Execs from across the licensing landscape came to South Kensington’s Millennium Gloucester hotel on Friday to celebrate this year’s Licensing.biz People Awards.
One of the big winners of the night was Bulldog Licensing’s Rob Corney, who scooped Manager of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to Licensing, while Bulldog also picked up the award for Licensing Agent of the Year.
Elsewhere, BB-8 By Sphero and Disney was named as the Licensing Deal of the Year while The Point 1888 scooped Brand Extension & Beyond for its Innocent Headwear range with Oliver Bonas.
Another popular winner on the day was The Light Fund, who took home the award for Unsung Hero. The event also raised over £600 for the industry charity through a raffle held on the day.
“A big congratulations to all our winners, and a big thank you to everyone who came along to this year’s event” said Licensing.biz editor Billy Langsworthy.
"Another thank you to all those that got involved in the raffle to help raise some cash for one of the night’s most popular winners, The Light Fund."
The complete list of People Awards 2016 winners can be found below:
Retail Buying Team of the Year (Major/Multiple)
Tesco
Retail Buying Team of the Year (Indie)
TruffleShuffle
Rising Star: Licensee & Licensing Agent
Charlotte Clisby – Merchant On Demand
Rising Star: Licensor
Jade Kellman – FremantleMedia
Licensor Team of the Year (Enterprise)
Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products
Licensor Team of the Year (SMB)
Aardman
Licensee Team of the Year
Spin Master
Licensing Agent of the Year
Bulldog Licensing
Licensing Solutions Team of the Year
Imagine8
Brand Extension and Beyond
Innocent Hats with Oliver Bonas – The Point 1888/Innocent/Oliver Bonas
Unsung Hero
The Light Fund
Manager of the Year
Rob Corney – Bulldog Licensing
Licensing Deal of the Year
BB-8 by Sphero – Sphero/Disney
Outstanding Contribution to Licensing
Rob Corney – Bulldog Licensing