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And the award for biggest hangover goes to…
Well, I doubt I’ll win that one, it’s sure to be a tough category with plenty of strong contenders, but I can tell you that today has been a little bit of a struggle to say the least…
Through sheer force of will and due to popular demand we’ve
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I’m very pleased to announce that we’ve already shattered the attendance record for the awards by over 50% and there’s still a week to go! There’s now no question that the 2009 BIMAs will be the digital party of the year, whatever you do don’t miss out.
Party info here.
Buy tickets here.
Be there!

I’ve been lucky enough to have been selected by the British Council to do a market visit to India as part of their Young Interactive Entrepreneur project. We arrived in India on Thursday last week and over the last few days I’ve been travelling around Mumbai with the group visiting a series of Indian organisations
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It’s with great pleasure that I can announce the shortlist for the 2009 BIMA awards.

The standard this year was exceptionally high which is reflected in a 10% increase in average score and we’re also proud to have attracted entries from approximately 30% more agencies than last year so it was a tough field.

I’d like to offer my congratulations to the shortlisted agencies and thank the many high quality entries that weren’t lucky enough to make it through. I think we can all be very proud of the incredibly high standard of work produced by the UK industry as a whole particularly in such difficult time for business. It’s a cliché, but clearly adversity breeds creativity…

Hi All, well yesterday was the big day, the BIMA Awards judging day, which was (I think I can say) a triumph.
I can’t tell you how proud I was to see so many top practitioners in one room at the same time. As i commented to one of the judging groups, with the collective gravitas
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Digital Missions are a series of trade missions organised by Chinwag and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). The missions support UK digital companies to expand internationally, understand foreign markets, attract investment, find partners and develop business relationships.
Digital Mission to LA & San Francisco (11th – 16th October) is tailored specifically for interactive design and development
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Hi All, just a quick post to let you know that due to popular demand the entry deadline for the awards has been extended to midnight on Monday the 24th of August.
It’s good to hear that business has picked up for so many of you, hopefully this extension will make your lives just that little
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Today we’re announcing the judging panel for the 2009 BIMA Awards – its most prestigious line up ever.
The panel includes industry gurus such as Alex Smith of Microsoft, Charles Cecil of Revolution Software, John Chasey – CEO at Finblade, Kate Keane of Johnson & Johnson, Kelly Bennett – Director of Digital at Warner Pictures, Gareth Jones
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I’m very pleased to announce that we’ve confirmed the first two sponsors for the awards, many thanks to our partners at EPiServer and Ultraspeed who have become the official sponsors of the Social Media and Online categories respectively. Talks are in progress with a number of other potential sponsors so if you happen to be
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Hi All,
It is with a great deal of pleasure (and a degree of relief!) that I can announce the opening of the BIMA Awards 2009.
The site is now up and open for entries so head on over to the awards site at: bimaawards.com to check out all the changes. Once you’ve done that get entering!
The observant
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