DPA Awards 2008 - Winners announced!

“Forget the recession, if only for tonight”, said DPA’s Jerry Gosney, welcoming members and guests to this year's DPA Awards on 23rd October. “Let’s really enjoy the evening and salute winning companies and individuals who've shown they’ve got what it takes to withstand whatever the future throws at them.”

And, boy, did the gathering of 200 members and guests at the De Vere Grand in Brighton take that to heart.

BBC sports personality John Inverdale was a great hit, interspersing announcing 15 award winners with some sharp one liners, mixed in with a rather dodgy impersonation of the great John Arlott.

Derek Carter, former boss at Emap Communications who chaired the judging panel, praised the quality of this year’s entries, which he said raised and set the bar for the data publishing sector.

DPA Award Winners 2008 

Publisher Awards

Outstanding Achievement Award - Consumer
Planet Retail - Emap
Outstanding Achievement Award - Business
Lastingtribute.co.uk - Associated Northcliffe Digital

Directory of the Year - Consumer
Winner - The Jersey Directory - Jersey Telecom
Highly Commended - Know - KCOM Group PLC

Directory of the Year - Business
Sea Web - Lloyds Register-Fairplay

Data Service of the Year
Planet Retail - Emap Plc

Product Development of the Year - Consumer
Lastingtribute.co.uk - Associated Northcliffe Digital
Product Development of the Year - Business
Winner - Markets data - Ft.com
Highly Commended - Complinet Tracker - Complinet

Advertising Sales Team
Hull Colour Pages - KCOM Group PLC

Subscription Sales Team
Bankersalmanac.com - Reed Business Information

Marketing Team of the Year
Thomson Local - Thomson

Service Provider Awards
Online Service of the Year
AMA Dataset

Print Service of the Year
Emirates Printing Press

Telemarketing Team of the Year
GC Connections

Distribution House of the Year
Winner - Citipost
Highly Commended - Mail International

Training Provider of the Year
AI Digital