15 Nov 2022
Honours Shared Between Top Media at Awards' First-Ever Gala Dinner Ceremony
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The winners of the Property Press Awards 2022 have been revealed at a star-studded gala dinner in London, with The Times' Melissa York emerging triumphant as Property Journalist of the Year, and the Financial Times securing National Newspaper Property Supplement of the Year.
Property PR agency The Oracle Group landed PR Agency of the Year Award with Building Relations' Hollie Moore named Property PR Professional of the Year in the inaugural year for PR Awards at the ceremony. Tricia Topping, creator of property PR agency TTA Group, secured the Outstanding Contribution Award.
The event, organised by industry network Property4Media (PropertyPressAwards.com, @Property4Media, #PropertyPressAwards), was staged as a gala dinner ceremony for the first time, at Hilton London Bankside, with property celebrity Phil Spencer returning to anchor the show for the third year running.
An epic contest for honours was gradually revealed by Spencer, covering 18 media categories, 5 PR categories and 2 special Awards.
Other top media winners included Carol Lewis, the Times' new Property Editor, winning Columnist of the Year and Ruth Bloomfield reclaiming the Freelance Journalist of the Year crown for her work in the Evening Standard.
Honours were shared between two of the nation's leading media groups, with the Financial Times triumphant in the blue-ribband National Newspaper Supplement of the Year category, and its property correspondent George Hammond winning Business Journalist of the Year. Hammond also scored highly elsewhere and was awarded Highly Commended in Property Journalist of the Year. Top freelancer Hugo Cox won International Property Journalist of the Year for his content in the FT.
The Times and Sunday Times continued its tradition of Awards-night wins, with journalists landing several key individual categories. Melissa York emerged as the night's overall winner after winning Sustainability Journalist of the Year and securing points across multiple categories; Martina Lees won Consumer Staff Journalist of the Year and Exclusive of the Year; Victoria Brzezinski secured Lifestyle and Interiors Journalist of the Year, and Georgia Lambert was named Newcomer of the Year.
Country Life won a strongly-contested Property Magazine of the Year Award. Property Tribes' Vanessa Warwick won Influencer of the Year against stiff competition, while Broadcast Programme of the Year went to ITV's Save Money: My Beautiful Green Home, co-hosted by Kunle Barker who accepted the Award.
The Telegraph's Melissa Lawford went away with Consumer Mortgage Journalist of the Year; Francis Shennan secured Regional Property Journalist of the Year for his work in Scottish Business Insider Magazine, and Martyn Cox was named Garden Journalist of the Year for his long-running Daily Mail features.
In the b2b arena, Estate Agent Today landed the important Trade Magazine of the Year Award, while Trade Staff Journalist of the Year went to Jack Simpson of Inside Housing.
Phil Spencer said: “The property sector has always attracted some of the greatest journalistic talents in this country, and this Awards set acknowledges their skills, their independence and their tenacity. The event has benefited from the introduction of PR awards, as it was time the PR fraternity were similarly acknowledged!”
Henry Hemming, CEO of event organisers Property4Media, said: “Congratulations to Melissa York, and to all our media winners and our inaugural PR champions. Huge commiserations to anyone who just missed out, but this was an astonishing entry and everyone who entered was in exceptional company.”
Awards category sponsors sat at tables with invited finalists. Sponsors were Barratt Developments PLC, Elevate PR, The Oracle Group, Quintain, Rightmove, Skipton Building Society, Strutt & Parker and Zoopla. Bag sponsors were EKOR Group.
The judging panel presiding over this year's adjudications (see www.propertypressawards.com/2022-judges.html) featured over 20 senior property executives, media editors, industry experts and personalities, including Mark Collins, Chairman of CBRE; Melanie Leech CBE, British Property Federation's CEO, and Nick Leeming, Chairman of Jackson-Stops.
