The finalists of the Marketing & Advertising Recruitment Awards 2014 (MARA 2014) have been announced. The awards, now in their fifth year, attracted a huge number of entries from recruitment consultancies across the UK, with the quality of entries higher than ever.
The most popular categories were Best Recruitment Website, Best Candidate Service and Best Niche Agency, with the latter definitively proving third-party recruiters are well and truly alive and kicking!
This year’s Best Niche Agency category looks very strong, whilst Best Recruitment Boss looks particularly combative. As always, excitement is building around the Recruitment Innovation category. The initiation of new recruitment ideas often defines winners from losers.
Attention now turns to the prestigious awards ceremony to be held on 19th November at the Park Plaza Hotel, London. Tables can now be booked for what promises to be another memorable evening.
Congratulations to all MARA 2014 finalists:
Best Newcomer (sponsored by Bullhorn)
Anthem Consulting
Bamboo Crowd
Bloc Digital Talent
Kingsgate Marketing Recruitment
The Digital Recruitment Company
The Great & The Good
Trust in Soda
Best Recruitment Video (sponsored by Career Library)
Aspire (corporate)
Aspire (internal)
Blue Tree Recruits
CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent
Recruitmentology
Best Niche Agency (sponsored by APSCo)
Anthem Consulting
Beringer Tame
CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent
ConnectDG
cranberry panda
Datatech Analytics
Jackson Rose Recruitment Solutions
Recruitment Innovation (sponsored by Arithon)
CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent
Doyen Digital Media
eRecruit Solutions
Major Players
Reuben Sinclair
Best Regional Agency (sponsored by Colleague)
2nd City Resourcing
AF Selection
Blue Tree Recruits
Brand Recruitment
Enigma People Solutions
Forward Role
The Candidate
Best Client-Side Recruitment Team (sponsored by idibu)
AF Selection Ltd
cranberry panda
Jackson Rose Recruitment Solutions
RedCat Solutions
Sauce Recruitment
SR Group (Carter Murray)
Best Agency-Side Recruitment Team (sponsored by Drum Resourcing)
AF Selection
Aspire
Energize Recruitment Solutions
Reuben Sinclair
The Candidate
Best Social Media Strategy (sponsored by Kamanchi)
Aspire
Brand Recruitment
CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent
Forward Role
Media Square Recruitment
Perfect Pearl Solutions
Best Recruitment Website (sponsored by OnlyMarketingJobs.com)
AF Selection
ABRS Ltd
ASG International
Aspire
Benson Price Consultants
Purple Consultancy
Seven Search & Selection
Stopgap
The Candidate
Best Contract Recruitment Team (sponsored by eQuidity)
2nd City Resourcing
ConSol Partners
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Purple Consultancy
Best Marketing Campaign (sponsored by TOAD)
Beringer Tame
cranberry panda
Major Players
Media Square Recruitment
Opilio Recruitment
Best Client Service (sponsored by Microdec)
Anthem Consulting
Brand Recruitment
ConnectDG
cranberry panda
Expand Executive Search
Forward Role
JEFFERSON
Sphere Digital Recruitment
Best Candidate Experience (sponsored by Evergreen)
Ascent Solutions
Bamboo Crowd
Brand Recruitment
CloudNine Social Media & Digital Talent
Expand Executive Search
Forward Role
The Candidate
Yolk Recruitment
Recruitment Consultant of the Year (sponsored by CV Library)
Alex Marriner - Bloc Digital Talent
Ali Kennedy - Sphere Digital
Ben Wallin - ConSol Partners
David Atkins - Brand Recruitment
Dominic Phipps - Brand Recruitment
Drew Welton - Bamboo Crowd
James Eppinger - Connect DG
Kate O’Shea - Energize
Rebecca Lloyd - Yolk Recruitment
Ryan Adams - ConSol Partners
Recruitment Boss of the Year (sponsored by yu:talent)
Brian Matthews - The Candidate
Dan Sheen & Fraser Bryden - Sauce Recruitment
Ed Steer - Sphere Digital
Helen Stokes - Major Players
Jonathan Hall - cranberry panda
Nici Jones - Yolk Recruitment
Robert Garner - Media Square Recruitment
Ryan Speed - Opus Recruitment Solutions
Agency of the Year (sponsored by First Choice Software)
All finalists are automatically entered into this category 
