10 December 2009: Suffolk PR agency Project PR flew the flag for Suffolk when it won four Gold and two Silver awards in the annual Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) East Anglia PRide Awards for 2009, held on 7th December at the SAS Radisson Hotel in Stansted. The team of six won more awards than any of the other 24 PR agencies and in-house PR teams from around the East Anglia region who were finalists.
Project PR won Gold, the top award, for three specific categories: Not for Profit (PR for national skills provider TBG Learning), Consumer Relations (PR for Ford Retail’s 40 dealerships around the UK) and Best Use of Social Media (for Suffolk manufacturer Challs International and their Buster brand of plughole care products).
The fourth Gold was awarded to Project PR’s Account Manager Helen Sharkey, who won ‘Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year’, beating off stiff competition from five other young PR professionals from across East Anglia who had been shortlisted for the award.
The culmination of the evening was the presentation of the ‘Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy’ Award for the top PR agency in the region, with Project PR winning Silver. The company also won Silver for Best Use of Media Relations (for the Buster brand PR campaign).
“Our success is testament to the great team here at Project PR. Two years ago we won ‘Outstanding Small Consultancy’ and we have achieved even more since then. We are continually developing our business and we very much look forward to further success with our clients in 2010,” said Penny Arbuthnot, director at Project PR.
During 2009 Project PR won several high profile new clients, including Ipswich Building Society, East of England International and Christies Care. The agency has built its success on providing a highly proactive and strategic approach to PR and has established many long term relationships with national and locally based clients including Ford Retail, Havebury Housing Partnership, and the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA).
The CIPR Awards showcase the best PR work being carried out across the UK outside of London. There are 24 award categories and the judging process is rigorous, with a national panel of industry experts who asses the shortlisted entries and choose the winners.
This year the PRide Awards attracted a total of 1,448 entries from across the UK.
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For further information please contact:
Penny Arbuthnot at Project PR on 01473 326 401 (07885 238374)
Note to editors:
Project PR and Marketing Ltd is based at: The Coach House, Reed Hall, Ipswich Road, Holbrook, Ipswich IP9 2QR. See http://www.projectpr.biz/
The company was established in 1996 by Penny Arbuthnot and has grown to be a leading PR agency in the region now employing 6 staff.
Project PR won the special award for Outstanding Small Consultancy in the 2007 Chartered Institute of Public Relations Pride awards. It also won three further Gold awards for Consumer Relations (PR for the Ford Retail group of 55 dealerships); Best Website (for the Team Ipswich website) and Integrated Communications (a joint entry with Suffolk manufacturer Challs International).
Project PR works with a mix of private and public sector organisations handling local and national PR and marketing programmes.
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