Ladbrokes; Aldi; Honda; Dell; Thomas Cook;. Microsoft Bing ... 250 top editorial
executives .... Palmer Hargreaves; Eurostar; National Express and Mr Kipling.
ACTION-PACKED AWARDS 2014 CALENDAR 2014 The Drum Design Awards 30 April, Marriot Grosvenor Square, London Recognising creative design work being produced by agencies and clients across the whole of the UK. Over 200 attendees including: R/GA London; Sapient Nitro; Lambie Nairn; LOVE; Elmwood; Grapple Mobile; John Lewis; JD Sports; Smith & Milton; tbp!; Transport of London; Face; Thompson Brand Partners; Clarks; Blue Square Design; Turner Duckworth; Buddy; NB Studio; The Partners; SB Studio; Taxi Studio; Start JudgeGill &TBWA\UK. Entry deadline: 7th February www.thedrumdesignawards.com
Chip Shop Awards
Scottish Event Awards
12 June, Ministry of Sound, London The Chip Shop Awards are about nurturing and recognising creativity with no limits and no rules. It’s an international creative award, open to anyone with brilliant ideas. Over 200 of the brightest creative minds attend including: Leo Burnett; RAPP; Lambie Nairn; Naked Penguin Boy; Steel; Publicis; Havas EHS; Haygarth Group; 1000 Heads; gyro Manchester; Thinking Juice; Elmwood; The Red Brick Road; CAB Studios; POSSIBLE; TMW; BD Network; Stein IAS; Big Communications, the list goes on… Entry deadline: 14 March 2014 www.chipshopawards.com
October 2014, Glasgow The Scottish Event Awards celebrate good practice in the events sector and engages organisers; venues and suppliers to the industry. 400 attendees are present and include: Hilton; Thistle hotel; Freshwater; The Glasshouse; Event Scotland, Capital FM; Event Industry news; Creative Scotland; DF Concerts; SECC; Siemens; Cameron Presentations; Material UK, Tiree Music Festival; etc. Entry deadline: 30 May 2014 www.scottisheventawards.net
DADI Awards October, London The sell-out DADIs (The Drum Awards for the Digital Industries) recognises and rewards digital excellence across the whole of the UK. The diverse audience of 600 key influencers includes: Publicis; Carat; Starcom Mediavest; Vodafone; Nokia; Mediacom; ASDA; Cake; EMI Music; LBI; Saint; BBDO Worldwide; tesco.com; DDB; Durex; BskyB; Film 4; Lucozade; Adidas UK; Ephiphany Solutions; First Direct; Steel London; gyro; MEC Global. Entry deadline: 30th May www.dadiawards.com
2014 Digital Trading Awards 2014 24 April, Marriott Grosvenor Square, London New to the market in 2014, these awards will recognise the display and trading side of the sector and will reward the most transparent and effective companies, agencies and technologies as well as media brands. Attendees will be from the affiliate, mobile and RTB markets from both buy-side and publisher-side. Entry deadline: 6th February www.digitaltradingawards.com
Roses Creative Awards May 2014 Manchester The most established creative awards representing regional businesses for advertising, design & digital executions. 350 attendees consisting of: McCann Manchester; BJL; TBWA\Manchester; Golley Slater; Big Communications; ITV; Koko Digital; Code Computerlove; Elmwood; Creative Lynx; Chapter; Clarks; Rees Bradley Hepburn & Specsavers. Entry deadline: 14th February www.rosescreativeawards.com
The Drum Marketing Awards 8 May, Marriot Grosvenor Square, London The Drum Marketing Awards recognise agencies and clients who are producing effective marketing strategies. 350 key decision makers attend including: Virgin Media Business; Disney; HSBC; Ladbrokes; Aldi; Honda; Dell; Thomas Cook; Microsoft Bing; Umbro; MORETH>N; Jimmy Choo; Irn Bru; Co-Operative Travel; Film 4; 1000 Heads; Sticky Eyes; Stein IAS; Refinery; Nunwood; SapientNitro; Manifest; Easyjet; Landrover; Ronseal; Debenhams; London Gatwick Airport and Lloyds Bank. Entry deadline: 24th January www.thedrummarketingawards.com
Scottish Design Awards May 2014, Glasgow Rewarding the design talent within Scotland in both the Graphic and Architecture industries. Now in its 16th year, this event will be looking to find the best the past year has to offer and in the past that included Tayburn, Whitespace, Stand, Contagious and STV. Entry Deadline: 21 February 2014 www.scottishdesignawards.com
