The Yorkshire Digital Awards will be presented at a black-tie gala dinner attended by all the top names in the internet industry.
Past sponsors have included:
Kingston Communications, Yorkshire Forward, Addleshaw Goddard, Leeds
Development Agency (E-HQ), NTi West Yorkshire, Sony, Apple and Deloitte.
The Award sponsorship package includes:
Branding on monthly magazine promotion of the event
High-profile branding – included on all stationery, menus
and brochures associated with the event
Branding on the awards trophies
Branding on the website
Half-page advertisement within the February/March edition of Yorkshire Business Insider alongside the review of the awards.
Representative from sponsor’s firm to be on the judging panel
Presentation of award on the evening
A table of ten at the dinner
Best Web Design Company
Awarded to the Yorkshire-based web design company the judges consider
has shown the most consistent quality in designing websites. Sites
designed for non-Yorkshire companies can be included here, as long as
they were designed by a Yorkshire-based agency.
Best Not for Profit Website
Awarded to what the judges consider to be the best website produced by
a charity, voluntary group, NGO or public sector organisation.
Best Business-to-Business Website
Awarded to what the judges consider to be the most professional
business-to-business website. Non-Yorkshire company sites can be
submitted, as long as they were designed by a Yorkshire agency.
Intranets can also be submitted. The judges will be looking not just at
design but also at what commercial benefits the site has brought to the
organisation concerned.
Best Business-to-Consumer Website
Awarded to what the judges consider to be the most professional
business-to-consumer website, with particular attention given to
e-commerce sites. Non-Yorkshire company sites can be submitted, as long
as they were designed by a Yorkshire agency. The judges will be looking
not just at design but also at what commercial benefits the site has
brought to the organisation concerned.
Best Use of Broadband Technology
Awarded to the organisation that can most convincingly show how it has
used broadband technology to improve its commercial performance. It
does not matter if the technology used was not created in Yorkshire, as
long as the company using it is based here.
Best Newcomer
Awarded to what the judges consider to be the most successful
Yorkshire-based digital company that has been running for less than
three years.
Best Designer
Awarded to the Yorkshire-based individual site designer who the judges
consider to have shown the most consistent quality over the past 12
months. Limit on number of sites that can be submitted, as long as they
all went live in the past 12 months. Sites produced for non-Yorkshire
companies can also be submitted - only the designer needs to be based
in Yorkshire.
Best Entertainment Site
Awarded to the site aimed purely at entertainment that the judges
consider to be the most professionally executed while remaining the
most fun to use.
Best Innovation
Awarded to what the judges consider to be the most innovative new
development in web technology produced by a Yorkshire company. Judges
will be considering developments like podcasts and innovation on
non-web platforms.
Best Mobile Technology
Awarded to the most promising new innovation in mobile technology produced in the past 12 months.