Here are all the pictures from last night’s Prolific North Champions Awards 2026, as hundreds of people from across the sector joined us at The Point, Emirates Old Trafford.
One of the biggest nights in the industry calendar, the awards celebrate the best of the region.
Congratulations to our finalists, highly commended entries, and of course this year’s winners. A huge thank you to our judges, whose expertise and insight underpin the integrity of these awards, and to our category sponsors – BIG Partnership, Colony, Edison Media, Glaisyers, HUB, Brand XYZ and Synergist – for their continued support.
This year’s judging panel brought together senior leaders from across industry, spanning brands, agencies, media owners and academia. They included Amy Jones (Warburtons), Jason Neale (Agency Works), Dom Dwight (ex-Yorkshire Tea & Taylors of Harrogate), Jamie Learmont (Waypoint), Mark Camp (Propello Cloud), Jodie Howe (Edison Media), Joel Bransfield (BIG Partnership), Emma Hughes (Pharmacy2U), Nickii Gray (IMA/The Midnight Club), Caroline Anderson (Virgin Red), Helen Potter (Kellogg’s), Holly Davies (Access Creative), Naomi Horan (CLOUD NINE), Fergal O’Connor (Buymedia), Data Adamia (GMCA), Mark Kuhillow (Trimontium), Richard Walker (Mustard Research), Professor Kirsty Fairclough (Manchester Metropolitan University), Arafa Heneghan (AO Retail), Marianna Kritikos (Hearst Networks EMEA), Mirage Islam (University of Salford), Mike Jeffs (Hark by SolarEdge), Ben Davies (PXN Ventures) and Andrew Diggle (Formula 1).
Photographs are by Carl Sukonik, The Vain.
