The Prolific North Champions Awards 2025: The Winners

Today, we can finally reveal the winners of the 13th annual Prolific North Champions Awards!

Last night, during a live ceremony hosted at The Point, Emirates Old Trafford – Lancashire Cricket Club, dozens of trophies were presented to some very deserving winners across the North’s creative, tech, media and digital sectors.

This flagship awards event celebrates the top teams, innovative companies, remarkable campaigns and influential people all making their mark across the region.

It was a night to remember, hosted by seasoned broadcaster Andy Crane, and current host of The Late Show on Greatest Hits Radio. After a drinks reception and dinner, the winners were finally unveiled. The drinks were flowing and celebrations came to an end following some entertainment over on the dancefloor.

Congratulations to our finalists, highly commended entries, and of course the winners! And very special thanks to this year’s judging panel, plus the sponsors who helped make these awards a reality – headline partner Paprika Software, Access Industry, Glaisyers, Colony, SBS, Creative Coalition, BuyMedia, The Eastern Blok, Edison Media, Embryo, HUB, and Sun Branding.

Check out the best pictures from the night here…

The Prolific North Champions Awards 2025: The Winners

Independent Agency of the Year – Medium: Engage Interactive

Sponsored by Glaisyers

Also nominated:

• Cornerstone DM
• Drummond Central
• Evoluted
• Tangent

Independent Agency of the Year – Small: Bonded Agency

Sponsored by Glaisyers

Also nominated:

• Bottled Imagination
• Edison Media
• List & Found
• OnyxPDA
• Unhooked Communications

Integrated Agency of the Year: Bonded Agency

Sponsored by Paprika Software

Also nominated:

• Campfire
• Cock-a-doodle-doo Communications
• Cornerstone DM
• Evoluted
• Jaywing
• MadeBrave

PR Agency of the Year: Bottled Imagination

Highly commended: Smoking Gun

Also nominated:

• Agent42
• Brazen
• Unhooked Communications

Digital Agency of the Year – Small: List & Found

Sponsored by Colony

Also nominated:

• Phantom Digital
• Pixelbuilders
• Quirky Digital
• Ryze Agency

Digital Agency of the Year – Medium: Engage Interactive

Sponsored by SBS

Also nominated:

• Agent42
• Evoluted
• House Digital
• Pharmacy Mentor

Digital Agency of the Year – Large: Answer Digital

Sponsored by SBS

Also nominated:

• CDS
• Tangent

Creative Studio of the Year: Drummond Central

Sponsored by Creative Coalition

Also nominated:

• TXTURED

Production Company of the Year: MillK – The Film Content Company

Sponsored by Access Industry

Also nominated:

• Propack Direct Mail Ltd
• Sam Teale Productions

New Agency to Watch: adam+gary

Sponsored by Paprika Software

Highly commended: Yasper

Also nominated: 

• Beyond Echo PR
• Cairn
• Co-op Media Network
• EDGEY
• Oceros
• PEAK
• The Digital Lighthouse

B2C Marketing Campaign of the Year: Evoluted & Puckstop – Pucking Great Results!

Sponsored by BuyMedia 

Also nominated:

• Bradford BID – Bradford Open for Business
• Calderdale College – Great Career, Right Here
• Calderdale College – Launching a game-changing campus
• Emporia Marketing & Bellissima – Celebrates Golden Campaign for Bellissima
• First Internet & Black Brick – Prestige Relocation
• iMP & Grind – Cool & Canned
• Pharmacy Mentor & Raylane Pharmacy Group
• Sam Teale Productions – The Last Gift
• Spike & Quickline – Rethinking Lead Generation for Rural Broadband

B2C Marketing Campaign of the Year – Medium: Opera North – Opera that’s right up your street

Sponsored by BuyMedia

Also nominated:

• Bottled Imagination & Protein Works – Facts, Flavour, and Fresh New Headlines
• Campfire & Quorn – Nacho Nuggets #CraveTheCrunch
• Edison Media & The University of Derby – Over 1400% ROI
• Modo25 & Natural Baby Shower – Double-digit growth over Peak 2024
• Live & Breathe & Real Techniques – Our Tools. Your Way
• Powerhouse & Alchemy Media – Squeezing Success for Primula
• SpaMedica – The Choice is Clear 

