New Platform, Team Recognition, and Making a Difference
This time of year is a very exciting time to work in the awards industry. April marks the start of a new financial year, a new quarter, and awards season is OPEN.
And for us here at August, we have had A LOT of exciting events!
Donna O’Toole & Daniel Priestley Launch AI Awards Platform
Having spent over a decade writing, judging, and winning awards with clients. Donna knows the problems many potential entrants face – especially small businesses, solopreneurs, and charities who don’t have the resources or budget to get support from awards/PR/Marketing agencies. There are also more fake and scam ‘awards’ now than ever, causing a real risk to both entrants and the industry.
That’s why Donna and award-winning serial entrepreneur Daniel Priestley have co-founded AwardsApp: a powerful AI platform built to help you find, enter, and win credible industry awards.
The even more exciting part… you can be part of the AwardsApp journey. Join the waitlist and get a personal invitation to the presentation webinar.
Planning for a bigger and better 2025/26
Every quarter, we come together to look back, celebrate the wins and explore ways we can push even further, to be bigger and better for our clients, our partners, and to lead the awards industry forward.
We also had the pleasure of celebrating a couple of wonderful Team August Anniversaries;
- Client Account Manager Ella Watson, who has been championing client success for 2 years
- Client Services Manager Lisa Wren, with 3 years under her belt managing, and looking after clients and their award-winning journeys, as well as supporting our team as Team Leader
We love taking these moments to recognise the team and all that we’ve achieved!
Industry-leading win-rate
We’re proud to be continuing to achieve an outstanding shortlist and win rate for our clients, with a 99% shortlist rate in Q4, and a 63% win rate – you really don’t get better than this.
Huge congratulations to all our clients, because this is THEIR work, THEIR achievements – beautifully ‘gift-wrapped’ and delivered by us.
April Results
Shortlists
3x Utility Flex Awards
2 x SME Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce Awards
ICA Compliance Awards
British Renewable Energy Award
Unlock Net Zero Awards
Wins
4 x Globee Customer Excellence Awards
8 x Titan Business Awards
2 x Titan Health Awards
3 x Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service
Sports Technology Awards
Raising Money for Parkinson’s UK
We’re so proud of our brilliant awards writer, Donna, who ran and completed the 2025 London Marathon.
It was a tough day in the Spring sunshine, but a fantastic achievement with over £4000 raised for the charity Parkinson’s UK. Well done Donna!
Proud to Sponsor BizX The UK’s Biggest Business Event
We had the absolute pleasure of sponsoring BizX, named ‘the UK’s Biggest Business Event’. The event takes place over 2 days and brings together some of the biggest names in business.
With speakers including Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Squibb, Frank Dick OBE, and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill to name a few, the room was packed with energy and unforgettable insights. Daniel Priestley even joined Donna and Brooke at BizX to share the importance of recognition for business profile and growth.
The BizX Awards was a fantastic part of the event lineup. Hosted by Rachel Riley and with entertainment from the legendary Pat Sharp, the awards recognised the accomplishments, achievements, values and contributions of businesses and their owners. Congratulations to all the winners!
It was brilliant to be part of a community of people, all of them excited to learn, grow and develop themselves and their businesses further than ever in 2025.
A huge well done to Craig Jackson and the team from ActionCOACH for an incredible event.
Helping you to WIN
We don’t just work with any individual or organisation.
We only work with those we genuinely believe are doing good and deserve to be recognised for their efforts.
Find out if you have what it takes to win this year and how you can join our growing list of clients already winning, book your free awards discovery call.
From a bespoke awards strategy, to our fully managed service, or simply consultation as and when you need us, we have a whole range of services designed to suit every budget.
Book your discovery call now, here, to find the right awards solution for you.
