Winners – PPA Awards 2023

Campaign of the Year

Winner

Not4Sale Broadcast Media Business Insight

Judges' comments

This entry showed unrivalled dedication to a campaign that delivered impressive and impactful results leading to industry wide praise and a fantastic financial growth.

Category sponsor

<b>Not4Sale</b><br>Broadcast<br>Media Business Insight

Children's Brand of the Year

Winner

The Week Junior Future

Judges' comments

The judges admired this magazine which plays an incredibly important role in children’s publishing, offering informative, engaging and accessible content in creative ways.

Columnist / Expert Contributor of the Year

Winner

Ingrid Fuchs Nursing Times emap

Judges' comments

Ingrid's writing as incredibly honest, powerful and moving. She charted her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment as both a healthcare professional themselves and as a patient, using their own experience and industry title to provide a truly authentic and informative account. Sadly Ingrid Fuchs passed away last September, but with the permission of her family, Nursing Times wanted to share her columns with as wide an audience as possible.

<b>Ingrid Fuchs</b><br>Nursing Times<br>emap

Commercial Partnership of the Year (Business)

Winner

24 Hours in Farming, #Farm24 Farmers Guardian Arc

Judges' comments

This entry wowed judges with their ability to go beyond a traditional partnership to engage an entire industry, linking passion and commercial results to deliver an impactful partnership with wide reach.

<b>24 Hours in Farming, #Farm24</b><br>Farmers Guardian<br>Arc

Commercial Partnership of the Year (Consumer)

Winner

Everyone's Game ELLE & Nike Hearst UK

Judges' comments

This entry impressed with a multi-platform campaign that had huge impact and resonated with both the audience and the brand. This was a perfect example of a great match providing fantastic results.

Category sponsor

<b>Everyone's Game</b><br>ELLE & Nike<br>Hearst UK

Content Marketing Agency of the Year

Winner

Sunday

Judges' comments

Sunday delivered strong evidence of collaboration, creativity and commercial performance across a varied portfolio of work delivered for their clients.

Cover of the Year

Gold

Country Life Future

Judges' comments

This cover was crucial in setting the tone and becoming the centre piece for what became the fasting selling issue in Country Life's history. Not only did the cover help sell more magazines, boost engagement on social media and clicks to the website, it’s a perfect snapshot of what was a in fact a compelling and gritty issue.

Category sponsor

Silver

Lifestyle Magazine Motability Wonderly Haymarket Media Group

Judges' comments

This cover carefully considers its audience, is accessible to its readers and has driven engagement across the brand.

<b>Lifestyle Magazine</b><br>Motability<br>Wonderly<br>Haymarket Media Group

Bronze

Campaign Haymarket Media Group

Judges' comments

Our judges agreed that this magazine had a fantastic cover strategy and a clear understanding of its audience.

<b>Campaign</b><br>Haymarket Media Group

Data Initiative of the Year

Winner

Christmas renewals subscriptions campaign Our Media

Judges' comments

The judges were thoroughly impressed with this initiative that used data insight and customer understanding to deliver impressive results using a well developed and thought out campaign.

Category sponsor

<b>Christmas renewals subscriptions campaign</b><br>Our Media

Designer of the Year

Winner

Jess Hibbert Saga Magazine Saga

Judges' comments

Jess demonstrated fantastic creative styling and knowledge of the target audience which enhanced the brands overall business strategy.

Category sponsor

<b>Jess Hibbert</b><br>Saga Magazine<br>Saga

Diversity & Inclusion Award

Winner

Diversity and Inclusion at Reach

Judges' comments

Reach is a business not only dedicated to driving ED&I work but also ensuring accountability for those implementing the strategies. Their initiatives are both internally and externally focussed giving an effective and wide reaching campaign.

Editor of the Year (Business Media)

Winner

Chloe McCulloch BuildingAssemble Media Group

Judges' comments

Under their editorship, Building yielded excellent results formed from a well thought out strategy delivering high quality journalism across a variety of initiatives and content streams.

<b>Chloe McCulloch</b><br>Building</br>Assemble Media Group

Editor of the Year (Consumer Media)

Winner

Lewis Corner GAY TIMES GT Group

Judges' comments

Lewis wowed our judges with evidence of extraordinary brand transformation using a bold, modern and informative strategy. The reach of the brand under their leadership has grown astronomically.

<b>Lewis Corner</b><br>GAY TIMES<br>GT Group

Special Mention

George Kipouros Wanderlust Wanderlust Travel Media

Judges' comments

The judges were keen to give a shout out to George, who is committed to diversifying his product by including more voices, developing digital strategy through immersive experience and is consistently providing impressive results.

<b>George Kipouros</b><br>Wanderlust<br>Wanderlust Travel Media

Employer of the Year

Winner

Immediate Media

Judges' comments

The judges all agreed that Immediate Media shows a fantastic demonstration of not only having a powerful plan, but putting it into action. The dedication to supporting staff through a number of initiatives is commendable and it’s clear their employees feel the benefit of their strategies, creating an environment to thrive.

Event of the Year (Business Media)

Winner

Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards emap

Judges' comments

The judges were very impressed with this event as it considered the audience journey, offered multiple points for engagement and showed strong commercial performance.

<b>Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards</b><br>emap

Event of the Year (Consumer Media)

Winner

New Scientist Live Harmsworth Media

Judges' comments

New Scientist Live delivered lasting impact and provided impressive financial and engagement results.

Category sponsor

<b>New Scientist Live</b><br>Harmsworth Media

Industry Partner of the Year

Winner

Marketforce

Judges' comments

Marketforce showed total commitment to the success of the industry as a whole, made efforts to tackle sustainability issues and evidenced exceptional client confidence.

