Edgbaston communications agency WPR enjoyed a bumper night at the 2018 CIPR Midlands PRide Awards, taking home seven categories.

Six of the agency's awards were for its work with pub operator and brewery Greene King.

WPR's managing director Jane Ainsworth said: "This has been one of our best nights ever at the Midlands PRide Awards.

"The awards are testament to the hard work of our team, unrivalled creativity and outstanding digital execution.

"It is extremely gratifying to win for our work with Greene King who were with us on the night and have been so supportive of our ideas, no matter how 'out-of-the-box' they may at first have seemed.

"The campaigns have been fantastic to work on and I am so pleased that they have been recognised in this way."

Stone Junction was named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy
Stone Junction was named Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy

Also winning multiple awards at the event in Birmingham were Telford College and Staffordshire agency Stone Junction which took home the top prize of outstanding PR Consultancy.

Judges praised Stone Junction for its "energy, enthusiasm and smart business strategy".

The full list of 2018 winners and the campaigns is:

Corporate and Business Communications Campaign

Citypress - Schweppes

Internal Communications Campaign

Thread & Fable and Birmingham Metropolitan College - Sharing the Friday Feeling

Consumer Relations Campaign

WPR - Hungry Horse, Greene King, Glitter Gravy

Public Sector Campaign

Syndicate Communications - Shakespeare's Celebrations

Not-for-Profit Campaign

Farm Safety Foundation - Mind Your Head

Healthcare Campaign

WPR - A High Wire With No Safety Net

Integrated Campaign

The Marketing Pod - Take a marketing health check

Transport or Automotive Campaign

Vision Express - Eye Tests Save Lives

Low Budget Campaign

WPR - All that glitters is…gravy?

STEM Campaign

Stone Junction - Putting the rise of the cobots in context

Education Campaign

Telford College - Define Your Future with Telford College

Best Use of Media Relations

WPR - All that glitters is…gravy?

Best Use of Digital

WPR - Hungry Horse, Greene King, Hungry for Summer

Best Use of Social Media

WPR and Farmhouse Inns, Greene King, Creme Egg Yorkshire Pudding

Best Use of Content

WPR - All that glitters is…gravy?

Best Use of Photography or Design

Telford College - Rebranding Telford College

Best Event

Telford College - 7th Form Launch, A UK-first for education

Best Publication

BBC Birmingham - Spotlight

Outstanding Young Communicator

Jade Devlin, NFU Mutual

Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team

Loughborough University

Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy

Stone Junction

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations was founded in 1948 and is the professional body for the PR industry and its Midlands branch has 900 members covering counties in the West and East of the region.

Richard Stone, chairman of the Midlands branch, said: "This year's PRide Awards truly represent the best work being done in the Midlands.

"The quality and quantity of entries was truly impressive.

"When you next want to prove the real business value that PR delivers, point to the shortlist and winners.

"There can be no stronger argument and no more incontrovertible proof."