Congratulations to all BPMA Award winners who were recognised at a glittering event, hosted at CBS Arena in Coventry.

Starting the evening with a drinks reception, fresh from Day 1 of Merchandise World guests from across the promotional merchandise industry gathered to catch up with friends and colleagues. During the drinks reception, guests had a further reminder of the BPMA Product Awards which were released in January across eight categories from exhibiting suppliers.

Host for the evening Nick Ferrari of LBC Radio and Farage-bashing fame, was welcomed by BPMA Chairman Haydn Willetts following his inaugural address to the industry at the dinner, held at the CBS Arena in Coventry on 13th April.

The BPMA Awards are awarded to member suppliers and distributors following a vote placed by each member. Originally due to take place in late January, the Awards voting this year was extended to 31st January after the event was moved to April this year.

 

 

 

 

The BPMA would like to say a very special thanks to our generous sponsors and event supporters. The drinks reception was sponsored by R&D specialists, CBTax, category sponsors were Fluid, Geiger, Listawood, Preseli, DTB, PF Concept and BRIMAN Award. Crystal Gallery generously provided the trophies and the BRIMAN trophy by WCM+A, melt in the mouth surprises were supplied by The Sweet People and the winner’s fizz kindly sponsored by midocean.

Starting the evening with the Supplier of the Year up to £2m sponsored by Fluid, the first named finalists were CHX Products, Oldeani, Desktop Ideas and WCM+A with WCM+A landing the winning vote for this category. Next up was Supplier of the Year £2m+ sponsored by Geiger, a strong line up of finalists made up of Laltex Group, midocean, PF Concept and Xindao waited to hear who landed this Award. Laltex Group landed this Award. Next up was the Supplier Unsung Hero, a category well supported with votes across the supplier landscape, finalists Amanda Moody of Xindao and two nominations from WCM+A’s Kate Vickerstaff and Ben Forster. A huge round of applause confirmed Amanda Moody of Xindao had landed this coveted accolade from BPMA members.

 

 

 

 

The next Awards focused on Distributor of the Year up to £500k sponsored by Preseli with finalists Manic Merchandise, BH1 Promotional Merchandise Specialists, Beeline Promotional Products and Ellenell on the edge of their seats; BH1 landed this accolade. Distributor of the Year up to £2m sponsored by PF Concept, hailed finalists ASP Promotions, Mojo Promotions, Printed4You and Bounce Creative. They definitely had theirs as Mojo jumped on stage to accept their Award for this category.

Taking a short pause for dinner, the room was buzzing with excitement for the final awards of the evening. Listawood, sponsoring the Distributor of the Year £2-5m category, were on stage as finalist names Allwag Promotions, Premier, LSi and Pinksheep waited to hear who had won. Allwag Promotions landed this category to cheers and applause. With the final Distributor of the Year Award over £5m, contenders Fluid, Geiger, Total Merchandise and 4imprint waited nervously for the gold envelope to reveal Fluid as this year’s winner.

The Marketing Campaign of the Year was next, with host Nick Ferrari sharing some of the judges comments before naming this year’s winner talked of the innovation and inspiration from every entrant to this category. Judged by a panel of end-user judges, this campaign saw two highly commended entries from Mantis World and LSi. The winner of this category was Steel City’s Mind & Body Boost campaign for their excellent work during 2021, driving exceptional results, new clients and revenues.

Last Award of the evening was the BRIMAN Award which was awarded after a two stage judging process by BRIMAN members looking for those who had promoted British Made promotional products. Navillus Branded Merchandise walked away with this British-made accolade from the BRIMAN members.

The evening concluded with conversation, music, dancing and fun and whilst we are sure there are few sore heads for Day 2 of Merchandise World, this fantastic event marked the return to business as usual.

 

Winners List

Supplier of the Year up to £2m, sponsored by Fluid Branding

Winner: WCM+A

Supplier of the Year £2m+, sponsored by Geiger

Winner: Laltex Group

Supplier Unsung Hero, Sponsored by Roantree

Winner: Amanda Moody, Xindao

Distributor of the Year up to £500k, sponsored by Preseli

Winner: BH1 Promotional Merchandise Specialists

Distributor of the Year up to £500k-£2m, sponsored by PF Concept

Winner: Mojo Promotions

Distributor of the Year up to £2m-£5m, sponsored by Listawood

Winner: Allwag Promotions

Distributor of the Year over £5m, sponsored by DTB

Winner: Fluid Branding

Marketing Campaign of the Year, sponsored by Product Media Magazine

Winner: Steel City

BRIMAN Award

Winner: Navillus Branded Merchandise

The BPMA would like to thank everyone who attended and supported this event and we look forward to sharing more images of this event as they become available.

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Published on: April 19th, 2022