We have been the authors of many successful industry award bids with an exceptional track record of 100% shortlisting or winning bids. Here are a selection of highlights:
AWARD/BIDS WRITTEN:
CIPR Excellence Awards 2025
Event category – LeedsBID
Winner TBC – 2 July 2025
West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2025
Eight finalists selected – Bradford College
Winners TBC – 1 May 2025
AoC Beacon Awards 2024
The Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning – Bradford College
The Bell Foundation Award for Excellence in ESOL – Bradford College
Winner/Finalists
Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards 2024
Event of the Year – LeedsBID
Finalists
The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024
Best Medium Organisation Category – Cogent Skills
Winner
Educate North Awards 2023
Student Experience Award (FE/HE) – Bradford College
Music & Performing Arts – Bradford College
Winners
Educate North Awards 2022
Innovation Award – XPLOR/Backstage Academy
Winners
The Negotiator Awards 2021
Regional: East & West Midlands Agency of the Year – Buckley Brown Estate Agents
Medium Estate Agency of the Year – Buckley Brown Estate Agents
Gold Winner (both categories)
Educate North Awards 2020
Employer Engagement Award (FE/HE Sector) – Backstage Academy
Student Experience Award (FE/HE Sector) – Backstage Academy
Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Adrian Brooks / Backstage Academy
Winners (all three categories)
AoC Beacon Awards 2019/2020
City & Guilds Award for College Engagement with Employers – Bradford College
Finalist
Northern Digital Awards 2020
Best Digital Marketing Campaign in Public Services – Bradford College
Finalist
CIPR Excellence Awards 2019
Leeds City of the Piano Campaign – Leeds International Piano Competition / University of Leeds / LeedsBID
Finalist
Corfu Symposium 2019 / The Institute of Place Management
Leeds International Festival – LeedsBID
Paper selected for presentation at the Corfu International Symposium, May 2019
Educate North Awards 2019
Business/Industry Collaboration (FE/HE Sector) – Backstage Academy
Winner
Times Education Supplement (FE) Awards 2019
Professional Services Team of the Year – Bradford College
Finalist
Leeds Architecture Awards 2019
Public Realm & Landscape Design – East Street Arts / LeedsBID
Winner
International Downtown Association (IDA) Achievement Awards (Texas) 2018
Events & Programming – Leeds International Festival/LeedsBID
Winner – Excellence Award
Businesses Against Crime in Leeds (BACIL) Awards 2018
Outstanding Partner to BACIL – LeedsBID
Finalist
Association of Town & City Management Excellence Awards 2018
Best Digital High Street Scheme – LeedsBoost/LeedsBID
Highly Commended
National Planning Awards 2018
Best Use of Arts, Culture or Sport in Placemaking – LeedsBID/East Street Arts
Winner
Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Awards 2018
Innovation in Not-For-Profit / Public Sector Category – Bradford College
Finalist
PRWeek ‘Decade of Achievement’
Best Internal Communications Digital / Social Campaign of the Decade Award (2014) Winner
Queen’s Anniversary Prizes Submission
Leeds City College entry (2013)
Shortlisted
CIPR Inside Awards
‘Best Intranet’ category of Internal Communications Awards (2013)
Finalist
UK Events Awards
‘Best Educational Event’ and ‘Best In-House Event’ joint submission bid (2012)
Finalist
Heist Awards
Best Integrated Campaign & Team Award submissions (2012)
Silver Award
‘Best Integrated Campaign’ and ‘Marketing Team’ awards (2009)
Double Gold Awards
Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Awards
‘Public Sector – Education’ category (2012)
Finalist
Education Copywriter 