More than 1,000 guests from across the magazine publishing industry gathered for the 30th anniversary of the event, which celebrates editorial and publishing excellence in the consumer magazines and business media sector. The awards were hosted by comedian Sean Lock who handed out a total of 22 awards on the night.
Barry McIlheney, chief executive of the PPA, said: “The PPA Awards are the pinnacle of the magazine industry calendar and tonight’s event was no exception, providing a showcase for the phenomenal talent within the UK magazine sector.
“With a greater number of entries than last year our congratulations go to all those who made it to the shortlist. However, special praise must be reserved for the winners who stood out from an exceptional crowd.”
Full list of winners of The PPA Awards 2010:
Designer Of The Year (Business Media) sponsored by Circdata
Violetta Boxill & Cecilia Lindgren, The Architectural Review, emap
Designer Of The Year (Consumer Magazines) sponsored by White Space Productions
Andrew Diprose, Wired, The Condé Nast Publications
Writer Of The Year (Business Media) sponsored by Informa
Sarah Richardson, Building, UBM Built Environment
Writer Of The Year (Consumer Magazines) sponsored by Pitney Bowes International Mail Services UK
Rachel Cooke, Esquire, National Magazine Company
Columnist Of The Year (Business Media) sponsored by CDS Global
Ruth Mortimer, Marketing Week, Centaur Media
Columnist Of The Year (Consumer Magazines) sponsored by Media C2C
Michael Hodges, Time Out, Time Out
Publisher Of The Year (Business Media) sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland
Edward Dimbylow, XpertHR.co.uk, Personnel Today & Personneltoday.com, Reed Business Information
Publisher Of The Year (Consumer Magazines) sponsored by Wiggin
WINNER: Julie Lavington, Look, IPC Media
HIGHLY COMMENDED:
Kathy Day, Radio Times, BBC Magazines
Publisher Of The Year (Annual Turnover Under £7 Million) sponsored by Pensord
Adam Williams, Accounting & Business UK, ACCA
Business Web Service Of The Year sponsored by YUDU Media
TES Connect (TES.co.uk), TSL Education
Consumer Website Of The Year sponsored by Dovetail Services
NME.com, IPC Media
Editorial Campaign Of The Year sponsored by Royal Mail
Go Shopping Neutral, Grazia, Bauer Media
Editor Of The Year (Business Media) sponsored by Polestar UK Print
Stuart Macdonald, Inside Housing, Ocean Media Group
Editor Of The Year (Consumer Magazines) sponsored by Dennis Publishing
Morgan Rees, Men’s Health, NatMag-Rodale
International Consumer Magazine Of The Year sponsored by Air Business
Time Out, Time Out
Monthly Business Magazine Of The Year sponsored by dsb.net
Restaurant, William Reed Business Media
Specialist Consumer Magazine Of The Year sponsored by Precision Colour Printing
Cycling Plus, Future Publishing
Weekly Business Magazine Of The Year sponsored by ABC
Farmers Weekly, Reed Business Information
Customer Magazine Of The Year sponsored by Sappi
Land Rover Onelife, Land Rover, Redwood
Consumer Magazine Of The Year sponsored by COMAG
Empire, Bauer Media
Business Media Brand Of The Year sponsored by Quadrant Subscription Services
Health Service Journal, emap inform
Consumer Media Brand Of The Year sponsored by Menzies Marketing Services
BBC Good Food, BBC Worldwide
About the PPA
The PPA says: “The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) protects and promotes the interests of print and online publishers of consumer and business media in the UK. The PPA has around 200 publishing companies in its membership, which collectively produce more than 2,500 consumer and business magazines and journals as well as digital media, data products and events.”
