Excellence awards
The PPA Magazines 2008 awards for editorial and publishing excellence are dedicated to upholding and celebrating the highest standards in all aspects of magazine publishing. They represent a unique opportunity to gain industry recognition for the outstanding achievements of a publication or individual during the past 12 months.
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2008 winners
Consumer magazine of the year
Sponsored by: Comag
Grazia - Bauer London Lifestyle
Weekly business magazine of the year
Sponsored by: Deloitte
Legal Week - Incisive Media
Consumer media brand of the year
Sponsored by: CDS Global
NME - IPC Media
Business media brand of the year
Sponsored by: Optima
Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Monthly business magazine of the year
Sponsored by: Grant Thornton
Building Services Journal - CMP Information
Consumer specialist magazine of the year
Sponsored by: Jellyfish
Autocar - Haymarket Consumer Media
Customer magazine of the year
Sponsored by: M-real
ASOS.com - ASOS - Seven Squared
Interactive consumer magazine of the year
Sponsored by: Dovetail
newscientist.com - New Scientist - Reed Business Information
Business website of the year (Paid for)
Sponsored by: Lewis Silkin
workplacelaw.net - Workplace Law Magazine - Workplace Law Group
Business website of the year (Free access)
Sponsored by: Macrovision
BrandRepublic.co.uk - Brand Republic - Haymarket Business Media
International consumer magazine of the year
Sponsored by: DHL Global Mail
FHM - Bauer London Lifestyle
Publisher of the year (Consumer magazines)
Sponsored by: Prinovis
Linda Swidenbank - Woman & Home - IPC Media
Publisher of the year (Business media)
Sponsored by: Faegre & Benson LLP
Sanjeev Khaira - Property Week - CMP Information
Editor of the year (Consumer magazines)
Sponsored by: Menzies Distribution
Maureen Rice - Psychologies - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Editor of the year (Business media)
Sponsored by: Polestar
Antony Oliver - New Civil Engineer - Emap Construct
Designer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Sponsored by: Zinio
David McKendrick - Esquire - The National Magazine Company
Designer of the year (Business media)
Sponsored by: Agfa Graphics
Sam Jenkins - Building - CMP Information
Publisher of the year (For companies with an annual turnover of less than £5 million)
Sponsored by; Pensord
Gregor Rankin - Food and Travel - Green Pea Publishing
Editorial campaign of the year
Sponsored by: Speechly Bircham
Fair trade for British farmers - Farmers Guardian - CMP Information
Writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Sponsored by: Southernprint
Stanley Stewart - Condé Nast Traveller - The Condé Nast Publications
Columnist of the year (Consumer magazines)
Sponsored by: MMC
Shazia Mirza - New Statesman - New Statesman
Writer of the year (Business media)
Sponsored by: S&G Magazines
James Thompson - Retail Week - Emap Retail
Awards sponsors
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2008 Shortlist
Consumer magazine of the year
Glamour - The Condé Nast Publications
Grazia - Bauer London Lifestyle
Harper's Bazaar - The National Magazine Company
House & Garden - The Condé Nast Publications
Nuts - IPC Media
Olive - BBC Magazines
Psychologies - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Yours – Bauer London Lifestyle
Monthly business magazine of the year
Accountancy - Wolters Kluwer (UK)
Boat International - Boat International Group
Building Services Journal - CMP Information
Financial Director - Incisive Media
Global Pensions - Incisive Media
The Practitioner - CMP Information
Professional Beauty - Emap Communications
Real Business - Caspian Publishing
Consumer media brand of the year
BBC Good Food - BBC Magazines
Country Living - The National Magazine Company
NME - IPC Media
Nuts - IPC Media
T3 - Future Publishing
Business media brand of the year
Building - CMP Information
Computing (UK) - Incisive Media
Estates Gazette - Reed Business Information
Property Week - CMP Information
Retail Week - Emap Retail
Risk - Incisive Media
Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Customer magazine of the year
33 Thoughts - BDO Stoy Hayward - John Brown
About the House - Royal Opera House - BBC Customer Publishing
ASOS.com - As seen on screen - Seven Squared
Camouflage - British Army - Haymarket Network
Close Up - Ladbrokes - Aspect Media
OneLife - Land Rover - Redwood
Sky Sports - Sky - Haymarket Network
Waitrose Food Illustrated – Waitrose - John Brown
Your M&S - Marks & Spencer - Redwood
Weekly business magazine of the year
Drapers - Emap Retail
Estates Gazette - Reed Business Information
Health Service Journal - Emap Public Sector
Legal Week - Incisive Media
Property Week - CMP Information
The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Consumer specialist magazine of the year
Autocar - Haymarket Consumer Media
Charlie and Lola - BBC Magazines
Coast - The National Magazine Company
Condé Nast Traveller - The Condé Nast Publications
Delicious - Seven Publishing
Empire - Bauer London Lifestyle
Homes & Gardens - IPC Media
Runner's World - Natmag Rodale
Interactive consumer magazine of the year
bbcgoodfood.com - BBC Good Food - BBC Magazines
empireonline.co.uk - Empire - Bauer London Lifestyle
instyle.co.uk - InStyle - IPC Media
newscientist.com - New Scientist - Reed Business Information
nme.com - NME - IPC Media
nuts.co.uk - Nuts - IPC Media
timeout.com/London - Time Out - Time Out Group
whatcar.com - What Car? - Haymarket Motoring Publications
Business website of the year (Paid for)
efinancialnews.com - Financial News Online - Financial News
procurementleaders.com - Procurement Leaders Network (formally European Leaders Network) - Sigaria
workplacelaw.net - Workplace Law Magazine - Workplace Law Group
Business website of the year (Free access)
accountancyage.com - Accountancy Age - Incisive Media
BrandRepublic.co.uk - Brand Republic - Haymarket Business Media
CatererSearch.com - Caterer & Hotelkeeper - Reed Business Information
computing.co.uk - Computing (UK) - Incisive Media
tes.co.uk - Times Education Supplement - TSL Education
International consumer magazine of the year
Eve - Haymarket Consumer Media
FHM - Bauer London Lifestyle
Hello! - Hello!
