2026 Shortlist

Congratulations to our 2026 Finalists

FINALIST ASSETS

STANDOUT B2B WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Candyspace & Cyncly

— cyncly.com

Rithum & The Graphic Standard

— Rithum Website Relaunch

STANDOUT B2C WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

bjm.digital & Healthy Smile Pharmacy

— healthysmilepharmacy.co.uk

Critical Mass

Impact Media & Country House Weddings

— Country House Weddings

LOCALiQ & Prestige Granite

— Prestige Granite Website

STANDOUT B2B ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Iconography & BM Steel

— www.bmsteel.co.uk

Imaginaire & Parkside Architectural Tiles

— Elevating Parkside Tiles with a custom Shopify store

STANDOUT B2C ECOMMERCE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad

— Stelrad.com

Candyspace & The Royal Mint

— royalmint.com

Evoluted & Waxman Ceramics

— Grout Expectations: Building A Premium Ecommerce Experience

WIRO & Kick Game

STANDOUT PUBLIC SECTOR / NOT-FOR-PROFIT / CHARITY WEBSITE OF THE YEAR

Christian Aid

— Digital Community Fundraising Platform

MSQ DX & Translink

— Pioneering the Future of Transport

RSPCA

— Transforming RSPCA's Digital Experiences

STANDOUT B2B SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Ink Digital & Connect

— Technical Migration & Organic Acceleration

STANDOUT B2C SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad

— Heating the Future of Search

Absolute Digital Media & SWAY Hair Extensions

— Styled to Rank High

Black Lab & Partou

— Building Discovery around intent organically

Brainz Digital & Hulken

— Hulken Bag

Digitaloft & Opera Beds

— Using SEO To Sell (Many) More Adjustable Beds

Digitaloft & Wander

— Getting Wander Found in the Searches that Shape Booking Decisions

Distinctly & Shoezone

— Organic Drives Online Revenue

Evoluted & Supplement Hub

— Supplementing Success, Sustaining Growth

RiseUp Agency & Masters of Mystery

— Building a Global Mystery Brand Through SEO

Serendipity & itsu grocery

— Category Leadership for gyoza, bao and healthy instant noodles

STANDOUT B2C PPC CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Accord Marketing & Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

— Cruising Smarter: AI Innovation Driving Summer Success

Evoluted & Outside

— Built for the Outdoors. Engineered for Growth.

Found & Newmarket Holidays

— The Incremental Growth Engine

Magnetize & Aura

— Setting a New Standard in Funeral Plan Lead Gen

One-Two Digital & eurochange

— Exchanging Investment For Impact

RiseUp Agency & Masters of Mystery

— The Global AI Fuelled Mystery Engine

STANDOUT INTEGRATED B2B CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Rithum

— From Chaos to Commerce

Simul Digital

— My Packaging

The Think Tank & Acron Aviation

— Innovating for Safer Skies Campaign

The Think Tank & Amadeus

— Save Yourself the Search Campaign

STANDOUT INTEGRATED B2C CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Absolute Digital Media & Stelrad

— Heating the Future of Search

Absolute Digital Media & SWAY Hair Extensions

— Styled to Rank High

Evoluted & Supplement Hub

— Supplementing Success, Sustaining Growth

LOCALiQ & Cut & Craft & Lucia

— Demand Growth for Premium Hospitality

Mabo & Factory Direct Flooring

— Closing the Loop: How Meta Supercharged PPC to Drive Record Sales

Propellernet & Inghams Lapland

— Driving High ROAS Through a Multi-Touchpoint Programmatic Strategy

PushON & P. Louise

— Scaling Beyond TikTok

SEC Newgate UK & Rosenblatt Law

— Winning

Wolfenden & Tiger

— Shed Loads of Growth Through SEO & PPC

STANDOUT PAID MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Found & The Hoxton

— The Summer Surge Strategy

Genesis & Blair’s Holiday Parks

— Enjoy More of the Good Stuff

Icatcha & INSÉRIF

— Driving profitable global growth in Q4 through data driven & creative paid strategy

Loom Digital & Infinity Motorcycles

— Summer Ride Out

One-Two Digital & Growth Society

— Stellar: Cooking up some Stellar Results

Propellernet & Inghams Lapland

— Driving High ROAS Through a Multi-Touchpoint Programmatic Strategy

PushON & P. Louise

— Scaling Beyond TikTok

Serendipity & itsu

— noodles worth loving

STANDOUT ORGANIC CONTENT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced at the award ceremony.

