The Stationer’s Company Innovation Excellence Awards open for entry, celebrating the best of the best of the UK’s Communication and Content industries.



This year’s Innovation Excellence Awards have opened for entry, with entries being encouraged from across the UK’s communications and content industries.  The awards will culminate in a glittering lunchtime ceremony on October 17th, at the historic Stationer’s Hall in the heart of the City of London.

The awards are a unique opportunity for businesses or individuals to celebrate innovation excellence in their fields and to raise awareness for their company or brand.  Through the awards, the Stationers’ Company recognises the key role the Communications and Content industries play in the UK economy, highlights outstanding innovation in the sector and offers the opportunity to share best practice.

Last year’s Innovator of the Year, UCAS, represented by Simone Drinkwater, Lead Partnerships Manager at UCAS said:

“At UCAS, our passion is to ensure all students have access to the best information, advice and guidance to help them make the right decisions about their future. We’re thrilled that our work with Springpod has been recognised as a collaboration which opens a digital door for students exploring their options, giving them access to virtual work experience and subject tasters from the comfort of their own homes.”

Also announced today is the support of, Picon, the leading industry trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers to the Printing, Papermaking and Paper Converting sectors, as the awards lead sponsor.

Commenting on the partnership, Bettine Pellant, CEO of Picon, said:

“Innovation drives our industries forward and is the lifeblood of progress. That is why Picon remains enthusiastic to support these Innovation Excellence Awards. They are really valued and respected across the communications sector.”
The awards recognise excellence across six categories: Business Process, Communications including marketing, Customer Experience, Education Technology, Product Design and Start-Ups.

The awards are open to all sectors across the Communications and Content industries; including journalism, newspaper and magazine publishing, packaging; paper making and paper converting, printing, academic and information publishing, fine stationery, greeting cards and office products and related intellectual property, archival, and digital born businesses. We encourage nominations from commercial companies, start-ups, charities, trade associations, educational institutions, and public bodies such as museums, libraries, galleries and archives. 

Entry to the awards close at 7pm on 23rd May and are free to enter.

For more information and to enter visit  https://www.stationers.org/company/engagement-with-our-industries/innovation-excellence-awards-intro