Innovation of the Year

Winner

Propolis B2B Marketing

Judges' comments

This entry impressed with their ability to create pivotal change within the brand by turning challenges into new opportunities.

Magazine Retailer of the Year

Winner

M&S

Judges' comments

The judges were impressed with how M&S produced market-beating sales and are committed to ensuring magazines have a place in stores.

Media Brand of the Year (Business Media)

Winner

Campaign Haymarket

Judges' comments

Campaign's brand has a clearly thought-out strategy and true understanding of their audience which in turn provides insight to fuel impressive business growth.

Special Mention

Fire Safety Matters Western Business Media

Judges' comments

Fire Safety Matter is a brand that builds a fantastic relationship with their customers to gain insight and deliver valuable content which has fuelled financial growth.

Category sponsor

<b>Fire Safety Matters</b><br>Western Business Media

Media Brand of the Year (Consumer Media)

Winner

Good Housekeeping Hearst UK

Judges' comments

Good Housekeeping has shown innovation and consistently impressive new ideas to keep a brand at the forefront of the market. Their multi-channel approach and fresh campaigns lead to impressive profitability and customer satisfaction.

Category sponsor

Newsletter of the Year

Winner

SheerLuxe Daily Newsletter SheerLuxe

Judges' comments

The judges were impressed by the SheerLuxe Daily Newsletter's overall look, strong content, engagement figures and financial performance.

Podcast of the Year

Winner

Room 106 Planning Haymarket Media Group

Judges' comments

Room 106's use of innovative format adds value to an existing brand, produces original and exciting content that drives impressive levels of engagement.

<b>Room 106</b><br>Planning<br>Haymarket Media Group

Special Interest Magazine/Brand of the Year

Winner

WIRED Condé Nast

Judges' comments

The judges agreed that WIRED displayed outstanding commercial performance, impressed with a thought-out long term digital strategy and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Category sponsor

Subscriptions Initiative of the Year

Winner

The Grocer – Going for Growth William Reed

Judges' comments

The Grocer produced an impressive and comprehensive 360 strategy that tackled all areas of growth leading to fantastic commercial results.

Category sponsor

<b>The Grocer – Going for Growth</b><br>William Reed

Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner

TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes TTG Media

Judges' comments

The judges admired TTG's clear objectives, ability to influence on such a large scale and the impressive results which are driving much needed change towards sustainability in their industry.

<b>TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes</b><br>TTG Media

Team of the Year

Winner – B2B

Editorial team Dezeen

Judges' comments

Dezeen's editorial team produces highly creative content, displays superb team work in and the face of the most trying of circumstances pulled together to produce record-breaking traffic and revenue growth.

Winner – B2C

RadioTimes.com Immediate Media

Judges' comments

The RadioTimes.com team recognises those producing remarkable audience growth, consistently implementing innovative and fresh ideas and through internal changes and development, have created a really effective team structure.

<b>RadioTimes.com</b><br>Immediate Media

Writer of the Year

Winner

Graham Lawton New Scientist Harmsworth Media

Judges' comments

Graham wowed judges with his amazingly consistent standard of work, dedication to his job through the hardest of times, and ability to deliver best-selling features.

<b>Graham Lawton</b><br>New Scientist<br>Harmsworth Media

Special Mention

William Cash The Catholic Herald

Judges' comments

The judges found it impossible not to give a shout out to a William, who went above and beyond to deliver incredibly important pieces directly from the frontline in Ukraine.

<b>William Cash</b><br>The Catholic Herald

Winners 2023

<b>Not4Sale</b><br>Broadcast<br>Media Business Insight

<b>The Week Junior</b><br>Future

<b>Ingrid Fuchs</b><br>Nursing Times<br>emap

<b>24 Hours in Farming, #Farm24</b><br>Farmers Guardian<br>Arc

<b>Everyone's Game</b><br>ELLE & Nike<br>Hearst UK

<b>Sunday</b>

<b>Country Life</b><br>Future

<b>Lifestyle Magazine</b><br>Motability<br>Wonderly<br>Haymarket Media Group

<b>Campaign</b><br>Haymarket Media Group

<b>Christmas renewals subscriptions campaign</b><br>Our Media

<b>Jess Hibbert</b><br>Saga Magazine<br>Saga

<b>Diversity and Inclusion at Reach</b>

<b>Chloe McCulloch</b><br>Building</br>Assemble Media Group

<b>Lewis Corner</b><br>GAY TIMES<br>GT Group

<b>George Kipouros</b><br>Wanderlust<br>Wanderlust Travel Media

<b>Immediate Media</b>

<b>Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards</b><br>emap

<b>New Scientist Live</b><br>Harmsworth Media

<b>Marketforce</b>

<b>Propolis</b><br>B2B Marketing

<b>M&S</b>

<b>Campaign</b><br>Haymarket

<b>Fire Safety Matters</b><br>Western Business Media

<b>Good Housekeeping</b><br>Hearst UK

<b>SheerLuxe Daily Newsletter</b><br>SheerLuxe

<b>Room 106</b><br>Planning<br>Haymarket Media Group

<b>WIRED</b><br>Condé Nast

<b>The Grocer – Going for Growth</b><br>William Reed

<b>TTG Sustainable Travel Heroes</b><br>TTG Media

<b>Editorial team</b><br>Dezeen

<b>RadioTimes.com</b><br>Immediate Media

<b>Graham Lawton</b><br>New Scientist<br>Harmsworth Media

<b>William Cash</b><br>The Catholic Herald