ACE Award
Winner:
Bath Carnival
“Life, colour, joy, and fun on the streets of Bath. Focusing on more deprived areas; inspiring businesses, charities, schools and to collaborate; and attracting 32k spectators. This is creativity on a public scale, grandly done.”
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Agency
Winner:
Rocketmakers
”Substantial growth for Rocketmakers: its portfolio has never been more innovative, produced by an increasingly strong team. Highlights include platforms for Biscuit and WAVESIX.”
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App & Website
Winner:
SEIKK
“SEIKK’s increased online offer resulted in 20k more website customers, backed by 5,000+ lifestyle products in its magazine and a super slick new app.”
Arts
Winner:
Bath Carnival
“Record-breaking year with over 1,200 performers showcasing at its largest-ever procession, and thousands of workshop beneficiaries accessing free music and art.”
Creative Arts Organisation
Winner:
Bath Festivals
“This 140-events festival was the most inclusive yet: 38% of performers were debut artists, or of colour/ LGBTQ+ backgrounds; 35% of attendees were first timers.”
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Creative Space
Winner:
44AD artspace
“Utilised its adaptable studio space imaginatively for over 30 art exhibitions, including its own 10th anniversary show Dream Home. Café 44’s exhibition SPLODGE was another strong highlight.”
Creativity for Good
Winner:
Bath Spa University
“Impressive repertoire of thoughtful activities, powered by creativity. Recognised in Social Enterprise Awards as an outstanding practice. Highly effective in connecting deeply with variety of Bath organisations.”
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Designer
Winner:
Tom Shenton, Storm Consultancy
“Tom’s distinctive and effective design work from branding to UX work for clients such as Yuup, CiteAb, Getting Married and Co-Forest has demonstrably led to success. Excellent year!”
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Digital Technology
Winner:
Rocketmakers
“Wider range of skills supported and reflected strong year of growth, with innovative, limits-pushing use of technology for complex projects. Ambitious, impressive.”
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Film, TV and Radio
Winner:
Radio Bath
“This volunteer channel is giving Bathonians a voice with now over 100 hours of original content every week, 1,000 interviews annually and 38 presenters.”
Founder / Entrepreneur
Winner:
James Binns & Tim Edwards, Network N Media
“Dynamic games media duo has powered stellar growth organically. Team now 150+; annual sales increase of 76.5% in last three years; and increasing success in US.”
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Innovation
Winner:
Digital Wonderlab
“Innovative work includes revolutionary user interface for globally-recognised talent intelligence platform Stratigens, which enables searches of 690 million profiles bringing together over 1,000 data points.”
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Inspirational Person
Winner:
Kate Pullinger, The Studio in Bath
“Kate is a pioneer in the creative sector with ambitious drive and clear aspiration for countless students. Also an accomplished novelist, editor and strategic lead.”
Marketing Campaign
Winner:
Bath Christmas Market
“It pivoted its marketing cleverly to focus on Bath’s festive past. Achieved its largest first-time visitor total and a digital reach of 100 million.”
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Performance: Dance, Music & Theatre
Winner:
The Natural Theatre Company
“Bouncebackability with a vengeance! This was its most successful year, with 447 performances at 53 events including Glastonbury and Ascot Races plus significant outreach work.”
Photography
Winner:
Pete Helme Photography
“Expanded to create two thriving business streams with videography and photo editing masterclasses, increasing client rates by 20%. Pete’s M.mode Creative project is a vital gem in the sector.”
Publisher & Writer
Winner:
Really Decent Books
“Highly successful and nimble publisher of children’s books, struck huge partnerships with Wilko and Aldi and created 50 new titles in 2022. Decent indeed.”
Young Creative
Winner:
Emma Ingledew, Little Theatre Cinema
“Emma is an excellent addition to this much-loved cinema. She created exciting campaigns to promote Matilda: The Musical and The Railway Children Return.”
Emma Ingledew | picturehouses.com/cinema/little-theatre-cinemarocketmakers.com