Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog has been recognised as best Corporate and Business Communicator by the CIPR. This follows recent wins at the Fresh Awards and the accolade of a spot in PRWeek’s Top 150.

Man Bites Dog collected the award for Corporate and Business Communications for its Cost Boomerang campaign at the CIPR Excellence Awards at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

The judges commended the team for their combination of business understanding and communications expertise demonstrated by The Cost Boomerang campaign for KPMG.

Claire Mason, founder and managing director of Man Bites Dog, comments: “It’s a real honour to take home such a prestigious award and a wonderful acknowledgement of the teams’ hard work on this campaign. Man Bites Dog lives and breathes Corporate and Business Communications, so this award means a lot to us.”

The CIPR Excellence Awards were presented by the PR profession’s Chartered body at an annual event in London last night.

For more information and the full results please see here.

Multi award-winning B2B PR consultancy, Man Bites Dog, has been shortlisted in two categories of the CIPR Excellence Awards 2012.

Man Bites Dog has been nominated in the ‘Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy’ category, which recognises excellence and best practice in the PR profession.

In addition, Man Bites Dog is shortlisted in the ‘Corporate & Business Communications’ category for its Cost Boomerang campaign for KPMG.

Claire Mason, Founder and Managing Director of Man Bites Dog, said: “After winning a string of agency and campaign awards last year, we’re thrilled to be shortlisted for the prestigious CIPR awards alongside the cream of the UK’s communications industry.”

Jane Wilson, CEO of the CIPR, said: “To make the CIPR Excellence Awards shortlist is a statement of achievement for any individual or organisation. The sheer number of high quality entries received this year, especially when things are still pretty tough out there economically, is testament to a thriving industry. There really is no greater recognition of professionalism, creativity and hard work than to reach the final stages of the Excellence Awards.”

The winners of this year’s Excellence Awards will be announced at a black tie dinner at London’s Park Lane Hilton on 28 May 2012.

Consultancy Fetches Top Awards at CIPR and PRCA Award Ceremonies

Multi award-winning B2B PR consultancy Man Bites Dog has won the coveted Specialist Consultancy of the Year and Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy awards at the 2011 PRCA and CIPR Awards respectively.

Man Bites Dog also scooped Gold in the Corporate and Business Communications category at the CIPR Awards for a fourth year.

Claire Mason, Founder and Managing Director of Man Bites Dog, said: “We are proud and honoured to be recognised as PRCA’s Specialist Consultancy of the Year – it means so much to be recognised by our peers.

“Winning CIPR Outstanding Consultancy for a second time is a real testament to our team’s incredible hard work and commitment.”

PRCA Chief Executive Francis Ingham praised the “incredible talent” of those picking up awards.

CIPR praised Man Bites Dog’s “distinctive profile, excellent financial performance and solid growth in a difficult climate,” describing Man Bites Dog’s new business performance as “stunning” and praising the consultancy’s happy culture.

Commenting on Man Bites Dog’s winning Corporate and Business campaign for KPMG, the judges praised the team’s “strong strategy, outputs and outcomes” delivering “differentiation in this highly contested market place”.

Jane Wilson, CIPR CEO, said: “The CIPR PRide Awards represent the best, most creative and most effective public relations work across the UK and to win an award is a great achievement.”

Man Bites Dog has scooped three CIPR PRide awards for its Waking Up To China campaign on behalf of global management consultancy, Hay Group.

The campaign was awarded a Gold in the Business and Trade category and Silver awards in the Corporate Communications and Media Relations categories.

The judges praised Waking Up To China as “a top-quality campaign which added considerable value to its client. The client was re-positioned as a major player in its market, via an imaginative PR campaign.”

The judges commented: “This research-based positioning and awareness campaign for Hay Group was well planned and achieved impressive results, effectively shifting opinion and meeting its objectives. This included quality coverage in international business media. The programme generated more than a hundred business enquires and opened a new business stream for the client.