March was an exciting month at Octopus, with several new clients and new starters helping round off a cracking first quarter of 2010.

A tough act to follow that may be, but April is shaping up nicely too.

Octopus has received two awards-related pieces of news in the last few days.

We have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Outstanding PR Consultancy category of the 2010 CIPR Excellence Awards.

As if that wasn't enough, our Cisco Customer Kings campaign has been nominated for a European Sabre Award. Customer Kings is now in its second year and has been a hugely successful campaign, helping Octopus to win PR Week's Marketing Communications: Business award in 2009.

Awards and nominations are a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase some of the great work we have done for our clients, and the capabilities of our people. Not surprisingly, we are delighted and looking forward to more successes in the coming year.