UKSV, based in Ringwood, Hampshire, is a multi-award-winning creative communication and event production agency specialising in live, virtual, and digital events, with more than 30 years of experience. They are passionate about producing events that are captivating, exciting, innovative, and memorable and that exceed their client’s expectations.
UKSV first approached Darren Northeast PR in 2018 when they wanted to enter a national prestigious industry award – EVCOM, the Event and Visual Communication Association, – which celebrates the work of film, video, digital and live events. This was the first time UKSV had attempted to enter an Award. We spent significant time with them really getting to know the company and its ethos and gaining an understanding of their technical expertise which we could then describe in non-technical terms. On the basis of the information we’d gathered, we composed the award application and submitted it for them. Not only did they reach the finals of this national award, an achievement in itself, they came away with Silver, a tangible recognition of their excellence.
Over the next 18 months to two years, we continued to work with UKSV on a variety of PR activities including writing and distributing press releases, blogs and social media content. The onset of Covid and lockdowns, which really impacted the live events industry, interrupted our working relationship.
In 2022, UKSV once again approached DNPR. Having organised a unique highly-successful hybrid event for one of their clients, a major biopharmaceutical company, UKSV had identified a number of Awards for which they wished to enter their event. Due to our past success on their behalf, and our excellent reputation for our Awards service, they asked us to write their applications.
Our brief was to produce interesting, easy-to-read, clear and engaging entries for UKSV’s event for submission to a number of prestigious industry awards, adapting and tailoring each application to meet the criteria of individual categories.
The awards and categories were:
Awards are important. They are a clear, visible and public recognition of excellence that raises company morale, offers reassurance to potential and established clients, and is respected by industry.
At the time of writing, every UKSV application has reached the Awards finals. These are all national awards, each one attracting hundreds of entries from across the UK. For each application to reach the finals is a remarkable achievement and is a clear endorsement of UKSV. The finals of the C&IT Awards and The Agency Awards have already taken place. UKSV did not win either of their categories in the C&IT Awards. However, they came away with a well-deserved Gold in The Agency Awards, news which generated considerable coverage in regional media. The finals of the CN Agency Awards take place in London very soon. We are keeping everything crossed. Watch this space!