B2C Marketing Campaign of the Year – Large: Drummond Central & Fentimans – Introducing ’Fentiman’

Sponsored by BuyMedia

Highly commended: Workhouse & Interfloor – The Tredaire-nauts

Also nominated:

• BIG Partnership & Morris Homes – Moving with Morris
• Bupa – Inside Health
• Bupa, Teamspirit & MillK – Break Through and Be Heard
• Channel 4, Carat UK & Co-op Funeralcare – The Ultimate Celebrity Send Off
• Channel 4, Mail Metro Media, EssenceMediacom & Skipton Building Society – Helping the Nation Make Their Move
• Drummond Central & Greggs – Bag Some Joy

B2B Marketing Campaign of the Year: Bubble Design & Marketing Ltd & Polypipe Building Products – PolyPlumb Enhanced Launch

Sponsored by The Eastern Blok

Highly commended: Lesniak Swann & Polypipe Building Services – MecFlow Toughen Up!

Also nominated:

• EXP, James Cropper & Foilco – Sometimes It Is Black & White
• Lesniak Swann & JELD-WEN – Behind Every Doorset
• Lesniak Swann & KBR – CleanSPEND
• The Spirit of Manchester Distillery – Actually Made In

B2B PR Campaign of the Year: Unhooked Communications & Jewson – Making Better Homes Awards

Also nominated:

• Lesniak Swann & Finning UK and Ireland – Rebuild
• Lesniak Swann & Reynaers Aluminium – While others talk, we helped Reynaers to Act on ESG
• Smoking Gun & ESP Play – Playvolution
• Yasper – Placing our brand at the heart of political debate

B2C PR Campaign of the Year: Bottled Imagination & MedExpress UK – Come On You Blues

Also nominated:

• Brazen & Manchester Airport – Holiday: Mode Activated
• Channel 4 – Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
• Drummond Central, Hope & Glory & Greggs – Nigella at Christmas
• Influential & Merlin Entertainments – Harry’s Home
• Smoking Gun & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis Reborn: Back with a vengeance
• Unhooked Communications & Ultraframe – The only way is hup!
• Vega & Rank Interactive – Strictly First to Market

Not-for-Profit Campaign of the Year – In house: TfGM – Say Yellow Tranche Three

Also nominated:

• Aberfield Communications & Wakefield Council – Making 2024 Our Year for Wakefield
• Bradford BID – Bradford Open for Business
• North West Cancer Research & Influential – Block the sun, not the fun
• North West Cancer Research & Influential  – Remember when…

Not-for-Profit Campaign of the Year – Agency: Bonded Agency, Story & Fresh – Smoking Survivors

Highly commended: MadeBrave & Catherine McEwan Foundation – Shooting the Sh*t for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Also nominated:

• Cause UK & New Writing North – Talent is Classless
• Channel 4, EssenceMediaCom, McCann Leeds & Benenden Health – Time for Another Check-In
• Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust & AgencyGMR – Detecting EARLY Heart Failure in Greater Manchester
• Hitch Marketing & Wirral Council – Breathe Better
• Start Communication & Fourth Day – The Ethical Supply Chain Program: A 20-Year Brand Evolution

E-commerce/retail campaign of the year: Bonded Agency & Primal Strength – Supercharging Retail Growth with Data-Driven Innovation

Also nominated:

• B2 Agency’s & TJ Hughes – Specialised Strategy Fuels a 73.2% Revenue Surge
• Drummond Central & Greggs – Bag Some Joy the Gameshow
• Evoluted & Puckstop – Pucking Great Results!
• LS Eleven Media Services x Ab InBev, Budweiser: Bringing it home for Asda customers at the 2024 Euros
• Superfly Marketing & Surprise Shirts

Social Impact Campaign of the Year: Maxwellia & Evana – Not all periods are equal

Sponsored by Edison Media

Highly commended: Sam Teale Productions – Knives Claim Lives

Also nominated:

