The winners of the Marketing & Digital Recruitment Awards 2016 have been announced following a glitzy presentation evening at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel. The industry-acclaimed awards acknowledge the fantastic efforts undertaken by niche marketing and digital recruitment consultancies over the previous twelve months, and with more individual companies than ever before scooping a category gong, MDRA 2016 once again highlighted the scope of talent within this remarkable recruitment sector. It also brought another year of unforgettable partying and a chance for everyone to really let their hair down! So who won? Congratulations to all the finalists and winners of the Marketing & Digital Recruitment Awards 2016 in partnership with First Choice Software:
Best Newcomer
Partnered by: Passle
Finalists: 33 Talent, Designtalent, Digital People, Forest Recruitment, Oakwell Hampton
Winner: Digital People
Highly Commended: 33 Talent
Best SME Agency
Partnered by:Â eQuidity
Finalists:Â 3Search, Brand Recruitment, Corecom Consulting, Forward Role Recruitment, Hanover Recruitment , Instinct Recruitment, PIE Recruitment, The Candidate
Winner: Brand Recruitment
Best Large Agency
Partnered by:Â Jobscience
Finalists: Career Moves, Hanson Search, Major Players, Sphere Digital Recruitment
Winner: Sphere Digital Recruitment
Best Marketing Strategy
Partnered by:Â BlueSky PR
Finalists: 3Search, Adam, cranberry panda, Digital Gurus, Opilio Recruitment, The Digital Recruitment Company
Winner: cranberry panda
Best International Agency
Partnered by:Â kamanchi
Finalists:Â ASG International, Consol Partners, Hanson Search, MCG Group, Robert Walters
Winner:Â Hanson Search
Best Freelance Team
Partnered by:Â Brookson
Finalists: Superlative Recruitment, The Crewing Company, Major Players, Montreal Associates, The Digital Recruitment Company
Winner: Major Players
Best Regional Agency
Partnered by:Â I-COM
Finalists: Brand Recruitment, Corecom Consulting, Forest Recruitment, Forward Role Recruitment, FS1 Recruitment, Harvey Nash Digital, The Candidate
Winner: Forward Role
Best Candidate Experience
Partnered by:Â Idibu
Finalists: ASG international, Brand Recruitment, cranberry panda, Hanson Search, Invoke Recruitment, PIE Recruitment, Triple Seven Resources, Yolk Recruitment
Winner: Hanson Search
Highly Commended: ASG International
Best Client Service
Partnered by:Â cube19
Finalists: Brand Recruitment, cranberry panda, Hanson Search, Harvey Nash Digital, Instant Impact, Macildowie, Reuben Sinclair, Scout Talent, Searchability, Sphere Digital Recruitment
Winner: Sphere Digital Recruitment
Best Niche Agency (sector)
Partnered by:Â Ebsta
Finalists: cranberry panda, Enigma People Solutions, Fluid Fusion, Invoke Recruitment, The Jefferson Group,  Oscar, Superlative Recruitment
Winner: Fluid Fusion
Best Niche Agency (discipline)
Partnered by:Â SourceBreaker
Finalists: Adam, Designtalent, Opilio Recruitment, Pivotal London, Superlative Recruitment, The Works Search
Winner: Pivotal London
Best Tech Digital Team
Partnered by:Â JXT
Finalists: ASG International, Harvey Nash Digital, IntaPeople, Montreal Associates, Oscar,
Searchability
Winner: Searchability
Best Client-Side Recruitment Team
Partnered by:Â APSCo
Finalists: Beringer Tame, Harvey Nash Digital, Jamie Miller Marketing Recruitment, PIE Recruitment, Sphere Digital Recruitment, Superlative Recruitment, The Candidate
Winner: Sphere Digital Recruitment
Highly Commended: The CandidateÂ
Best Agency-Side Recruitment Team
Partnered by:Â OnlyMarketingJobs.com
Finalists: Reuben Sinclair, Rockinroles, Sphere Digital Recruitment, The Candidate
Winner: Reuben Sinclair
Best Recruitment Website
Partnered by:Â 4MAT
Finalists: Career Moves, Designtalent, Instinct Resourcing, MCG Group, Murray McIntosh (Venn Digital), Network Marketing, Searchability
Winner: MCG GroupÂ
Highly Commended: Network Marketing
Marketing Star of the Year
Partnered by:Â Barclay Jones
Finalists: Alana Walden – Brand Recruitment, Astrid Hall – Opus, Camilla Stanley – Exsurgo, Faye Lewis – Montreal Associates, Holly Delaney – ASG International, Justin McGuire – MCG Group, Lisa Mahoney – Digital Gurus, Niomi Cowling – Sphere Digital Recruitment
Winner: Niomi Cowling – Sphere Digital Recruitment
Recruitment Consultant of the Year
Partnered by: Drum Recruitment
Finalists: Andrew Welsh – Instinct Resourcing, Andy Sellers – 3Search, Daniel Cox – Consol Partners, Dan Butler – Searchability, Dominic Phipps – Brand Recruitment, Francisco Penha e Costa – MCG Group, Jennifer Armond – Sphere Digital Recruitment, Yasmin Shabankareh – cranberry panda
Winner: Andrew Welsh – Instinct Resourcing
Recruitment Boss of the Year
Partnered by:Â Camino Partners
Finalists: Charlie Rawstron – 3Search, Caroline Foote – Career Moves, Graeme Hubert – Consol Partners, Jonathan Hall – cranberry panda, Jonathan Sanderson – Corecom Consulting, Mike Ward – Instinct Resourcing,  Justin McGuire – MCG Group, Ed Steer – Sphere Digital Recruitment, Brian Matthews – The Candidate
Winner: Brian Matthews – The Candidate
Agency of the Year
Winner: Sphere Digital Recruitment
A huge congratulations again to all of this year’s finalists and of course to the fabulous winners of the Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards 2016!