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Southampton's Carswell Gould celebrating four accolades at Hermes Creative Awards

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Giles Gwinnett

Southampton-based marketing agency Carswell Gould is celebrating after it was awarded four Hermes Creative Awards - one of the oldest and largest competitions in the world.

The international competition seeks to honour the creative industry’s best publications, branding collateral, websites, videos, marketing and communication programmes.

The company's brand and marketing approach for internet provider Lit Fibre and was awarded a platinum Hermes prize in the Brand Refresh category.

READ MORE: Southampton’s Carswell Gould and Meachers Global Logistics raise over £3,500 for the Saints Foundation

Work by Carswell Gould for leading law firm Moore Barlow also won the platinum award for Digital Marketing Campaign.

Carswell Gould also picked up a gold in the Event Marketing category in recognition for its work with KTP awards for Innovate UK, the company said.

It also won gold in the Brand Refresh award for its work for the international banking brand, Zenus Bank.

Carswell Gould said its creative touch breathed new life into Zenus Bank's brand identity and online presence.

The global launch involved showcasing the bank’s wider mission to the world and launching its new metal Zenus Visa Infinite debit card.

Ed Gould, creative director at Carswell Gould said: “We’re delighted to have won the quadruple of awards in the prestigious Hermes Creative Awards this year. This international recognition of our success for our highly engaging, creative campaigns, and powerful communications is testimony to the excellent team here at Carswell Gould and the great working relationships we have with our client partners – well done to everyone."

Hannah Bergman-Brown, account Manager at the company, added: "It's great to be able to celebrate our achievements together with our clients and we had a great day in London at an event with The Solicitors' Charity, a client which we won a 2022 Hermes award for our creative work on its rebrand.


"We're hoping to get together with this year's award-winning clients to celebrate very soon too!"

Carswell Gould's clients come from a range of industries, including influential regional players such as Solent LEP, WP Group, Watercress Line, Elliotts, Meachers Global Logistics and Port Solent, through to major international brands such as Hexagon, Moove, BOC, M&S and Suzuki. It is also a founding partner of Venturefest South, the region’s major network for innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors.

As well as the Hermes Creative Awards this year, the company has been named SME News' Most Innovative Marketing Agency in Hampshire 2023.

READ MORE: Carswell Gould win at Hermes Creative Awards 2022

Giles Gwinnett

Giles Gwinnett is a writer at The Business Magazine. He has been a journalist for more than 20 years and covered a vast array of topics at a range of media settings - in print and online. After his NCTJ newspaper training, he became a reporter in Hampshire before moving to a news agency in Gloucestershire. In recent years, he has been covering the financial markets along with company news for an investor-focused web portal. His many interests include politics, energy and the environment. He lives in Dorset.

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