The BPMA Awards 25th January 2023: celebrating our industry winners!

Congratulations to all BPMA Award winners who were recognised at the Annual Awards Dinner this January, hosted at CBS Arena in Coventry. 

Starting the evening with a drinks reception, fresh from Day 1 of Merchandise World guests from across the promotional merchandise industry gathered to catch up with friends and colleagues. Gathering for the drinks reception, guests were provided with a further reminder of the BPMA Product Awards which were announced earlier in January across fourteen categories from suppliers.

The BPMA Awards are awarded to member suppliers and distributors following a vote placed by each member. In addition, several categories were available for members to enter their marketing campaigns and celebrate the best of British with the Briman Award.

The BPMA would like to say a very special thanks to our generous sponsors and event supporters. The category sponsors were Geiger, Preseli, DTB, PF Concept, Bic Graphics, Promo Collection, Victorinox and BRIMAN group. WCM+A generously provided the trophies and the BPMA Recognition trophy by Laser Crystal. Melt in the mouth chocolates at the dinner were supplied by The Sweet People.

Hosting the event, BPMA Chairman Haydn Willetts kicked off the evening with his thanks to all attending to get the evening off to a roaring start. The first category up was Supplier of the Year up to £2m, the finalists were The USB Group, Bio Laboratories and Desktop Ideas with Bio Laboratories landing the winning vote for this category. Next up was Supplier of the Year £2m+ sponsored by Geiger, with a strong line up of finalists: Laltex Group, XD Connects and WCM+A with Laltex Group scooping this Award.

The next Awards focused on Distributors and this year, more turnover categories were recognised. Distributor of the Year up to £250k, sponsored by Promo Collection,  had finalists Zippy Promos, ETC. Branding and AA Promotional Products on the edge of their seats. Zippy Promos landed this first distributor award. Distributor of the Year £250k-£500k, sponsored by Victorinox, contenders Beeline Promotional Products, TSF Branded and Manic Merchandise with Manic Merchandise winning this category. Sponsored by Preseli, Distributor of the Year £500k-£1m finalists were Cyan Group, Navillus and Project Merchandise with Navillus taking the award home. Distributor of the Year £1m-£2m – sponsored by PF Concept, hailed finalists One Stop Promotions Ltd, GoPromotional and Bounce Creative Designs. Bounce Creative Design jumped on stage to accept their Award for this category.

Taking a short pause for dinner, the room was buzzing with excitement for the final awards of the evening including the long awaited Product Awards Grand Prix and BPMA Recognition Award. Bic Graphics, sponsoring the Distributor of the Year £2-5m category, were on stage as finalists Allwag Promotions, Premier, Land Pellacraft waited to hear who had won. Allwag Promotions landed this category to cheers and applause. With the final Distributor of the Year Award over £5m, sponsored by DTB, contenders Fluid, Total Merchandise and Brand Addition waited nervously for the gold envelope to reveal Fluid as this year’s winner.

The Distributor and Supplier Marketing Campaign of the Year Awards were next. Haydn Willetts shared the judge’s feedback before naming this year’s winner and talked of the innovation and inspiration from every entrant to this category. Judged by an independent marketing judging panel, The Distributor of the Year Marketing Campaign finalists were Fluid for their Festivals & Events Campaign, Vibrant Colour for their Master Your Merch Campaign and Geiger’s Geiger Green Live Campaign. Geiger took the award with their Geiger Green Campaign with an impressive work with long term strategy in mind. Judges also awarded Vibrant Colour’s entry Highly Commended.

The Supplier Marketing Campaign of the Year saw three finalist entries from WCM+A for their Sustainable British Manufacturing Campaign, The Outdoors Company with their Take A Stand, Source Responsibly Campaign and Kingly’s Inspirational Stories Campaign. The winner of this category was WCM+A’s Sustainable British Manufacturing campaign for their excellent work during 2022, driving exceptional results, new clients, and revenues. Kingly also received Highly Commended from our judging panel.

The BRIMAN Award was a further opportunity for distributors to show off the best of British. Judged by BRIMAN members looking for distributor members who had promoted British made and finished promotional products. Premier Print & Promotions walked away with this Brit-centric accolade from the BRIMAN members.

The Product Awards Grand Prix was also awarded at the dinner. A new addition to the Product Awards line up; the Grand Prix was awarded at the final judging panel and selected from all Platinum Product Award winners. Juniper Product’s Wellness Journal was voted Grand Prix winner by the panel and a delighted team received the award to a huge round of applause.

Last award of the evening was the BPMA Recognition Award. The BPMA Board decided to start a new tradition this year, recognising outstanding contributors to our industry. The person selected for this year’s BPMA Recoginition Award with Andrew Hill who has for many years gone above and beyond, making sure the reputation and position of the industry is upheld.

The evening concluded with conversation, music, dancing and fun and whilst we are sure there are few sore heads for Day 2 of Merchandise World, this fantastic event marked the return to business as usual.

 

Photographs from the event

Please click here to view the gallery of photographs and key winner images of the event, to download a single image, click the link, then click on an image, then select download from the 3 little dots in the top right. These are available for all press and PR use. If you have any queries on the use of images or photographer credits, please get in touch via events@bpma.co.uk.

Winners List 

Supplier of the Year up to £2m

Winner: Bio Laboratories

 

Supplier of the Year £2m+, sponsored by Geiger

Winner: Laltex Group

Distributor of the Year up to £250k, sponsored by Promo Collection

Winner: Zippy Promos

Distributor of the Year up to £250k-£500k, sponsored byVictorinox

Winner: Manic Merchandise

Distributor of the Year up to £500k-£1m, sponsored by Preseli

Winner: Navillus Print Gifts

Distributor of the Year up to £1m-£2m, sponsored by PF Concept

Winner: Bounce Creative Design

Distributor of the Year up to £2m-£5m, sponsored by Bic Graphic

Winner: Allwag Promotions

Distributor of the Year up to £5m+, sponsored by DTB

Winner: Fluid Branding

Distributor Marketing Campaign of the Year

Winner: Geiger – Geiger Green Live Campaign

Supplier Marketing Campaign of the Year

Winner: WCM+A – Sustainable British Manufacturing Campaign

BRIMAN Award

Winner: Premier Print & Promotions

Product Awards – Grand Prix

Winner: Juniper’s Wellness Journal

BPMA Recogition Award

Winner: Andrew Hill

The BPMA would like to thank everyone who attended and supported this event and we look forward to sharing more images of this event as they become available.
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