saga Magazine, Saga

Sara Ward, Slimming World Magazine

PPA EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

Anthem Publishing

Bauer UK Publishing

Immediate Media

Incisive Media

Think

TTG Media

PPA EVENT OF THE YEAR (BUSINESS MEDIA)

Broadcast Sport Awards, Media Business Insight

Construction News Awards, emap

General Practice Awards, Cogora

Media Production and Technology Show, Media Business Insight

Net Zero Festival, BusinessGreen, Incisive Media

Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards, emap

TV Next Episode, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

World Architecture Festival, emap

PPA EVENT OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)

Celebrating 100 Years of Good Housekeeping with GH Live, Hearst UK

GAY TIMES Honours, GT Group

National Geographic Traveller Food Festival, APL Media

New Scientist Live, Harmsworth Media

PPA INDUSTRY PARTNER OF THE YEAR

Air Business

Collingwood Advisory

Evessio

Marketforce

PwC

PPA INNOVATION OF THE YEAR

House Beautiful & Country Living Marketplaces, Hearst UK

Immediate Media app platform launch, BBC Good Food and HistoryExtra, Immediate Media

Not just another trade publication: PMW’s site relaunch for the Netflix generation, Haymarket Business Media

Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study II, PwC, ISBA, AOP

Propolis, B2B Marketing

Radio Times missing issue project, Immediate Media

The Lawyer Litigation Tracker, Centaur Media

We Are Able campaign, Cadent, Think

PPA MAGAZINE RETAILER OF THE YEAR

M&S

Magazine Heaven

One Stop

PPA MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR (BUSINESS MEDIA)

Sponsored by Affino

Architects' Journal, emap

Building, Assemble Media Group

BusinessGreen, Incisive Media

Campaign, Haymarket

Fire Safety Matters, Western Business Media

TTG, TTG Media

The Grocer, William Reed

PPA MEDIA BRAND OF THE YEAR (CONSUMER MEDIA)

Sponsored by Air Business

BBC Good Food, Immediate Media

Beano Studios, DC Thomson

Cosmopolitan UK, Hearst UK

GAY TIMES, GT Group

Good Housekeeping, Hearst UK

Radio Times, Immediate Media

SheerLuxe

Time Out, Time Out Group

Woman&Home, Future

PPA NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR

GardenersWorld.com weekly newsletter, Immediate Media

Good Housekeeping weekly newsletter, Hearst UK

ICAEW, Sunday

Journal Extra / In Focus, The Royal Photographic Society, Think

PoliticsHome: Saturday View, Total Politics

SheerLuxe Daily Newsletter, SheerLuxe

PPA PODCAST OF THE YEAR

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Podcast, Immediate Media

HistoryExtra Podcast, Immediate Media

PodPod, Campaign, Haymarket

Room 106, Planning, Haymarket Media Group

The Empire Film Podcast, Bauer Media Group

The Rundown, PoliticsHome, Total Politics

The Women's Running Podcast, Anthem Publishing

PPA SPECIAL INTEREST MAGAZINE/BRAND OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Antalis

BBC Science Focus, Our Media

Crafts, Crafts Council

Dezeen

Funds Europe, Funds Europe Media

PONY Magazine, DJ Murphy Publishers

Saga Magazine, Saga

Tes Magazine, Tes

WIRED, Condé Nast

PPA SUBSCRIPTIONS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by ESco

Digital and Bundled Subscriptions, Immediate Media

Gardeners' World Premium for Print subscribers, Immediate Media

Pulse 365, Cogora

The Grocer – Going for Growth, William Reed

Utility Week, Faversham House

PPA SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Bauer Media Earth Month, Bauer Media Group

Haymarket's commitment to being truly sustainable, Haymarket Media Group

Immediate Media's Childrens' Covermount Programme, Immediate Media

MIMS green inhaler prescribing initiative, Haymarket Media Group

Sustainability, Marie Claire UK, Future

TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes, TTG Media

PPA TEAM OF THE YEAR

Content team, Expert Reviews, MVF

Editorial team, Campaign, Haymarket Media Group

Editorial team, Dezeen

Delegate sales team, Construction News, Nursing Times, Ground Engineering, Local Government Chronicle & New Civil Engineer, emap

Hearst Solutions, Hearst UK

News subscriptions team, DC Thomson

RadioTimes.com, Immediate Media

Who What Wear UK, Future

PPA WRITER OF THE YEAR

William Cash, The Catholic Herald

Grainne Cuffe, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group

Martin George, Local Government Chronicle, emap

Michael Hodges, Radio Times, Immediate Media

Graham Lawton, New Scientist, Harmsworth Media

Olivia Pym, British GQ, Condé Nast

Dave Rogers, Building, Assemble Media Group

Kirsty Weakley, Local Government Chronicle, emap


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