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THE PROPERTY PRESS AWARDS 2022 MEDIA WINNERS
BROADCAST PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Save Money: My Beautiful Green Home, ITV
FINALISTS:
Listen Up Landlords Podcast – NRLA
Moving Home with Charlie – Charlie Lamdin, YouTube Channel
The Great House Giveaway, Channel 4
The Real Rendezvous Podcast
BUSINESS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Quintain
WINNER: George Hammond
FINALISTS:
Francis Shennan
George Hammond
Hugh Graham
Peter Bill
COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Zoopla
WINNER: Carol Lewis - The Sunday Times
FINALISTS:
Amira Hashish – Evening Standard
Isabelle Fraser - The Telegraph
Kunle Barker – Architects' Journal
Melissa York - The Sunday Times
Peter Bill - Property Week
CONSUMER MORTGAGE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Skipton Building Society
WINNER: Melissa Lawford
FINALISTS:
George Martin
Laura Shannon
Melissa York
Vicky Shaw
CONSUMER STAFF JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Martina Lees, The Sunday Times
FINALISTS:
Ann Murphy, Irish Examiner
Carol Lewis, The Times and The Sunday Times
George Hammond, Financial Times
Melissa Lawford, The Telegraph
EXCLUSIVE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Martina Lees - Families Receive Ruinous Bills in Cladding Scandal - The Sunday Times
FINALISTS:
Ann Murphy - Landlords Offering Rooms in Exchange for Sex as Housing Crisis Bites - Irish Examiner
Jack Simpson - Gove Plans Extra Money to Fix Cladding Crisis - Inside Housing
Melissa York - Who is Managing the Managing Agents - The Sunday Times 'Home'
Rachel Mortimer - Purplebricks Faces Payout Over Tenancy Law Breaches - The Telegraph
FREELANCE JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Elevate PR
WINNER: Ruth Bloomfield
FINALISTS:
Emma Wells
Hugo Cox
Marc Shoffman
Peter Bill
GARDEN JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Martyn Cox
FINALISTS:
Beth Otway
Bunny Guinness
George Hudson
Jayne Dowle
INFLUENCER OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by The Oracle Group
WINNER: Vanessa Warwick, Property Tribes
FINALISTS:
David Walker, WowHaus
George Martin, @GeorgeRobMartin
Sabrina Cohen, The Ebury Collection
Tayo Oguntonade, BrickzWithTipz
Victoria Brzezinski - The Times and The Sunday Times
INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Hugo Cox
FINALISTS:
Alice Grahns
Cathy Hawker
Hugh Graham
Norman Miller
Zoe Dare Hall
LIFESTYLE & INTERIORS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Strutt & Parker
WINNER: Victoria Brzezinski
FINALISTS:
Amira Hashish
Emma Kershaw
Emma Wells
Jayne Dowle
Katrina Burroughs
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PROPERTY SUPPLEMENT OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Rightmove
WINNER: The Financial Times
FINALISTS:
Evening Standard
The Sunday Times
The Telegraph
The Times
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Georgia Lambert
FINALISTS:
Elinor Sheridan
Emma Magnus
Josiah Mortimer
PROPERTY MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Country Life
FINALISTS:
Country & Town House
First Time Buyer
Property (NRLA magazine)
The Auction House Magazine
The London Magazine
REGIONAL PROPERTY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Francis Shennan – Scottish Business Insider
FINALISTS:
Emma Wells – Metro
Phoebe Jobling – Manchester Evening News
SUSTAINABILITY JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Sponsored by Barratt Developments
WINNER: Melissa York
FINALISTS:
Emma Wells
Hugh Graham
Jayne Dowle
Lucy Cleland
TRADE MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Estate Agent Today
FINALISTS:
BTR News
FTAdviser
LandlordZONE
Property (NRLA magazine)
TRADE STAFF JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jack Simpson – Inside Housing
