ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

The winners have been announced for the very first Technology & Marketing Awards, which were launched specifically for the cleaning, hygiene and facilities management sectors.

Organised by LaCerta, the awards were free to enter and were a chance for marketing and PR professionals, leaders, ceo's or anyone working on exciting campaigns to showcase and share their success.

A long line-up of high-profile judges from companies including Universal Pictures, Samsung, England Rugby and Nespresso helped select the winners after considering factors like overall strategy, communication and creativity.

Here are the winners:

Best Digital Campaign - Unger for its worldwide launch of the limited black series edition

Brand of the Year - Method Recycling

Best use of Video - 4M Building Solutions for its ‘Important Work for Dedicated People' company video

Best PR & Communications Campaign - The Floorbrite Group for its Covid-19 Sanitisation and Decontamination Campaign

Best Sponsorship or Partnership - Vectair Systems for its Femcare MVP and charity partnership with the Eve Appeal

Best use of Social Media - 4M Building Solutions for its Drive Thru Job Fair

Influencer/Impact Award - Susan Cunningham for her Public In-Conveniences guide and her exceptional contribution to improving toilet provision in the UK

‘Marketing & Technology Company of the Year' - Schedule IT - for its unique Resource Management Software that enables companies, large and small, to reduce costs and save time.

Carly Bishop, awards director said: "Myself and my team of judges were very impressed with the quality of the entries we had to our first ever awards. We had entries from all over the world, including the UK, the USA, Germany and New Zealand.

"Marketing and technology are two exciting areas of our industry that are evolving and developing, and I am so pleased to be able to reward marketing teams' hard work and successes. It is true, that we can be creative with cleaning!"

Awards organiser LaCerta is also organising the first Marketing and Technology Summit specifically for the cleaning, hygiene and FM sectors in 2021. For details visit: www.lacertapr.com/cleanmartech