The CN Agency Awards took place on Friday 13 March at London’s Cafe De Paris in Leicester Square.
The event celebrated the agencies that work behind the scenes of the events industry and recognised every size and specialty.
The theme of this year’s event was The Great Gatsby and Roaring 20s. This included 1920 styled dancers, acrobatic entertainment, alongside guests who participated in the glamourous dress code and Charleston dance class.
Guests attended a drinks reception at the ODEON before being welcomed to Café De Paris, where CN editor Martin Fullard took to the stage to give out the Pioneer Award to Dale Parmenter.
Attendees then sat down for a three-course meal before the rest of the awards. The celebrations then moved to the Maddox Club, where guests received a complementary glass of champagne upon arrival.
The winners of the 2020 CN Agency Awards:
Pioneer Award
Sponsored by CHS Group
WINNER – Dale Parmenter, DRPG
Innovation Award
Sponsored by International Confex
WINNER – Cheerful TwentyFirst
Nominations: Cheerful Twentyfirst, Wilson Dow, Events by Knight, George P Johnson, INVNT, Legacy Events, Unicorn Events
Best Small Agency (15 staff and under)
Sponsored by NAEC Stoneleigh
WINNER – Sleek Events
Nominations: AGM Event Solutions, Alexson Entertainment, Chew Events, Falkenberg & Florence, Meet & Potato, Meet Events, Primary Live, Seven Events, TEN6 Creative. The Events Raccoon, Unicorn Events, Sleek Events
Best Medium Agency (16-50 staff)
Sponsored by SEC
WINNER – EMC3
Nominations: Emc3, Goose Live Events, In2Events, MCI Experience and MCI UK, XSEM, Cheerful Twentyfirst, Worldspan, Aspect Communications, Make Events, Right Angle Corporate, Seventa Events, Venues & Events International
Best Large Agency (51 staff and over)
Sponsored by ACC Liverpool
WINNER – DRPG
Nominations: INVNT, DRPG, Inntel
Best Start Up Agency
Sponsored by P&J Live
WINNER – Oddity Events & Marketing
Nominations: Booker Venue, Circulus Events, Hippo Events, Meet Events, Oddity Events & Marketing, Salone Events
Event Producer Of The Year
Sponsored by Event Production Show
WINNER – Sasha Frieze, The Business Narrative
Nominations: Events by Knight – Kwame Knight, Seventa Events – Joanne Howard, Sleek Events – Jennifer Davidson, The Business Narrative – Sasha Frieze, Unicorn Events – Manuela Cadarso, We Are Family London – Keeley Morgan
Rising Star Award
Sponsored by Emirates Old Trafford
WINNER – Adele Garrik, American Express Meetings & Events
Nominations: Seventa Events – Faye Best, Unicorn Events – Shannon Precilla, We Are Family London – Abigail Moulds, American Express Meetings & Events – Adele Garrick, Right Angle Corporate – Eleanor Gaskin, Aspect Communications – Lauren Stanislas, Inconnection – Jenny Bailey, Make Events – Emily Hume, Venues & Events International – Olivia Unsworth, Right Angle Corporate – Daisy Wilson
CSR Award
Sponsored by Manchester Central
WINNER – Legacy Events
Nominations: Legacy Events, O3E, TEN6 Creative, Venues & Events International
Creative Team Of The Year
Sponsored by NEC
WINNER – Cheerful TwentyFirst
Nominations: MGN Events, Meet & Potato, BCD Meetings & Events, Brands at Work, We Are Family London, DRPG, Full Circle, Cheerful TwentyFirst, Simply Better Events, Wilson Dow, Yellow Fish
Global Agency Of The Year
Sponsored by PRG
WINNER – American Express Meetings & Events
Nominations: INVNT, BCD Meetings & Events, American Express Meetings & Events, FIRST Agency, Pico Group
Operations Team Of The Year
Sponsored by ODEON Events
WINNER – Worldspan
Nominations: DRPG, Sleek Events, Unicorn Events, Worldspan
Agency Of The Year
Sponsored by ExCeL
WINNER – Unicorn Events
Photography: Jonathan ‘JT’ Taylor, Aniseed Photo