Six New Awards from MRS
May 12 2006
In the UK, the Market Research Society has just unveiled six new awards, which are to join the line-up for the Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards 2006.
The new MRS awards, which include two nominated awards for Research Champion of the Year and Best Newcomer, recognise the business successes of UK agencies and individuals, whilst also awarding achievements in the fields of market research advocacy, client-agency partnerships and HR.
The entries and nominations will be judged by a panel of experts from within and beyond the research industry, agency-and client-side. The call for entries for all six new awards is open from now until 30 June. The six are:
- Best Agency - Open to any market research agency and recognising achievements in the twelve months running up to June 2006
- Best New Agency - Acknowledging the entrepreneurial spirit, achievement and ambition of smaller agencies, this is open to any agency which has been trading for up to 36 months
- Best Research Campaign - A joint recognition for clients and their agencies who have developed and delivered a truly outstanding campaign over the twelve months up to June 2006
- Innovative Employer of the Year - awarded to a research employer that can demonstrate innovative thinking and new initiatives that make their business a great place to work
- Research Champion of the Year - a special award given to an individual (agency, client side or beyond the market research industry) who has made an outstanding contribution to enhancing the reputation of the market research industry in the last 12 months
- Research Newcomer of the Year - open to researchers in agencies or client side who have been in the industry for less that 36 months on 30 June 2006.
The winners will be announced during a ceremony at the Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards Dinner, which will take place on 6 November at London's Royal Lancaster Hotel.
Further information and an entry form can be found at
www.mrs.org.uk/awards/2006/res_awards.htm .
All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas, 2024- by Nick Thomas, unless otherwise stated.
