The Work Awards


Insight Impact Award 

  • 2025       Holland & Barrett
  • 2024       NatWest Group, with Three Hands Insight
  • 2023       Samworth Brothers, with Boxclever
  • 2022       BT Group, with The Customer Closeness Company
  • 2021      The Co-Op
  • 2020       Chivas Brothers, Pernod Ricard, with Sign Salad
  • 2019       Whitbread
  • 2018       Autotrader
  • 2017       Experian
  • 2016       Sport England
  • 2015       Diageo*
  • 2014       eBay*
  • 2013       ASDA*

* formerly known as the Rockefeller

ROI Award: Budget under £15k

  • 2025       Samworth Brothers
  • 2024       BT Group
  • 2023       Close Brothers

ROI Award

  • 2025       The Earthshot Prize
  • 2024       Samworth Brothers
  • 2023       Sky

Innovation of the Year      

  • 2025       Kantar 
  • 2024       Verve 
  • 2023       VoxPops International 
  • 2022       Stravito 
  • 2021       Flood & Partners



The People Awards

Best Clientside Team

  • 2025       Samworth Brothers
  • 2024       Formula E
  • 2023       Coventry Building Society
  • 2022       Nat West Group
  • 2021       John Lewis Partnership
  • 2020       Formula 1
  • 2019       Whitbread

Best New Insight Talent

  • 2025       Charlotte Hardaker, Samworth Brothers
  • 2024       Becky Chapman, Domino's
  • 2023       Jess Davies, Whitbread
  • 2022       Billy Budd, Coventry Building Society
  • 2021       Emily Hake, Sky

Individual Impact - Clientside

  • 2025       Clare Woodward, BT Group
  • 2024       Mayra Munguia, BT Group
  • 2023       Bradley Bain, Barclays
  • 2022       Lisa Chu, BT Group

Individual Impact - Agency

  • 2025       Paul Thomas, Strive Insight Limited
  • 2024       Jonathan Stone, MTM
  • 2023       Jon Cohen, Kindling Strategy
  • 2022       Tomi Durosinmi, Verve



The Speaker Awards


Most Inspiring In Person Client Speaker

  • 2025       Georgia Lewin, The AA

Most Inspiring Online Client Speaker

  • 2025       Lucy Tarrant, Principality Building Society

Most Inspiring Client Speaker

  • 2024       Nicola Stevens, Close Brothers
  • 2023       David Watts, Virgin Media O2
  • 2022       Anne Caffrey, Nationwide Building Society
  • 2021       Matt Walker, Co-Op
  • 2020       Karen Bilsborough, TUI UK & Ireland
  • 2019       Abiola Oni, Rightmove
  • 2018       Joe Morrison, Plan International
  • 2017       Jodie Gillory, Premier Foods
  • 2016
  • 2015       Suzanne Lugthart, Rightmove
  • 2014       Cristene McCauley, Diageo
  • 2013       Richard Drury, Boots

Most Inspiring Agency Speaker

  • 2025       Sarah Jenkins, Magenta 
  • 2024       Paul Hudson & Danny Russell, FlexMR
  • 2023       Louise Horner, Acacia Avenue
  • 2022       Grant Feller, Story Makers & Leanne Tomasevic, Truth Consulting
  • 2021       Crawford Hollingworth, The Behavioural Architects
  • 2020       Dan Young, SHED Research
  • 2019       Richard Shotten
  • 2017       Alex Gordon, Sign Salad
  • 2016       Amy Cash & Jon Puleston, TNS/Lightspeed
  • 2015       Peter Totman, Jigsaw
  • 2014       MASH
  • 2013       Crawford Hollingworth, The Behavioural Architects

The Being There Award

  • 2024     Rupesh Patel, Samsung and Lindsey Greig, Redblue



The Agency Awards

Agency of the year

  • 2025       Boxclever
  • 2024       Kokoro
  • 2023       Kokoro
  • 2022       Kokoro
  • 2021       Basis
  • 2020       Basis
  • 2019       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2018       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2017       ABA Research
  • 2016       Basis
  • 2015       Quadrangle
  • 2014       Join the Dots
  • 2013       ABA Research

Breakthrough Agency of the Year 

  • 2025       Barry Clark, Related Stories
  • 2024       Magenta
  • 2023       Lovebrands
  • 2022       Lens
  • 2021       Buzzback Research
  • 2019       Strive

Best Small Agency

  • 2025       Hummingbird Insights
  • 2024       Magenta
  • 2023       Redblue
  • 2022       Humankind Research
  • 2021       Customer Closeness Company
  • 2020       Customer Closeness Company
  • 2019       OKO

Storytelling 

  • 2025       Boxclever
  • 2024       Kokoro
  • 2023       Kokoro
  • 2022       Kokoro
  • 2021       Yonder Consulting
  • 2020       Sparkler
  • 2019       Trinity McQueen
  • 2018       Join the Dots
  • 2017       Flamingo
  • 2016       Plural Thinking
  • 2015       Join the Dots
  • 2014       Join the Dots
  • 2013       Flamingo

Trusted Partner

  • 2025       The Nursery Research and Planning
  • 2024       Kokoro 
  • 2023       Verve
  • 2022       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2021       Boxclever Consulting
  • 2020       Kokoro
  • 2019       Populus
  • 2018       ABA Research
  • 2017       ABA Research
  • 2016       Acacia Avenue
  • 2015       Basis
  • 2014       Brainjuicer
  • 2013       ABA Research

RETIRED AWARDS


AURA HEROES (Special award in 2021)

  • Alison Bainbridge & Laura Gillespie, Kokoro 
  • David Barks & Ross Connell, Savanta
  • Laura Byrne, Boxclever Consulting
  • Kate Hall, Telefonica
  • Greg Roche, TLF Research

Commercial Acumen

  • 2022       Kokoro
  • 2021       Savanta
  • 2020       Basis
  • 2019       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2018       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2017       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2016       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2015       Quadrangle
  • 2014       Incite Marketing Planning
  • 2013       Quadrangle

Driving Industry Progress

  • 2015       DVL Smith (David Smith)
  • 2014       Nick Bonney, Camelot
  • 2013       Barbara Langer and Team eBay

Knowledge Sharing

  • 2018       Annette Muller
  • 2017       Lizzi Seear, IHG
  • 2016      
  • 2015       Laurence Miklichansky-Maddocks
  • 2014       Laurence Miklichansky-Maddocks
  • 2013       Laurence Miklichansky-Maddocks

Inspiring Leadership

  • 2022       Charlotte May, Legal & General
  • 2021       Nick Watkins, Money & Pensions Service

Outstanding Contribution to AURA

  • 2017       Graeme Armstrong
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