Roses result for Scotland
Scotland’s advertising agencies showed a great return to form at The Roses Advertising Awards, which were held last night in Manchester, by scooping a clutch of prestigious Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.
Heading the Scottish tally of awards was The Union, which collected six Gold Awards among its total haul of 13. The agency’s work for Baxters, Fife Council and the National Galleries all picking up top awards in their categories.
The Leith Agency also had a busy night as it collected a total of 11 awards, including two Golds for its work for the Scottish Executive.
The Bridge also picked up two Gold Awards at the event held at The Palace Hotel for its advertising work for Napier University. The Glasgow-based agency also won three Bronze Awards for its work for NHS Health Scotland and also Napier.
Newhaven won four awards on the night, a Gold, Silver and Bronze for its Tennent’s Lager work and a Bronze Award for the Scottish Executive.
Edinburgh’s Family Advertising collected a Silver and a Bronze award, Citigate Smarts picked up a Silver and TBWA\Edinburgh scooped a Bronze for its Base London cinema commercial.
Despite Scotland’s strong showing against its English counterparts, the Grand Prix Award and the Chairman’s Award did stay in England, with CheethamBellJWT taking home the Grand Prix for its Fabric Warehouse campaign and BJL keeping the Chairman’s Award in Manchester with its work for The Arrow.
Around 400 people attended the awards ceremony, which was hosted by comedian Geoff Boyz.
For a full run down of the results visit www.thedrum.com and for a full analysis of the results and to see the winning work pick up the next issue of The Drum, which will be out on Friday 20 May.