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European awards to be announced at ISP Christmas Lunch

The annual Institute of Sales Promotion (ISP) Christmas lunch is to be given an international flavour this year with a ceremony to announce the UK winners of the IMC European Awards.

Nine UK campaigns have been nominated by judges in the European-wide awards competition, which are run by the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) to recognise achievement across member countries.

Ceremonies are being held in each country by each of the national trade associations that belong to the EACA, with the ISP using its annual Christmas lunch as the opportunity to present trophies to the UK winners.

The event is being held at the Langham hotel in Portland Place, London, on Friday December 7.

The awards will be presented by guest speaker, the BBC’s Nicholas Owen, one of television's most experienced news presenters and journalists. A biography and picture are attached.

The UK nominees are Attention, Billington Cartmell, Blue-Chip Marketing (Manchester), Elvis, Event Marketing Solutions, Exposure, Publicis Dialog, SMP and Space. They all qualified for entry in the European-wide competition after their promotional campaigns won Gold at the ISP Awards 2007 in May.

They are among 37 agencies from 10 European countries nominated for the IMC European Awards. For information on the awards, go to www.imceuropeanawards.com.

For details about the ISP Christmas lunch and awards ceremony, contact Stephanie Doorbar at the ISP at stephanied@isp.org.uk or phone on 020 7837 5340.

Notes to editors: Formed in 1933 and established as The Institute of Sales Promotion in 1979, the ISP remains the only trade association that truly represents promoters, agencies and service partners engaged in the business of promoting sales. www.isp.org.uk

Two pictures attached: Nicholas Owen and the Langham hotel.

For further information, contact ISP Communications on 020 7689 1952 or 07900 492214.

Nicholas Owen
Biography

Nicholas Owen, one of television's most experienced news presenters and journalists, is a presenter on BBC News 24.
 
He has anchored all of ITN's major bulletins for over 10 years including their daily lunchtime bulletin, the News at Ten and the Channel Four News.
 
From 1994 to 2000 Nicholas was Royal Correspondent for ITV News. In that capacity he played a major role in reporting on the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, for which ITN won an Royal Television Society Award.
 
He has been a regular contributor to ITN's Budget programmes, having joined ITN as Channel Four News' Business and Economics Correspondent in 1984.
 
He presented ITV1's live hour-and-a-half Budget programme in 2004.
 
During the first Gulf War Nicholas presented the highly-acclaimed Midnight Special Programmes when they were launched on Channel Four.
 
He also anchored The Parliament Programme, Channel Four's first daytime political series.
 
He has also appeared in a wide range of other TV and radio programmes, including BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing in 2006.
 
Nicholas began his journalistic career on the Surrey Mirror in 1964 before moving to Fleet Street in 1968.
 
He worked for the London Evening Standard and the Daily Telegraph before spending seven years with the Financial Times.
 
In 1981 Nicholas switched to television reporting, joining the BBC in the North of England, covering general and industrial stories for both regional and national news and current affairs programmes.

The European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) is a Brussels-based organisation whose mission is to represent full-service advertising and media agencies and agency associations in Europe. EACA aims to promote honest, effective advertising, high professional standards, and awareness of the contribution of advertising in a free market economy and to encourage close co-operation between agencies, advertisers and media in European advertising bodies.