STANDOUT PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Barons Eden & Webleaf

— The perfect Blackout

Found & The Hoxton

— The Summer Surge Strategy

iCrossing & Visit Wales

— Feel the Hwyl: Paid Social That Turned Emotion into Demand

Nationwide & Wavemaker

— Students: Dominating Results Season Across Every Feed

SCREENSHOT Media & Wendy's UK

— Basildon Store Launch: Creator-Led Hyper-Local Redemption Campaign

STANDOUT PR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Distinctly & Shoezone

— Digital PR Drives Online Revenue

Jam & Raisin UK

— The Newsroom That Simplified Saving

LOCALiQ & The Devonshire Clinic

— The Expert-Led Skin Health Strategy

STANDOUT LOW BUDGET SEO CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Brainz Digital & Hulken

STANDOUT CHARITY / NOT-FOR-PROFIT CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Christian Aid

— Digital Christmas Appeal 2025: “No Crib for a Bed”

Gumpo & Amnesty International

— Charity PPC Campaign

NU Creative & Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice

— From That Moment Campaign

Propellernet & Dogs Trust

— Driving Sponsorship Growth & Efficiency Through Smarter Search

Stand and Access Social Care

— AccessAva

STANDOUT ROI CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

Digitaloft & Opera Beds

— Using SEO To Sell (Many) More Adjustable Beds

Digitaloft & Wander

— Getting Wander Found in the Searches that Shape Booking Decisions

Genesis & Blair’s Holiday Parks

— Enjoy More of the Good Stuff

Magnetize & Aura

— Setting a New Standard in Funeral Plan Lead Gen

One-Two Digital & Growth Society

— Stellar: A Sizzling ROI

Propellernet & Inghams Lapland

— Driving High ROAS Through a Multi-Touchpoint Programmatic Strategy

Ziggy & Canon Europe

— 88% More Pipeline, 7% More Budget

STANDOUT USE OF META

Curated & Milk & More

— Milk For Santa

Jam & Constance Hotels & Resorts

— From Polished to Personal: Reimagining Luxury for the Social Age

POD Studios & Tide

— Rapid fire testing for net new conversion lift

Wavemaker & RNIB

— Out of Sight, Impossible to Ignore

STANDOUT USE OF TIKTOK

Jam & Realbuzz

— Running Against the Odds: Building a Movement from Zero on TikTok

Jam & Worldwide Global Brands

— Appetite for Growth: The Challenger Brand Taking on the Giants

Wavemaker & Nationwide

— Fairer Share: Turning Finance into Feed First

STANDOUT USE OF INFLUENCER MARKETING

Growth Gorilla & WorldFirst

— Founder-Led Influencer Strategy with Grace Andrews

Hanover Communications & Pizza Hut

— The Afterzz

SCREENSHOT Media & Little Moons

— Chocolate Fudge UK Launch

STANDOUT USE OF AI

All human & Visit Dublin

— Winter in Dublin AI Inspiration Planner

Brainz Digital & Hulken

— Hulken Bag

Seventy7 & Wiberg’s

— Blending product photography with AI to amplify creativity on a budget

STANDOUT USE OF DATA

3 Sided Cube & Surfers Against Sewage

— Safer Seas and Rivers Service

All human & Power NI

— Transforming Help & Support to Drive Digital Self-Serve

Candyspace & Cyncly

— Building a data-driven growth engine

Lloyds Banking Group

— 2025 Consumer Digital Index: The Generative AI Edition Partners credit

Novi & Senior Stairlifts

— step-by-step

Reboot Online

— Closing authority gaps with data

RevLifter

— Intelligent offers for eCommerce

RiseUp Agency & Masters of Mystery

— Data Powered Global Mystery Growth

ScottishPower’s Power Saver

— Turning Smart Meter Data Insights into Customer Impact

Sky Creative & Sky Sports

— Automated real-time personalisation

VML Marketplaces & Colgate Palmolive UK

— How Colgate UK Turned Amazon Media into a Predictable Growth Engine

Ziggy & Canon

— How Strategic Data Analysis Transformed Canon's Pipeline

STANDOUT UX

Brandwidth & Uber Boat by Thames Clippers (UBTC)

— Journey App

WIRO & BlocOut

— Revolutionising the blind-buying experience

STANDOUT PLATFORM / TECHNOLOGY / TOOL

Filter Agency

— PersonalizeWP & Filter AI WordPress Plugins

Intelligent Mobile & Away Resorts

— Away Resorts App & Platform

miqo

Profitperclick.ai

— Redefining the meaning of PPC from Pay Per Click to Profit Per Click

Red Technology & Onsite Support

— tradeit ecommerce platform (B2B Ordering Portal)