Online Media Awards 11 June, Marriott Grosvenor Square, London The Online Media Awards is an international event that seeks to recognise the best in online journalism. It identifies the best and boldest of online news-based creativity and also the most original content and editorial. 250 top editorial executives attend the event including: Al Jazeera; Metro; AOL/Huffington Post; Yahoo!; Sky; The Times and Sunday Times; Channel 4 News/ITN; Bauer Media; ITV; British Journalism Review; Society of Editors; Press Association; USA Today; Microsoft; Thomson Reuters Foundation; Newsquest; Emap; The Economist; Belfast Telegraph; International Business Times; The Guardian; BBC News; CNN to name but a few. Entry Deadline: 14 March 2014 www.onlinemediaawards.net
Recruitment Business Awards 27 September , Mercure Hotel Manchester An event focussed on giving the recruitment consultants and recruitment advertising agencies an opportunity to showcase their talent. Over 200 recruitment specialists attend including: TotalJobs.com; SMRS; Henderson Scott; Guardian; Daily Telegraph; Search Consultancy; Chatter; TMP; Work; October Recruitment; IT Talent Solutions and Monster. Entry deadline: 20 June 2014 www.recruitmentbusinessawards.com
Social Buzz Awards 27 November, Marriott Grosvenor Square, London Social Buzz Awards recognises individuals and businesses that are transforming the use of social media to communicate with audiences in innovative ways. 250 attendees are present and include: AMV BBDO; Rabbit; EMI; Salons Direct; Futureheads; Edelman; Testify Digital; Halfords; MEC; Telegraph Hill; Sports Aid; Which?; Adobe; ASOS; Butlins; LivingSocial UK; Telefónica UK; Paddy Power and Opta Sports. Entry deadline: 13th August www.socialbuzzawards.com
Creative Out of Home Awards 2014
Creative out of Home Awards UK Event Awards MOMAs 21 May 2014, London Celebrating the excellent use of mobile in marketing communications,these awards embrace what the industry has achieved. Last year was the first year of the awards and attracted over 200 key influencers in mobile including: Virgin; Nokia; M&S; Barclays; Mobile 5; Somo; Mediacom; Volkswagon; Tribal DDB London; The App Business; Millennial Media; InMobi; Cheil Europe Ltd; Candyspace; LBI; Grapple; Mobsta; Radium One; STEEL; Zynga; Underwired; Bolser; lowcostholidays.com; Nice Agency; Quidco; IMImobile; Joule; Rawnet; British Gas & the Met Office. Entry deadline: 28 February 2014 www.momas.co.uk
Scottish Creative Awards October, Glasgow The Scottish Creative Awards give recognition to the very best of the country’s creative industries and are open to entries from all types oforganisations including advertising, design, digital and PR agencies. Influential businesses are in attendance including: Mediacom; STV; News International; Scottish Government; The Leith Agency; Radio Clyde; Story; The Union; Chesterfield Group; Media Scotland; Contagious; MTP; Stand; The Gate Worldwide; Space & Time Media; Arnold Clark and Tennents. Entry deadline: 13th June www.scottishcreativeawards.com
28 Nov, Marriot Grosvenor Square, London The UK Event Awards reward the very best events, organisers and industry suppliers throughout the UK. Over 200 event professionals are in attendance and include the likes of: Rapport Events; Maximillion; Postecode Lottery; UCLAN; Fisher Productions; Ignite; Neptunus; H2 Business Communications; Tower Bridge; Barclays Wealth; The Concerto Group; Assured Events; Event Cornwall and Masterpiece London. Entry deadline: 5th September www.ukeventawards.com
25 Nov, Marriott Grosvenor Hotel, London The Creative out of Home Awards is the UK’s only awards ceremony dedicated to Creative OOH advertising. 2012 was the first year of the awards and attracted over 150 businesses including: UM London; Royal Mail; Clear Channel; Ubiquitious Taxis; Outdoor Media Association; CURB; Microsoft; The Specialist Works; Carat; Adam & Eve; Paddy Power; Grand Visual; Posterscope; Kinetic; Starcom; Palmer Hargreaves; Eurostar; National Express and Mr Kipling. Entry deadline: 5 September 2014 www.creativeoutofhomeawards.com
4 MiAwards November, London MiAwards identifies and highlights the very best marketing, media and communications agencies, teams and individuals across the whole of the UK. Over 200 decision makers are in attendance including: Cube 3; Thinking Juice; Refinery; Chapter; MEC; Kazoo; The IF Agency; IAS; 1000 Heads; Bolser; BJL; E3 Media; Rave Communications; Rippleeffect; WRG; VeInteractive; McCann Birmingham, etc. www.miawards.me
Cream Midlands Awards November, Birmingham Cream Midlands Awards highlights the talent in the regions. Homegrown agencies compete to see who is crowned the best in advertising and design outside of the creative hubs of London and Manchester. See if you are eligible to enter by checking the relevant postcodes. Entries open: June www.creamawards.co.uk
