Awards

The UK's most awarded independent consumer communications agency

We've always placed a huge importance on entering and winning awards. They look great on reception. More importantly, they're a ringing endorsement of the work we do for our clients year in, year out. They're also a brilliant recognition of the efforts of our team. Let's face it, there's nothing like getting your glad rags on to pick up a gong is there? 

2011 looks set to be our best year ever for winning industry awards - it certainly is for nominations, we've had 20 already - but we've had a history of picking up awards pretty much every year we've been around. You can see what we've won and been nominated for in each of the past 12 years over on the left (or simply scroll down below).

As you'd expect, a lot of these awards are for the campaigns we create and execute for our clients. But what's equally rewarding are the awards we pick up for the way we run Shine as a business. Perhaps most notable among these is the 3rd place we achieved in the Sunday Times Best Small Businesses to Work For 2011. And according to National Statistics, there are 4.8m small businesses in the UK, so it's not bad going...

List of Awards
2011

Blimey, what a year it's been (so far). Nominated for 20 awards in total and picking up our fair share. We're a bit gobsmacked to be honest.

The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For
Placed 3rd

SABRE Award
Winner Specialist Marketing - eBay Fashion Outlet launch
Winner Best Employee Programme
Certificate of Excellence - Agency Marketing, Shine Press Office
Certificate of Excellence - Media Placement, WWE World Tour print coverage
Shortlisted - Mid-sized budget, Peroni’s Academia Del Film
Shortlisted - Fashion and Beauty campaign, Forever 21 launch
Shortlisted - Household Products, Indesit Party Launderette
Shortlisted - Consumer Services, PHE Transformers

CIPR Award
Winner Best Event – Indesit Part Launderette
Shortlisted Best Broadcast Coverage – WWE World Tour

Holmes Report 2011
Shortlisted Best UK Consultancy to Work For

IPRA Awards 2011
Shortlisted Best UK Launch – eBay Fashion Outlet launch
Shortlisted Best Integrated Campaign – Yell.com

British Video Association Awards 2011
Winner Best Trade Support – Paramount’s Shrek Forever After launch with Sainsbury’s

PR Week
Winner Best Broadcast Coverage – WWE World Tour
Shortlisted Consumer Marketing Communications - Ebay Fashion Outlet Launch
Finalist Young Communicator of the Year – Lauren Winter Beckett

PRCA Awards
Shortlisted Broadcast Award - WWE World Tour
Young Communicator of the Year - Kate McGregor

2010

Up to 6th place in the Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For table. That's the best of all the small companies in the whole of the UK. Amazing.

Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For
Placed 6th

SABRE Award
Nominated for Vodafone RealTime Top 40 – Technology

CIPR
Nominated for Martini 'Stay Beautiful' Best Integrated Campaign

PRCA
Laura Burch - Nominated Best Young Communicator  

BVA
Winner Best Integrated Campaign – Paramount Watchman

2009

2009 saw Shine included for the first time in the Sunday Times Best Small Companies to Work For league table. 33rd place, but it wasn't to stay that way.

Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For
Placed 33rd

SABRE Award
EA Mercenaries 2 – Best Publicity Stunt
Nominated for Royal Mail First Class Guide to Britain – Community Relations
Nominated AQA Press Office – Product Media Relations
Nominated for eBay Profit Shopping – Consumer Products

PR Week Awards
Nominated for eBay Profit Shopping – Techonology
Nominated for EA Mercenaries 2 – Best Stunt

PRCA Awards
Nominated for PHE Watchmen DVD Launch – Consumer Campaign
Nominated for Martini Stay Beautiful – Consumer Campaign
Nominated for Royal Mail First Class Guide to Britain – Consumer Campaign

2008

A load of nominations in 2008, but no actual wins. What's up with that?