Shoptimised

— Shop 3.0

Shorthand

Simul Digital

— Morf

Squared.io

— Redefining PPC success through Integrated AI

The Despatch Company

— Unified eCommerce Operations Platform (Helm, Voila & Neuro)

Tickaroo Live Coverage Software

STANDOUT APP

3 Sided Cube & Glastonbury Festival

— Official Glastonbury Festival App 2025 (powered by Vodafone, with Fuse)

Apadmi & iD Mobile

— The iD Mobile App

Brandwidth & Uber Boat by Thames Clippers (UBTC)

— Journey App

Intelligent Mobile & Away Resorts

— Away Resorts App & Platform

Miroma Project Factory & GoShorty

— GoShorty

SafeMemorials.

— Memorial Safety Inspection & Mapping Platform

The AA & Publicis Sapient

— The AA: Re-platformed App

SOFTWARE INNOVATION AWARD

GCD & Wilsons Auctions

— Gavel

Intelligent Mobile & Away Resorts

— Away Resorts App & Platform

Profitperclick.ai

— Redefining the meaning of PPC from Pay Per Click to Profit Per Click

Squared.io

— Redefining brand safety in PPC through Integrated AI

STANDOUT USE OF CONVERSION OPTIMISATION

Enjoy & Brompton Bicycles

— Turning Buyer Confidence into Conversion

WIRO & Oliver Brown London

— Visually

All human & Fáilte Ireland

— Non-Linear Conversion Optimisation Framework

STANDOUT AI SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Bank of England

— ChatBoE

Hybrid

— Intelligence Hub

Profitperclick.ai

— Redefining the meaning of PPC from Pay Per Click to Profit Per Click

Squared.io

— Redefining brand safety in PPC through Integrated AI

STANDOUT START-UP AGENCY OF THE YEAR

ADA MEDIA

Build and Bloom Management

Magnetize

STANDOUT CRO AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Actuate Digital

All human

WIRO

STANDOUT CONTENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Deadpan Agency

Sunday Treat

STANDOUT PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Indigo Pearl

Moonlight IQ

STANDOUT PAID MEDIA AGENCY OF THE YEAR

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced at the award ceremony.

STANDOUT SEO AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Brainz Digital

LOCALiQ UK

STANDOUT PPC AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Found PPC team

RiseUp Agency

STANDOUT SMALL INTEGRATED DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

Evoluted

Simul Digital

STANDOUT LARGE INTEGRATED DIGITAL AGENCY OF THE YEAR

There is no shortlist for the category, the winner will be announced at the award ceremony.

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Testimonials

Winning our first award would be a real milestone moment, and something we will always remember. It’s a great testament to the hard work and energy that the team has put into Hookflash since its inception, and something we’d add to our new office mantelpiece with pride!
Hook Flash

Knowing the joint effort behind the scenes that goes into each and every single piece of content that comes out of Spinnaker, and then seeing this validated with an award nomination, is hugely rewarding. A true recognition of the hard work of many strategists, creatives, producers and account handlers.
Spinnaker

Having this fantastic yet unusual project recognised by the UK Digital Excellence Awards means so much to us and Satellogic. Not only does it demonstrate the brilliant results that are possible if you apply the right strategy with the right creative, but it showcases how diverse digital advertising can be. It’s not just for the big retailers. Any business can thrive from it. We’d like to thank the UK Digital Excellence Awards for shortlisting us. We already feel like winners.
Fluid Ads

Team Flip are delighted that our all-in-one employee app has been shortlisted for Best Platform at the UK Digital Excellence Awards. This recognition is a real milestone in our ongoing journey as we scale Flip’s huge successes to the UK and beyond.
Flip

Being nominated for this prestigious award is a profound honour that highlights our team’s unwavering dedication to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in digital transformation. It serves as a powerful validation of our strategic vision to seamlessly integrate digital technologies across borders, making a tangible difference in the way businesses operate globally.
Hubpy.co

We’re honoured to have won ‘Agency of the Year’ at the UK Digital Excellence Award. To me, this achievement is a testament to the combined efforts of our incredible team to continue making Bind Media a fantastic place to grow your career and deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Bind Media

The entry process for the UK Digital Excellence Awards has been a seamless experience from start to finish. The team at Don’t Panic were helpful and responsive, making the entire process smooth and stress-free. The online entry portal was straightforward and intuitive, allowing us to submit our application with ease. Communication throughout has been clear, timely and professional – we always knew exactly what was needed and when. It’s been a really positive experience, and we’d highly recommend taking part to any organisation considering entering. Laurena McKenna PR and Communications Manager
Coats Digital

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