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2007
Nov
- Hotwire wins Computing IT PR Company of the Year 

Nov - Purchase by Photon Group, the global marketing services company

Oct -  Two-times winner at the 2007 PRWeek Awards for International Consultancy of the Year, and Best Technology Campaign for NetNames

Oct - Winner of the Top Com d’Or for the campaign for Western Digital

Oct - Hotwire ranked for the second time "Best Agency to Work For" by the Holmes Report

July
– Holmes Report finds Hotwire is the 19th fastest growing independent PR agency in the world
 
June – Recognised by PRWeek as the 3rd largest technology PR agency in the UK
 
May –Two-times winner at the 2007 Sabre Awards for Best European Campaign and Best French Campaign
 
Feb – Hotwire launches sister agency Skywrite Communications targeted at start-ups and challenger brands

2006
Dec -
Hotwire won the 2006 Top Com de Bronze, category B2C, following its highly successful campaign with Mio Technology

Nov - The Holmes Report European Consultancy Report Card 2006 named Hotwire as one of the ‘Best Consultancies to Work For’

June - PR Week featured Hotwire as the 5th Biggest Technology PR Agency in the UK

April - Two respected PR industry journals in the UK and Germany featured Hotwire as the top technology PR agency in Europe.  With 63% growth, Hotwire was listed in the UK's PR Week Top 150 as the fastest growing technology agency in the UK, and Hotwire’s Frankfurt office was ranked the second fastest growing German PR agency by PR industry portal PR-Journal.de.

Jan - Hotwire opens two new European offices in Spain and Italy

2005
Dec -
Hotwire wins the Prix Stratégies business-to-business PR in France

Nov - Hotwire voted European Technology Consultancy of the Year by the Holmes Report, also ranking Hotwire in the top five best agencies to work for

Nov - Hotwire makes Marketing magazine's 'Top 100 companies' and 'Top 50 marketing services' league tables

July - Hotwire launches banking and finance practice in the UK

May - Video game accessory giant Logic3 selects Hotwire as European agency

Apr - Hotwire’s revenue up 77% from April 2004

Feb - Hotwire wins Top Com d’Or Award in France

2004
May -
Global telecoms equipment giant Ciena appoints Hotwire for European campaign

Feb - Hotwire wins IPRA Golden World Award for best B2B campaign for THUS

2003
June -
Hotwire appointed by 50th client

2002
Nov -
Hotwire wins PRWeek’s New Consultancy of the Year Award

Oct - Hotwire wins Computing’s Best IT PR Company Award

Sep - UK telecoms operator THUS plc, owner of Demon Internet, appoints Hotwire

Apr - Paris office opens.  European portal company Plumtree Software appoints Hotwire for pan-European campaign

Jan - Frankfurt office opens

2001
Dec -
21 retained clients including Alcatel, Experian and Psion.  8 project clients including London Business School

Dec - Five retained clients including HP spin-off Agilent Technologies and European venture capital firm ETF Group.  Four project clients including Advertising.com

Sep - Kristin Syltevik and Anthony Wilson launch Hotwire with opening of London office
Hotwire PR launched at one of the worst times for a technology specialist: at the start of the dot com crash of 2000. Despite this inopportune timing the agency has grown steadily over the last six years. Last year was the company’s best year to date with an impressive 61% rise in fee income.
PR Week,
21 April 2006