Video: Winners crowned at second Lincolnshire Digital Awards

Lincolnshire Business hosted the second annual Lincolnshire Digital Awards, bringing businesses together to celebrate the outstanding and innovative successes that the county has to offer the world.

Some 230 business representatives attended the awards held at The Engine Shed on April 28, around 100 more than last year, in anticipation of winning an accolade for their digital achievements.

Guests were wowed by an unforgettable, immersive 3D light projection and sound display performed by Dead Skull as part of the night’s entertainment whilst eagerly awaiting the winner announcements.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Melvyn Prior presented the evening, revealing there had been over 90 entries across the eight categories with more than 25 local companies and individuals making the shortlist for the awards.

Winners were determined by a panel of 12 judges who had to make some difficult decisions to select the most innovative, unique and outstanding work in the county, but it was business management software company OrderWise that walked away with the top award as Digital Business of the Year.

David Hallam, Managing Director of Orderwise, said: “This is an award for all the remarkable and highly talented staff in the company. Everyone has worked incredibly hard to make OrderWise the amazingly successful company it is today. It’s wonderful for the company to be recognised for its efforts.”

Publisher of Lincolnshire Business Daniel Ionescu said: “This year’s awards have met our high expectations with almost double the number of entries, meaning that the scale of this Lincolnshire Digital Awards was bigger and better than ever before.

“There is some amazing talent across the county and some of the winners tonight have truly helped put Lincolnshire on the map. The performance by Dead Skull was something that guests will remember for a long time and is going to be hard to beat at next year’s awards.”

The winners of the 2016 Lincolnshire Digital Awards are:

Best Digital Marketing Campaign: The Creative Larder

Shooting Star Director Kate Strawson presented the Best Digital Marketing Campaign award Liam O’Leary on behalf of The Creative Larder

Sponsors: Shooting Star

Highly commended: Kal Group

Best E-Commerce Website: Spiral Media for littlewomen.com

HSBC Area Director Steve Evans presented Best E-commerce Website to Spiral Media for littlewomen.com

Sponsors: HSBC

Highly commended: Optima for nationwideschooluniforms.co.uk

Best Digital Start Up: Funky3DFaces

Funky3DFaces were the winners of the Best Digital Start-up

Sponsors: Lincolnshire Business

Highly commended: drumBEAT Marketing

Best Digital Entrepreneur:Andrew Wood: Kal Group

Software Europe CEO Neil Everatt presented the award for Best Digital Entrepreneur to Andrew Wood from Kal Group

Sponsors: Software Europe

Highly commended: Paul Reames – Bluecube Telecommunications

Best App: Frunbu

Best App winners Frunbu with Daniel Ionescu from The Lincolnite, who presented the award

Sponsors: The Lincolnite

Highly commended: IbbleObble for ‘Words’

Best Website Design: Laser Red for tongengineering.com

Laser Red were the winners of Best Website Design

Sponsors: Jolt

Highly commended: The Energy Cell for shoplincoln.co.uk

Digital Innovation: Ocuair & Codesky Media

Vicky Addison, Head of Business Incubation and Growth at the University of Lincoln presented the Digital Innovation Award to winners Ocuair and CodeSky Media

Sponsors: The University of Lincoln

Highly commended: Laser Red

Digital Business of the Year: OrderWise

James Pinchbeck, Marketing Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants presented the Digital Business of the Year Award to OrderWise

Sponsors: Streets Chartered Accountants

Highly Commended: Kal Group

See a full gallery in issue 77 of Lincolnshire Business.

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