It’s always an honour to be recognised for your work – and here at 44 we’re feeling particularly proud after clinching a Class Winner award at the 2022 Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) Central and North Regional Awards.

Working with Volkswagen Financial Services UK, our guide, Everything you ever wanted to know about hybrid working, was recognised as best in class in the Skills: Design category. We also picked up three Awards of Excellence in the Design, Writing, and Newspaper/Newsletter categories for Tarmac, Volkswagen Financial Services UK and EDF respectively.

The awards, held at the Custard Factory in Birmingham, recognise the best and brightest of the internal comms community in the region. In keeping with the #KommsKlub theme, it was a great opportunity to grab some glowsticks, let our hair down and reconnect in person after two years…

Here are our results in full:

Class Winner

Design

Everything you ever wanted to know about hybrid working… for Volkswagen Financial Services UK by Volkswagen Financial Services UK and 44 Communications

Awards of Excellence

Design
One Magazine: Protecting our pollinators for Tarmac by 44 Communications

Writing
Everything you ever wanted to know about hybrid working… for Volkswagen Financial Services UK by Volkswagen Financial Services UK and 44 Communications

Newspaper/Newsletter
The Point for EDF, Hinkley Point C by EDF and 44 Communications

44’s Alan Coates, said: “It’s great to see the team and our work nominated by the IoIC. Celebrating that recognition was reason enough for us to embrace the 90s-club-themed vibe of the awards.

“However, to come away with a Class Winner, and for a project that was so transformational, is just the best feeling. We’re all about worthwhile communication, so this stamp of approval from the IoIC is something we’re very proud of.”

For more information on the awards, and to find out about the rest of the winners from this year’s event, visit the IoIC website.