The 2008 Hantsweb Awards Ceremony
Receiving the award had an instant positive outcome for me when the runner up in the Silver Surfer category, a professional web design company, who I pipped at the post, approached me during the buffet and asked me to work on a web/radio project with them.
Listeners to my radio station were delighted at the news of the award and many of them telephoned the station to congratulate me.
It’s wonderful for the listeners because they feel they own the radio station and they’re really proud of everything we do. Going forward the award will help us secure further funding which will enable us to enhance the service to our listeners. I knew nothing about building web sites, but I knew about art and built the site from an artistic point of view and that’s why it looks different.
Tony Smith - Founder / Manager - Angel radio, - Winner of the Best Silver Surfer Website
www.giddylimits.co.uk has only been going for a year and it meant a great deal to us to be recognised for what we have achieved. It was also inspiring to see the huge variety of websites representing organisations across the spectrum.
Gerry Granshaw- Editor - Giddy Limits, - Runner-Up of the Best Silver Surfer Website
I really enjoyed the Hantsweb Awards event. There were some very worthy winners but we were just amazed to be finalists! Hart haven't had a webmaster for two years since the original webmaster left. We changed the responsibility for developing web content to the Corporate Improvement Team in April and have made significant progress over the last few months. The awards have acted as recognition to our content team that their efforts have been noticed, which has given them a huge boost of confidence.
Richard Menhinick - Senior Performance & Innovation Officer / Corporate Web Lead Corporate Performance - Hart District Council- Runner-Up of the Best Public Services Website
Satyam is proud to have been associated with the Hantsweb Awards this year as a sponsor for the newly introduced and important category of Best Sport website. The unprecedented level of response and the high quality of the entries was indeed a great achievement.
Biswashis Gantayet - Head – Public Services, healthcare; UK & Ireland -Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
The 2008 Hantsweb Awards Ceremony was held on the morning of the 4th November at the Intech Planetarium near Winchester. Events were kicked off with the showing of 'Rocket Man' a fantastic film that showcased the wonderful facilities of the Planetarium.
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The Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mary Fagan, opened proceedings with the Deputy Leader of the County Council Councillor Roy Perry giving an opening speech. Steve Power, the Wave 105 breakfast DJ was the compere for the ceremony and called up the finalists for each of the twelve categories before announcing the winners and runners-up.
Each winner collected a Hantsweb Awards trophy designed and handcrafted by Tinklertastic and a Dell Vostro A860 notebook computer. The winners of the Best Sports Website also received two executive box tickets to the Tottenham v Portsmouth Premier League match on 17th January 2009. Runners-up all received a £20 W H Smith gift voucher. All finallists received a framed certificate of their achievement.
Before Councillor Perry formally closed the ceremony, Sky Sport News presenter, Andy Steggall, chatted with one of the judges, Spencer Gallagher from Bluhalo, about his experiences in web design as well as what makes a good website.
Many thanks to our sponsors and judges without whom the Awards could not happen.
The following videos were specially commissioned for the ceremony.
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