Both companies are represented in five of the 11 awards categories. The complete shortlist is shown below.
Judging of this year’s Independent Publisher Awards took place on November 2, when 25 magazine industry experts gathered at PPA to select the finalists and winners from more than 100 entries.
Now in their sixth year, the Independent Publisher Awards recognise and reward independent publishers with a turnover of £7 million or below.
The awards will be presented by James Caan of BBC’s Dragons’ Den at a lunchtime ceremony at Vinopolis on London's South Bank on Tuesday, December 1.
The event, supported by IPAC Strategic Partner Pensord, will be preceded by a Question Time style debate, moderated by journalist and commentator Guy Browning, that will feature leading figures from across the media industry, including Mark Frith, editor of Time Out, and Rob Grimshaw, managing director of FT.com.
Clive Foskett of Signature Publishing, chairman of PPA’s Independent Publishers Advisory Council (IPAC), said: “Winning - or even being shortlisted - is a great achievement and confers tremendous prestige on a title as well as on the individual nominated.”
For more information on the Independent Publisher Awards 2009 visit www.independentpublisherawards.co.uk.
BRAND EXTENSION OF THE YEAR
Athletics Weekly, Descartes Publishing
B2B Marketing, B2B Marketing
HFMWeek, Pageant Media
Food and Travel, Green Pea Publishing
Procurement Leaders, Sigaria
LAUNCH / RELAUNCH OF THE YEAR
B2B Marketing, B2B Marketing
Communicate Magazine, Cravenhill Publishing
HFMWeek, Pageant Media
Morrisons Magazine online, Result Customer Communications
New Start, New Start Publishing
Procurement Leaders, Sigaria
ONLINE BRAND OF THE YEAR
Clash Magazine, Clash Magazine
The Moodie Report, Moodie International
Total Telecom online, Terrapinn Holdings
THE INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Tilly Boulter, Think Publishing
Angela Dukes, Green Pea Publishing
Janet Levin, Renaissance Publishing
Kelly McCarthy-Maine, Signature Publishing
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Jeff Cooper, Boxout
Chris Deacon, ShortList Media
Angela Dukes, Green Pea Publishing
John Rooney, IET
Tonia Shuttleworth, Result Customer Communications
Jes Stanfield, Think Publishing
EDITOR OF THE YEAR
Heather Greig-Smith, Athene Publishing
Austin Macauley, New Start Publishing
David Rae, Sigaria
Janet Rising, Signature Publishing
Gwyn Roberts, Pageant Media
Charlotte Swift, Green Pea Publishing
Terri White, ShortList Media
BUSINESS MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
B2B Marketing, B2B Marketing
Credit Today, Athene Publishing
HFMWeek, Pageant Media
Procurement Leaders, Sigaria
Retail Newsagent, Newtrade Publishing
CONSUMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
Go Belfast, Penton Publications
Horse&Rider, Signature Publishing
ShortList, ShortList Media
Spear's, Spear's Magazine
CUSTOMER MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
BEER, Think Publishing
Discover NLS, Think Scotland
Ethos, Sunday
IKEA FAMILY Live, August Media
Morrisons Magazine, Result Customer Communications
TEAM OF THE YEAR
New Start staff team, New Start Publishing
ShortList Commercial Team, ShortList Media
Signature Publishing Advertising Team, Signature Publishing
Stream Publishing, Stream Publishing
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Green Pea Publishing
Moodie International
Pageant Media
Penton Publications
Think Publishing