In case you missed the story on our news page, this morning the CIPR announced the shortlist for the Excellence Awards, and we are shortlisted for the Outstanding Agency of the Year (second year in a row!).

Of course emails have been going around the office all day because we are pretty darn chuffed to be recognised again. So we asked everyone why they thought that we should win.  Here are some of my favourite responses:

"An agency is nothing without its staff, and Octopus is packed to the rafters with bloomin' marvellous people."
Kirstin

"As Tina would say, we're 'simply the best'!"
Katie

"We truly deserve to win for our insatiable drive to be the best at everything we set our minds to and underneath all this is a great bunch of people that come to work every day with a smile on their face."
Helen

"At Octopus we dance to our own beat and the results for our clients (and laughter around the office!) speak for themselves. I love my job."
Emily

"Octopus is everything that is good about working in PR: a fantastic bunch of creative, smart, hard-working people who not afraid of a challenge and have an impressive ability to get the right results, every time, for clients big and small."
Ruth

"It's hard to sum up the energy at Octopus Towers, but it's infectious and all about team work to get the results. Love this place!"
Jodie

"We deserve to win cos we are fun, fresh, funky and frickin awesome!
Christy

"For me, what makes Octopus outstanding is it's people, the team, and to quote an email from Jon this morning; our fearless media relations skills"
Naomi

"We turn great ideas into tangible results through passion and tenacity, without taking ourselves too seriously."
Susie

"We are fearless and believe that any challenge can become an opportunity."
Zuzu

"The wealth of knowledge across the group means that the Octopus Group often knows what its clients problems are, before they meet with them."
James

"There's always cake around, everyone's always willing to pitch in and help, and no competition is too ridiculous for everyone to get involved in and be uber-competitive about."
Erin

"Octopedes are clever, creative and a lot of fun - I've never worked with such talented people!"
Rebecca

"Because PR + cake is always a winning formula"
Steve

"Come on.  We've been nominated three times, we can't take being runners up again."
Jon

Emily