LIV:UK (Volvo) - Redwood
.net - Future Publishing
Windows Vista:The Official Magazine - Future Publishing
Publisher of the year (Consumer magazines)
Jamie Bill - GQ - The Condé Nast Publications
Jean Christie - Country Life - IPC Media
Rob Croxall - Digital Photo - Bauer Active
Liz Kershaw - Country Living - The National Magazine Company
Alfie Lewis - BBC Good Food - BBC Magazines
Joanna Pieters - Caravan Magazine - IPC Media
Linda Swidenbank - Woman & Home - IPC Media
Alun Williams - Men's Health - NatMag Rodale
Publisher of the year (Business media)
Natasha Christie-Miller - Drapers - Emap Retail
Tessa Cook - Retail Week - Emap Retail
Bernard Gray - Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Geoff Hadwick - Estates Gazette - Reed Business Information
Sanjeev Khaira - Property Week - CMP Information
Peter Petkov - Structured Products - Incisive Media
Nina Wright - Building Design - CMP Information
Editor of the year (Consumer magazines)
Ian Abbott - TV Times - IPC Media
Jon Adams - Digital Photo - Bauer Active
Ali Hall - Look - IPC Media
Peter Hart - Top of the Pops Magazine - BBC Magazines
Sue James - Woman & Home - IPC Media
Valery McConnell - Yours - Bauer London Lifestyle
Maureen Rice - Psychologies - Hachette Filipacchi UK
Susy Smith - Country Living - The National Magazine Company
Editor of the year (Business media)
Giles Barrie - Property Week - CMP Information
Ross Butler - Real Deals - Caspian Publishing
Stephen Cook - Third Sector - Haymarket Business Media
Jo Haynes - Pulse - CMP Medica
Adam Leyland - The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Antony Oliver - New Civil Engineer - Emap Construct
Designer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Lottie Berridge - Look - IPC Media
Jon Butterworth - Camouflage - Haymarket Network
David McKendrick - Esquire - The National Magazine Company
Tan Parmar - LIV:UK (Volvo) - Redwood
Matthew Phare - Shortlist - Shortlist Media
Meirion Pritchard - Wallpaper* - IPC Media
Paul Solomons - GQ - The Condé Nast Publications
Tom Usher - Harper's Bazaar - The National Magazine Company
Designer of the year (Business media)
Soo Abram - Flight International - Reed Business Information
Nick Dixon - Real Business - Caspian Publishing
Robin Farley - Supply Management - Redactive Media Group
Sam Jenkins - Building - CMP Information
Richard Krzyzak - Property Week - CMP Information
James McCarthy - New Civil Engineer - Emap Construct
Belinda Tighe - Business Life - Cedar Communications
Publisher of the year (For companies with an annual turnover of less than £5 million)
Clive Foskett - Horse & Rider - Signature Publishing
Lyn Hughes - Wanderlust - Wanderlust Publications
Kamala Panday - Credit Today - Athene Publishing
Gregor Rankin - Food and Travel - Green Pea Publishing
Ben Roskrow - Housebuilder - Housebuilder Media
Editorial campaign of the year
A life like any other - Community Care - Reed Business Information
Broadband - Computer Active - Incisive Media
Building a safer skyline - Building - CMP Information
Fair trade for British farmers - Farmers Guardian - CMP Information
Stop the switch - Chemist & Druggist - CMP Medica
Stop State IT failures - Computer Weekly - Reed Business Information
Weigh it up - The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Writer of the year (Consumer magazines)
Mark Beaumont - NME - IPC Media
Angela Boggiano - Delicious - Seven Publishing
Monty Don - Gardeners’ World - BBC Magazines
Claire Maxted - Trail - Bauer Automotive
Piers Morgan - GQ - The Condé Nast Publications
Victoria Rolison - Company - The National Magazine Company
James Steen - Waitrose Food Illustrated - John Brown
Stanley Stewart - Condé Nast Traveller - The Condé Nast Publications
Columnist of the year (Consumer magazines)
Martin Buckley - Classic & Sports Car - Haymarket Media Group
Matthew D'Ancona – GQ - The Condé Nast Publications
Michael Hodges- Time Out - Time Out Group
Shazia Mirza - New Statesman - New Statesman
Christina Robert - Easy Living - The Condé Nast Publications
Grub Smith - FHM - Bauer London Lifestyle
Sandi Toksvig - Good Housekeeping - The National Magazine Company
Danny Wallace - Shortlist - Shortlist Media
Writer of the year (Business media)
Jonathan Gornall - British Medical Journal - BMJ Publishing Group
Iona Heath - British Medical Journal - BMJ Publishing Group
Adam Leyland - The Grocer - William Reed Business Media
Warwick Mansell - Times Educational Supplement (TES) - TSL Education
Phil Peverley - Pulse - CMP Medica
Catherine Slessor - Architectural Review - Emap Construct
Stefan Stern - Supply Management - Redactive Media Group
James Thompson - Retail Week - Emap Retail
Awards sponsors
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