PRCA Awards
Nominated for eBay Shopping Neutral – Media Relations Award
Nominated for eBay Shopping Neutral – Technology Award
Nominated for Claire Sparks – Consultant of the Year
Nominated for Donald Parish – FrontLine Communicator of the Year

SABRE Awards
Nominated for Playstation – New and Digital Media
Nominated for Playstation – Consumer Marketing

IPRA Awards
Nominated for AQA – Media Relations

2007

A bumper year for nominations and wins in 2007, including the prestigious SABRE Award for Consumer Consultancy of the Year

PR Week Awards
Young PR Professional of the Year – Zac Schwarz
Nominated for Marketing Communication Consumer – Drambuie Pursuit

CIPR
Nominated for Royal Mail – Media Relations
Nominated for Outstanding Young Communicator – Lawrence Collis

SABRE Award
Consumer Consultancy of the Year
Nominated for Heinz Tomato Ketchup 130th Birthday – Media Relations
Nominated for AOL – Technology

The Times
PA of the Year – Lisa Rogers

Home Entertainment Week Awards
High commendation for Best Agency by Paramount Home Entertainment

2006

When you think of iconic brands, are there any that fit the bill more than Heinz Tomato Ketchup? No.

Gramia Awards
Best Consumer Public Relations Campaign, Heinz Tomato Ketchup 130th Birthday  

London Excellence
Nominated for People Development 2006 Award  

CIPR
Nominated for Outstanding PR Consultancy Award  

2005

More evidence of the professionalism with which Shine runs its business, with an award in 2005 for our management systems

London Excellence
Best Management Systems Award  

SABRE Award
Travel & Tourism Award – Travelodge 

2004

Awards for Royal Doulton, Stella and Paramount. Endorsement, if nothing else, of Shine's quality client list

PRCA Frontline Awards
Best Planning and Evaluation for Royal Doulton  

IPRA
Highly Commended for Stella Screen Tour 'Best Event' Category  

Home Entertainment Week Awards
Nominated for Best Agency by Paramount Home Entertainment 

2003

A huge win for little Shine in 2003, named PR Agency of the Year by Marketing magazine!

We were also highly commended in the top category in the PR Week Awards. And the boss won Best 'Old' Professional in the Frontline Awards. Hahahaha..!

Marketing
PR Agency of the Year

PR Week Awards
Highly Commended for Best Agency
Top Performer Over Five Years

PRCA Frontline Awards
Best use of e-pr for Dunlop Loco Ball
Best ‘old’ professional – Rachel Bell

Sport Industry Awards
Highly commended for best PR campaign on a small budget for Slazenger
Highly commended for Sport Brand of the Year – PUMA PR maximisation

IPRA
Golden Globe – Best Event Under Eight Days for Travelex

2002

Big year for Rachel this one, as she was named Media Boss of the Year

PRCA Frontline Awards
Best People Development

Pathfinders
Media Boss of the Year – Rachel Bell

Sport Industry Awards
Highly commended for best PR campaign on a small budget for Wimbledon

2001

In 2001 we picked up the first award for the way we run the business, which was nice.

When we won the PRCA Frontline Award for Best People Development, it set the stall out on Shine's priorities. Value and develop your people and they'll do their best work. When your people do their best the clients are happy and stick around. Pretty simple stuff.

PRCA Frontline Awards
Best People Development

IPR Excellence
Highly commended for Slazenger at Wimbledon
Highly commended for Stella Screen Tour
Highly commended for Maximisation of the Magnum Girl
Highly commended for Variety Club Gold Heart Appeal

2000

You only get one chance to win Best New Consultancy and when ours came along we grabbed it with both hands...

In total we won five award in 2000. Well, to be perfectly honest we won four awards and got a 'highly commended'. Still worth openign a bottle or three of bubbly though, right?

PR Week Awards
Best New Consultancy

PRCA Frontline Awards
Best Young Professional: Erika Hendrick (who's now Shine Director Erika Kessel)
Outstanding Consultancy Practice for Slazenger Cricket World
Outstanding Consultancy Practice for Variety Club Gold Heart Appeal

IPR Excellence
Highly Commended for Slazenger Cricket World Cup

1999

Our very first award!

In 1999 we picked up the first of a long list of PR Week Awards.

We won in the Best Promotional Activity category for our work at Wimbledon for Slazenger. I'm sure you'll remember the campaign...we invented the now legendary Henman Hill!

But with our taste for awards dinners and winners' champagne well and truly piqued, we were off and running...