FINALISTS:
Marc Shoffman – Estate Agent Today
Nigel Lewis – LandlordZONE
Sally Walmsley – Property - NRLA Magazine
Simoney Kyriakou – FTAdviser
PROPERTY PRESS AWARDS – THE SPECIAL AWARDS
PROPERTY Journalist of the Year
WINNER: MELISSA YORK
HIGHLY COMMENDED: GEORGE HAMMOND
OUSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD
WINNER: TRICIA TOPPING
PROPERTY PRESS AWARDS – THE PR WINNERS
IN-HOUSE PR TEAM OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Propertymark
FINALISTS:
Connells Group
Fine & Country
Savills
PR AGENCY OF THE YEAR
WINNER: The Oracle Group
FINALISTS:
Building Relations PR
Ebury Communications
SEC Newgate
Viking PR
PR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Zoopla/Good Relations - Home Truths
FINALISTS:
Fiona Vogel PR/Cluttons - Cluttons Golden Visa Campaign
Ebury Communications/The OWO Residences by Raffles - The Sales Launch of The OWO Residences by Raffles
Knight Frank - The Knight Frank Wealth Report 2022
SEC Newgate/Countryside Partnerships – Communicating a Bold Brand Evolution
PR NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Jamie McLean – Rightmove
FINALISTS:
Bethan Millett – The Oracle Group
Katy Mawhinney – Faust PR
Laura Hellon – Building Relations PR
Niamh McBride – Building Relations PR
PR PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Hollie Moore – Building Relations PR
FINALISTS:
Amelia Cairns – Strutt & Parker
Andre Kappelhoff - Viking PR
Astrid Recaldin – Knight Frank
Fiona Vogel – Fiona Vogel PR
Laura Gibson - Calvermont
Viv Onslow – The Oracle Group
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About Property Press Awards
The Property Press Awards 2022, organised by Property4Media.com, took place on the evening of 14 November at Hilton London Bankside (www.propertypressawards.com).
Property Press Awards 2022 – The Sponsors
Sponsors include:
Barratt Developments PLC (https://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/)
Ekor Group (https://ekorgroup.co.uk/)
Elevate Public Relations (https://www.elevatepr.co.uk/)
The Oracle Group (https://theoraclegroup.co.uk/)
Quintain (https://www.quintain.co.uk/)
Rightmove (https:// https://www.rightmove.co.uk/)
Skipton Building Society (https://www.skipton.co.uk/)
Strutt & Parker (https://www.struttandparker.com/)
Zoopla (https://www.zoopla.co.uk/)
Property Press Awards 2022 – The Judges
ALEX ROSE - Director of New Homes, Zoopla
AMELIA CAIRNS - Senior PR Manager, Associate Director, Strutt & Parker
CAMILLA DELL - Managing Partner and Founder, Black Brick Property Solutions LLP
CAROLINE COSKRY - Chairman, The Oracle Group
CIARA O'SULLIVAN - Head of Communications, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
DEREK HARRIS - Head of PR, Barratt Developments
ED MEAD - Property Commentator
HARRIET PASK - Director of Corporate Communication, Quintain
HELEN TURNER - CCO & Co Founder, Coho
KUNLE BARKER - Founder, Barker-Walsh
LAURA LEGETTER - Co‑Head, Communications, SEC Newgate
LOUISA FLETCHER – Property Expert
MARK COLLINS - Executive Director – Chairman of UK Residential for CBRE
MELANIE LEECH CBE - Chief Executive, British Property Federation
NICK LEEMING - Chairman, Jackson-Stops
NIGEL LEWIS - Property Editor and Freelance Writer
PAUL MAHONEY – Founder & Chairman, Nova Financial Group
PETER BILL – Freelance Journalist
SALLY WALMSLEY - Magazine & Digital Editor, National Residential Landlords Association
SARAH LEAMAN - Interim Head of Corporate Communications, Knight Frank
STACEY DICKENS - Head of Corporate Communications & Sustainability, Skipton Building Society
TRICIA TOPPING - Property & Luxury Commentator
DR VANESSA BRADY OBE - Founder & CEO, The Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID)
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