Congratulations to our 2023 UK Digital Excellence Awards finalists.
B2B WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
blubolt eCommerce – blubolt.com
Octopus Group & ChartHop – ChartHop.com
B2C WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
All human & Fáilte Ireland – Discoverireland.ie
Rainy City Agency & Darts Corner – dartscorner.co.uk
ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
AYKO Digital Ltd – Ribble Cycles
Rainy City Agency & Lee Stafford – leestafford.com
The Bottle Club – thebottleclub.com
TRAVEL & LEISURE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
PUBLIC SECTOR / NOT FOR PROFIT / CHARITY WEBSITE OF THE YEAR
Hallam & Rainbows Hospice – A New Site for Staff, Service Users and Supporters Alike
Rocketmakers and Hearts & Minds Partnership
PPC CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B
BrightBid & Moneypenny – Smart blend of human insight and AI to drive a 21% increase in Return on Advertising Spend and 29% reduction in Cost per Lead in Google Search for Moneypenny
TMI & LSEG – Doing More with Less at a Global Scale
PPC CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C
Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad – A Hot Partnership
Anything is Possible and Higher Ed Partners: Making trends happen across PPC
AYKO Digital Ltd – Direct Vacuums – Performance Max
Global Search Marketing & Micro Scooters – Taking Performance to the Max
Laser Red & Solar Power NI – Solar Panels
Spark Foundry & Asda – Location, Automation, Personalisation
Spark Foundry & Clarins – Tackling the Menopause Taboo
The SEO Works & Jessops – Picture Perfect Results
Venture Stream & Direct 4 Baby – Using Product Margin Data To Scale Google Ads
Venture Stream & The Panel Company – Monumental Growth Through Google Ads
WeDiscover & DirectlyApply – Using Hexagonal Plotting and Dynamic Inventories to Increase Revenue by 84%
INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B
Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark
Shooting Star & Coveris – The Coveris Challenge: Showcasing an International Brand at Home.
The Think Tank & Asendia – Apparel and Beauty Campaign
The Think Tank & BSI – Promoting Standards
The Think Tank & IRIS Software Group – Time to Grow Campaign
Weknow Media Ltd. & Gurobi Optimization, LLC. – Demand Generation, Marketing and Webinar campaign
INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C
Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad – A Hot Partnership
CHS and HSBC UK – How HSBC UK encouraged the nation to start investing
Click Consult & Chums – Sustained Growth After the Pandemic
Creative ideaz & Este Medical Group – Hair transplant Turkey
SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2B
accelerate agency & Dialpad – Dialing up Dialpad by 2,385%
AlgoRhythm & ANNA Money – On The Money with SEO taking on Xero and HMRC… easy, right?
FSE Digital and Horton & Garton
Merkle & Aggreko – Powering Cost Efficiencies Through Total Search
Tacomi & BMJ Careers – Recruitment Road to Recovery
Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong
SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR – B2C
Absolute Digital Media & QuidMarket – Conquering The Short Term Loan Market
AYKO Digital Ltd – G Johns – Site Strategy & Audit
Bird Marketing & Beyond Print – Bird and Beyond
GA Agency & Calzedonia Group – 12 Countries, 4 Brands: Skyrocketing SEO
Global Search Marketing & OlPro – Site Migration Troubleshooting
Spark Foundry & George at ASDA – A Story of SEO Success for Men’s Clothing
Yard Digital & Wealthify – Breaking Dad (and Mum)
ORGANIC CONTENT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Crafted & Eurotunnel – Keeping on the right track when the travel landscape changes.
