2011 Shortlist

The Public Affairs News Awards – the professional and social highlight of the industry’s calendar – are upon us once again.

The awards are now in their seventh year and constitute the only awards programme dedicated to recognising excellence in your profession. As showcased here, the potential winners in almost all the categories have now been decided by our 24-strong judging panel.

The winners in six of the categories – ‘Rising Star – Individual (In-House)’, ‘Rising Star – Individual (Agency)’, ‘Best Agency to Work For’, ‘In-House Team of the Year’, ‘Consultant of the Year’ and ‘Consultancy of the Year’ – will be decided with the help of inperson presentations on 9 September at Dods’ offices in Westminster.

Winners in most of the remaining categories will be decided by the judging panel based on written submissions, although ‘live’ voting is planned during the awards dinner for two of the categories: ‘Party Conference Innovation 2011’ and ‘Political Tweeter of the Year’.

The economic climate continues to be challenging, so everyone involved with Public Affairs News is very grateful to those giving commercial support to the awards.

Also, thank you to our judging panel, who have spent time whittling down the entries. In particular, thanks (in advance) to those judges who will spend 9 September with us for the presentations.

Last but not least, thank you to everyone who entered – and a hearty ‘well done’ to all those who have made the shortlist.

I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 16 November at the ceremony.

Ian Hall, Chairman of Public Affairs News Awards judges; and editor, Public Affairs News

Rising Star – Individual (Agency)

Chris Bose Lansons Communications	Tamara Jackson Burson-Marsteller	Elin Twigge PLMR

Rising Star – Individual (In-House)

Emma Boon TaxPayers’ Alliance	Chloe Forbes Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy	Daniel Hamilton Big Brother Watch	Mike Webb Freight Transport Association

Specialist Consultancy of the Year

Helen Johnson Consulting	Curtin & Co	Cicero Consulting

Freelancer of the Year

Rhoda Macdonald	Kevin Lee	Lionel Zetter

Trade Body of the Year
Sponsored by

ABTA	EEF	R3

Best Agency to Work For

APCO	MHP Communications	Open Road

Innovative Campaign of the Year
Sponsored by

Breakthrough Breast Cancer Touch Look Check	Cancer Research UK Parliament Day	RSPCA Fairer Fillings campaign

Campaign of the Year – Devolved Administrations

'Placing the Voice of the Child at the Heart of Children’s Hearings'	FSB Scotland 2011 Scottish Parliament elections campaign	Scottish Retail Consortium 'Halt Large Retailer Levy' campaign

Campaign of the Year – Voluntary Sector
Sponsored by

Macmillan Cancer Support Vote Cancer Support campaign	Royal British Legion 'Write the Principles of the Military Covenant into Law' campaign	Which? Stop 'Rip Off' Charges campaign

Campaign of the Year – Private Sector

'A Fair Tax on Flying' campaign	BioIndustry Association R&D tax credit campaign	The Durand Academy, PLMR 'Shine a Light on Opportunity' campaign

Political Tweeter of the Year
Sponsored by
The winner will be decided 'live' via interactive voting on the night.

Kerry McCarthy MP @KerryMP	John Rentoul @JohnRentoul	Mark Pack @markpack

Consultant of the Year

Ben Stafford Cicero Consulting	Kevin Craig PLMR	Terry McErlane Resolute Public Affairs

Party Conference Innovation 2011
The winner will be decided 'live' via interactive voting on the night.

Who Wants to Save a Million? Institution of Occupational Safety and Health	The London Lounge iNHouse PR	The Open Road Party Conference Running Club Open Road	Whizz-Kidz MP interviews Whizz-Kidz