19
Aug

A RAFT OF NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS AT THE UNION

The Union has promoted four of its senior management team to the boards of its businesses. This is the first time new Directors have been appointed for many years and represents a planned approach to succession, as well as a careful development the Union Group of businesses. Louise Killough, The Union’s Client Services Director, is appointed to the board of Union Advertising. Louise has been with the agency for over 16 years, and now leads the agency account management team. She also leads on client development and the agency’s financial performance. She has considerable client experience across many sectors, including Scottish Government, Quality Meat Scotland, VisitScotland, Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS), Scottish Enterprise, Reebok, Warburtons and Highland Spring.  Louise also sits on the Marketing Society Scotland committee.

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19
Jun

THE UNION’S 2021 STAR AWARD WINNERS

The agency was named Scotland’s Agency of the Year 2021 at the Marketing Society Star awards based on a strong set of award-winning entries. The Union won four Golds, one Silver and one Bronze at the awards event. Here we summarise the winning entries across four of our clients.

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18
Jun

THE UNION IS AGENCY OF THE YEAR 2021

At last night’s Marketing Society Scotland Star Awards The Union was crowned Agency of the Year 2021. This is the fourth time the agency has achieved this recognition, previously winning in 2010, 2015 and 2017. The agency also won three Gold awards, one Silver and one Bronze. An entry for the Scottish Government’s Parent Club marketing won Gold in the Digital Strategy category. Also for the Scottish Government, the campaign to tackle period inequality and discrimination won a Gold in the Marketing in Society category. 

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13
Jun

HUGH BURKITT ON UNION’S AGENCY OF YEAR ACCOLADE

Hugh Burkitt, Global Ambassador and former CEO of the Marketing Society, explains why The Union was named Star Agency of the Year at last week’s Marketing Star Awards in Glasgow. The Union won 5 Golds, 4 Silvers and 5 Bronzes at the awards, which was attended by over 500 industry professionals. The agency last won the Agency of the Year accolade in 2015.

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12
Jun

UNION NAMED 2017 AGENCY OF THE YEAR

The Union has been named 2017 Star Agency of the Year at the Marketing Society Star Awards in Scotland. The agency, together with sister agency Union Direct, collected 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 4 Bronzes on the awards night. The event was held at the SWG3 venue in Glasgow, a gathering of over 500 marketing people, both agency and clients. Scottish comedian Susan Calman was the host for the evening.

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16
May

UNION LEADS THE WAY WITH 15 STAR NOMINATIONS

The Union has secured 15 nominations for the 2016 Marketing Society Scotland Star Awards. Categories nominated in include Brand Development, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Planning (x2), Digital Strategy, Advertising (x2), Cause Related & Charity, Public Sector (x3), Tourism Leisure & Sport (x2) and Retail.

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30
Jun

UNION NAMED AGENCY OF THE YEAR 2015 AT MARKETING AWARDS

The Union was delighted to be named The Marketing Society Scotland’s ‘Agency of the Year 2015’ at the Marketing Star Awards. The award was made at a packed dinner in Glasgow, with around 500 industry guests present.

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15
May

UNION NAMED AGENCY OF THE YEAR AT THE MARKETING SOCIETY

The Union was named Agency of the Year at the 2010 Marketing Society Scotland Excellence Awards. The award rounded off a successful evening for the agency, winning three Golds, four Silvers and two Bronze awards. Winning papers were for a wide range of clients, including Scottish Government, Historic Scotland, VisitScotland and Energy Saving Trust. The Union’s paper for Organ Donation won the Gold award in the Advertising Excellence category.

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27
Oct

UNION NAMED SCOTTISH AGENCY OF THE YEAR 2008

At Friday night’s annual Scottish Advertising Awards, the ‘Oscars’ for Scottish advertising, The Union were crowned ‘Agency of the Year’ for the second time in three years. The agency also picked up 10 awards and 5 commendations in an evening with strong competition from several agencies. The Union’s awards were won for work on a selection of clients including Scottish Government, Historic Scotland, Road Safety Scotland, ASH Yorkshire and Project Scotland.

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20
Oct

UNION WINS AGENCY OF THE YEAR

The Union has been given the accolade of Agency of the Year at the 2006 Scottish Advertising Awards. The awards, which rank the best advertising, direct and digital work in Scotland each year, were announced at a dinner in Edinburgh last week, attended by over 400 people from the marketing communications industry.

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