• Bubble Design & Marketing Ltd & Polypipe Building Products – Education Campaign
• Fishtank Agency & Stripes, The West Yorkshire ADHD Charity – Purpose Over Profit
• The Cumberland Building Society & Intro PR – Kinder Kind Of Kitchen
• Transport for Greater Manchester – It’s Your Move

Web Development Project of the Year: Evoluted & Bauer 

Highly commended: Ryze Agency & Ford M-Sport Raptor 

Also nominated:

• First Internet & iHasco 
• Fly High Media & WePrescribe 
• IDHL & Hachette Learning
• Pixelbuilders & The QHotels Collection
• Skipton Building Society 

Best Brand Activation: Edison Media & Under Armour & JD Sports – Here to Win with Paddy the Baddy

Also nominated:

• Channel 4 – The Piano’s Big Piano
• Emporia Marketing & Bellissima – Emporia Celebrates Golden Campaign for Bellissima
• Influential & Merlin Entertainments – Harry’s Home
• MadeBrave & First Bus – Fare’s Fair
• Propel PR & The Ivy Liverpool Brasserie – The Opening
• Smoking Gun & Alton Towers Resort – Nemesis Reborn: Back with a vengeance
• You Platforms Ltd & First Bus West Yorkshire – TOTO Games

Best Use of Emerging Technologies: Jaywing – Leading the way in AI-driven marketing innovation

Also nominated:

• Picture Lock Films & Edmundson Electrical

Tech for Good: Pharmacy2U & PocDoc – Healthy Heart Study

Highly commended: SimAnalytica Ltd & West Yorkshire Combined Authority – Transforming Bus Performance with Data and AI

Also nominated:

• Boshhh Mobile – Driving financial equality for those who need it most
• Connect Internet Solutions Ltd & Homes England – Intranet
• ExR Education – Accessible VR Training to Support the NHS
• Lhasa Limited – Advancing chemical safety assessments through non-animal testing
• Numodo – Raising a Dram to Sustainability

Tech Platform of the Year: Salesfire – Salesfire AI

Also nominated:

• ASK BOSCO® – AI reporting, forecasting and benchmarking
• Campfire – SPARK

Innovation Champion: Maxwellia – Not all periods are equal

Also nominated:

• Jaywing – Leading the way in AI-driven marketing innovation
• Pharmacy Mentor – The Ultimate Pharmacy Website (UPW)

Workplace Culture Champion: Lhasa Limited

Also nominated:

• CRAFTD
• Edison Media
• Superfly Marketing Ltd

International Success Award: Sun Branding

Sponsored by Embryo

Also nominated:

• Edison Media
• Fishtank Agency & Magnera
• Tangent

Best Client Services Team: Cast Can

Also nominated:

• Agent42
• LS Eleven Media Services
• Real Return Marketing
• Sun Branding

Best In-House Marketing Team: The Cumberland Building Society

Sponsored by HUB

Also nominated:

• Leasing.com
• Polypipe Building Products
• The Spirit of Manchester Distillery
• Transport for Greater Manchester

Prolific Leader of the Year: Anna Maxwell – Maxwellia Limited

Also nominated:

• Aaron Saxton – UA92
• Bethan Vincent – Open Velocity
• Damien Fisher – Fishtank Agency
• David Wadsworth – Cornerstone DM
• Lewis Norwood – Pharmacy Mentor
• Nicola Orrell – Edison Media
• Nina Webb – Brazen

Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Matt Pyke – Fly High Media

Also nominated:

• Oliver Hodgson – Platinum Live
• Olivia Mae Hanlon – Girls in Marketing
• Sam Teale – Sam Teale Productions
• Tom Chandler – The Digital Lighthouse

Prolific Rising Star of the Year (under 30): Olivia Mae Hanlon – Girls in Marketing

Sponsored by Sun Branding

Highly commended: Tom Chandler – The Digital Lighthouse

Also nominated: 

• Calum Higginbottom – Cast Can
• Chukwuebuka Ihueze – Podfather
• Ellice Eadie – AO Arena
• Hattie Gibson – Fearless Adventures Academy Ltd
• Katy Emmett – Mighty Dub Fest
• Meg Lowery – Havas Lynx
• Oliver Hodgson – Platinum Live
• Rebecca Downey – Robinsons Brewery

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