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Over 400 professionals came together last night, Thursday 8th December, at The Park Plaza Riverbank to celebrate excellence in the public affairs industry. 

The Public Affairs Awards were hosted by GovKnow, PRCA and Zetter's Political Services. The evening was compered by Jon Craig (Sky News).

Iain Anderson, Executive Chairman of Cicero Group won the Outstanding Contribution award. The Douglas Smith Prize 2016 was awarded to Liz Laurence, Account Executive at Weber Shandwick. The big winners of the night were Grayling, scooping the Consultancy of the Year award. Below is the full list of winners.

 

In-House Professional of the Year: Michael Hogg, Public Affairs Manager, Royal Mail

In-House Team of the Year: EEF

Corporate Campaign of the Year: Liverpool Victoria, 'LV= and the Financial Advice Market Review'

Trade Body Campaign of the Year: EEF, 'UK Steel Crisis'

Voluntary Sector Campaign of the Year: Save the Children, 'Save the Children: Child Refugees'

Public Sector Campaign of the Year: Transport for London, 'Tfl Buggy'

Local Government Campaign of the Year: Teneo Blue Rubicon and The London Taxi Company, '#stayfaremayor' Campaign

Planning Campaign of the Year: Alpaca Communications, 'Bridge the Gap'

Consultancy of the Year: Grayling

Consultant of the Year: Chris White, Associate Director, Public Affairs at Newington Communications

Consultancy Campaign of the Year: PLMR, 'LCY Means Business: Making the case for London City Airport’s £344m expansion'

Best In-House Consultancy Collaboration: PLMR and Care England, 'PLMR & Care England: Campaign to secure the future of state-funded social care'  

Best Campaign in Scotland: Cancer Research UK, 'Scotland Vs Cancer campaign'

Best Campaign in Wales: Deryn Consulting Ltd, 'Not the Usual Suspects'

Best Campaign in Northern Ireland: JComms, 'Transforming a WW1 British warship into a vessel of Irish reconciliation'

Think Tank of the Year: The Bow Group

Social Media Campaign of the Year: Hill+Knowlton Strategies, 'Rallying the British public to save solar'

Party Conference Fringe Event of the Year: Connect Public Affairs, 'The Fraud Fringe 2016'

Party Conference Reception of the Year: The Enterprise Forum Ltd, The Enterprise Forum’s Business Reception

Party Conference Stand of the Year: Royal Mail, 'Royal Mail 500 Years'