Yard Digital & VisitScotland – Braw Beginnings
PAID CONTENT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
ORGANIC SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
8original & Babylon Park – Opening Babylon
Nonsensical – Urban Tandoor – Biggest Indian Restaurant on TikTok
Swwim Social & Jude’s – We All Scream for Ice Cream
PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
8original & Finding Abraham – Finding Abraham: The Film
Hallam & Lattice – Testing for growth, building for success
Noise Media & TaskRabbit – #DDIY – Don’t do it yourself
Nonsensical – CarCloud – Paid TikTok
BEST USE OF FACEBOOK / INSTAGRAM
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
BEST DIGITAL PR CAMPAIGN
Receptional & Casumo – Creativity Builds a Casino Brand with Female Consumers
Richmond & Towers and Alpro – RoyalTEA for National Tea Day
The Bottle Club x JBH – Espresso Martini Taste Tester Campaign
Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong
BEST AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN
Brandnation & Columbia Sportswear – The Hike Society’s Annual General Hike
Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark
Mark Brown – Buckle & Band – TikTok Campaign 0 to 1 Million views
Shooting Star & Coveris – The Coveris Challenge: Showcasing an International Brand at Home.
Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong
BEST OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
accelerate agency & Dialpad – Dialing up Dialpad by 2,385%
Yard Digital & VisitScotland – Braw Beginnings
Yard Digital & Wealthify – Breaking Dad (and Mum)
BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN
The SEO Works & UKSKIN – Achieving SKINcredible results
TLMT® & Essex Garden Studios – SEO Campaign
Venture Stream & Aquacadabra – Generating Profit From Google Shopping
Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong
BEST CHARITY / NOT FOR PROFIT CAMPAIGN
CPOPC – #elaeiswomen for our smallholders
Crafted, borne & the Mental Health Foundation – Letting 7.8 million people know they are not alone.
Shooting Star & Carers First – Lightening the Load for unpaid carers across the UK.
ROI CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Bird Marketing and Beyond Print (Bird and Beyond)
Creative ideaz & Este Medical Group – Hair transplant Turkey
Gravity Global & Embraer – The Tech Shark
Tacomi & BMJ Careers – Medical Job Board Makes Full Recovery & Healthy Growth
The Think Tank & Asendia – Apparel and Beauty Campaign
The Think Tank & IRIS Software Group – Time to Grow
Virgin Pure – Helping busy families reduce plastic waste
WeDiscover & TourRadar – Kickstarting Adventure Travel In 2022
BEST USE OF DATA
Adnami x Lumen – Best Use of Data
GlobalData – Chevron, Best Use of Data
Level 5 – Using Data to enhance security within the public sector
The Bottle Club
TMI & LSEG – Doing More with Less at a Global Scale
WeDiscover & Adelante Shoe Co. – Leveraging Cohort Maturity To Increase ROAS By 49%
Yard Digital – Just Plane Wrong
BEST USE OF PERSONALIZATION
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
BEST USE OF RESEARCH
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
BEST PLATFORM / TECHNOLOGY / TOOL
Babel PR – RUMA: AN ANALYSIS TOOL TO DELIVER TRUE INSIGHT
Bannerflow – an idea in the morning and powerful digital campaigns live by the afternoon
BrightBid – Revolutionary AI engine driving 52% improved performance in Google Search for B2B marketing teams
Canal & River Trust & Warwick University – Rate This Scene
impact.com’s – Partnership Cloud™
Quintessence – Pro Interactive Site Plan
Rocketmakers – Beam
Squared.io – Google Ads. Automated.
Theorem Inc
Virtualstock – The Virtualstock Platform
SOFTWARE INNOVATION AWARD
BrightBid – Revolutionary AI engine driving 52% improved performance in Google Search for B2B marketing teams
Level 5 – Development of digital services to support people and businesses during COVID-19
Talk Think Do – CodeNative
Rocketmakers – Orbit
Squared.io – Google Ads. Automated.
CONTENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
IN-HOUSE DIGITAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
The judges have decided not to release a shortlist in this category, the winner will be announced on Thursday 19 January 2023.
PPC AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Circus PPC Agency
SEO AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Absolute Digital Media
accelerate agency
Merkle
INTEGRATED DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR
Click Consult
Hallam
The Media Image
The SEO Works