Publisher of the Year

About the Award

This award honours a publisher that has stood out over the past year through innovation, creativity, and originality, while delivering exceptional results for advertisers and value for consumers.

Judges will be looking for evidence of product innovation, service excellence, and campaigns that showcase measurable success and strong client relationships.

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2026 Gold Winner

Purpose-Powered Performance: Driving Sales, Funding Causes

Purpose-Powered Performance: Driving Sales, Funding Causes

By: easyfundraising

The Challenge

How do you evolve beyond traditional affiliate publishing while delivering measurable results for advertisers, tangible benefits for consumers and meaningful value for communities, all at scale?

The Strategy

easyfundraising aligned advertiser objectives with community motivations to amplify campaigns beyond owned media. It also underwent a major organisational shift to cross-functional, self-sufficient delivery teams to enable faster execution and more ambitious ideas.

Execution and Innovation

Immersive gamified campaigns, dynamic donation boosts for precision targeting, and the evolution of cause admins into a mini-influencer network deepened collaboration between brands, national partners and causes.

Results

£400m in GMV delivered for brands while generating 7.3m in charitable donations for UK causes.

Judges’ Verdict

“easyfundraising has set a new benchmark for purpose-led retail media, fundamentally evolving what affiliate publishing can achieve in a modern economy.”

“Proving that aligning brand objectives with social good is a powerful, scalable and highly incremental commercial strategy.”

2026 Silver Winner

Genie Ventures: Measurable Impact, Meaningful Innovation, Market-Leading Scale

By: Genie Ventures

2026 Bronze Winners

Blending Community Trust, Editorial Expertise and AI Innovation to Drive Brand Growth and Standout Campaign Results

By: Atolls

Setting the Gold Standard Through Innovation, Scale, Collaboration and Trust

By: Reward Gateway Edenred

2026 Finalists

  • Blending Community Trust, Editorial Expertise and AI Innovation to Drive Brand Growth and Standout Campaign Results

    By: Atolls
  • Genie Ventures: Measurable Impact, Meaningful Innovation, Market-Leading Scale

    By: Genie Ventures
  • Purpose-Powered Performance: Driving Sales, Funding Causes

    By: easyfundraising
  • Setting the Gold Standard Through Innovation, Scale, Collaboration and Trust

    By: Reward Gateway Edenred
  • TopCashback: Driving Scalable Growth Through Fair Play Partnerships

    By: TopCashback
  • UNiDAYS 2025: Redefining publisher excellence for the Gen Z mindset.

    By: UNiDAYSClient/Partner: Dyson, SEPHORA, VOXI Mobile
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