Livercool 08 triumph for Chris Hulme

The sixth annual Livercool awards dinner hosted by the business club and lobby group Downtown Liverpool in Business last night saw Paver Smith account director Chris Hulme scoop the Marketer of the Year Award.

Other winners included Simon Edwards of Midas Capital, who won the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and Rob Preston of Alma De Cuba fame, who claimed the coveted Best Bar/Restaurant Manager award.

A Paver Smith team provided north west media consultancy services to Midas during the £1.3bn deal which saw the fund management group complete a reverse takeover of Iimia Miton Optimal earlier this year.

The agency has represented Alma De Cuba for the past 12 months. The PR team, led by senior account manager Emma Gunby has generated local, national and international print and broadcast coverage and helped affirm Alma's status as one of Europe's coolest venues.

"It was a fantastic night for me personally and also great to see Rob acknowledged - a very popular winner and an extremely cool cat," said Chris Hulme.

Over 400 guests attended the DLIB event at Liverpool's Crowne Plaza Hotel and were entertained by Liverpool choir Sense of Sound and comedian John Bishop.

DLIB Chairman Frank McKenna said: "The interest in the awards evening grows year on year and we have been absolutely delighted with the response to Livercool 08, which included a record 3,000 plus votes being cast for all nominees."