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Golden Bull archive

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To see the text of a particular Golden Bull winner, click on the year next to the winning organisation. Or you can choose a year from the drop-down menu below to view all winners from a particular year).

Winners by year:


  • A 'prestigious golf club' (2000)
  • AA (1983)
  • Amadeus International (1997)
  • Anadrom (2002)
  • Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts (1995)
  • Australian Taxations Office (2005)
  • Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited (1987)
  • Bank of Scotland (2004)
  • Bansal Estates (1999)
  • Barclays Bank plc (1989)
  • Barclays Unicorn Limited (1988)
  • Benefits Agency (1992)
  • Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (1999)
  • Bobby Gould (1987)
  • Bowcock & Pursall (1992)
  • BP Share Offer Mini Prospectus (1987)
  • Bristol City Council (1987) (1995)
  • Britannia Building Society (2000)
  • British Airways (1984) (2004)
  • British Forces Cyprus (2001)
  • British Rail Travellers-Fare (1981)
  • British Telecom (1987) (1989) (1996)
  • Bury County Court (2006)
  • Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust (2005)
  • Centre for Health Economics (1988)
  • Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman (1982)
  • Child Support Appeal Tribunal Central Office (1994)
  • City of Edinburgh District Council (1985) (1988)
  • City of Liverpool's Director of Housing and Consumer Services (1993)
  • Clerical Medical Investment Group (1991)
  • Colin Murphy (1989)
  • Comet (Radiovision Services Ltd, Hull) (1985)
  • Community Charges Registration Officer of Aberdeen (1989)
  • Contributions Agency (1993)
  • Crafts Council of Ireland (2006)
  • Creyf's Recruitment Limited (1991)
  • Cumbria County Council (1991)
  • Cunninghame District Council (1981)
  • Daily Telegraph (1989)
  • David Booth (1998)
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2005)
  • Department for Health and Social Security's Chief Insurance Officer (1982) (1984)
  • Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999)
  • Department for Trade and Industry (1997) (1998) (1999)
  • Department of Education and Science (1986)
  • Department of Energy (1986)
  • Department of Health and Social Security (1982) (2004)
  • Department of Health and Social Security, Birkenhead (1984)
  • Department of Social Security (1988) (2000)
  • Department of Trade and Industry (1997) (1998)
  • DfES (2001)
  • Diocese of Durham (1998)
  • Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd (1981)
  • Eastleigh Borough Council (2006)
  • Edinburgh Council (2001)
  • Elonex plc (1999)
  • Equity & Law Life Assurance Society (1984)
  • European Commission (2004)
  • Exeter Health Authority (1986)
  • Extel Statistical Services (1986)
  • Fife Council (2006)
  • Financial Services Authority (2001)
  • FNS Ltd (1984)
  • Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (2002)
  • Frizzell Insurance & Financial Services (1989)
  • GENIUS project (2004)
  • Germaine Greer (2006)
  • Girobank (1991)
  • Glasgow Royal Infirmary's Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (1999)
  • Glaxo Laboratories Limited (1989)
  • Gleeds Group (2002)
  • Grampian Regional Council (Abderdeen) (1985)
  • Halifax Building Society (1986)
  • Halifax General Insurance Services Ltd (2002)
  • Halton Borough Council (2005)
  • Haringey Council Community Affairs Service (1987)
  • Health & Safety Commission (1993)
  • Hewitt and Co Solicitors (1995)
  • Home Office (1998)
  • Inland Revenue (1985)
  • Inland Revenue (Leigh District) (1998)
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006)
  • Internal Revenue Service (1996)
  • Jacques Delors (1992)
  • Jewson (1992)
  • JMC Airlines (2003)
  • Jungle.com (2003)
  • Kent County Council (1986)
  • Kline & Co (2000)
  • Land Registry, Nottingham (1984)
  • Leeds City Council (1996)
  • Leeds Permanent Building Society (1985)
  • Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust (2000)
  • Lloyds Bank plc (1988)
  • Lloyds Pharmacy (2003)
  • London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (1985)
  • LONRHO Plc (1994)
  • Luton Education Authority (2000)
  • Manchester Co-operative Insurance Society (1982)
  • Manx Airlines (1994)
  • Marconi (2002)
  • Marks and Spencer (2003)
  • Mental Health Review Tribunal (1982)
  • Ministry of Defence (2000)
  • Motor Insurers' Bureau (1986) (1996)
  • National & Provincial Building Society (1992)
  • National Girobank (1983)
  • National Westminster Bank (1986)
  • Nationwide Anglia Building Society (1987)
  • Nationwide Trust Limited (1995)
  • NBI Information Systems (1996)
  • Newark District Council (1983)
  • NHS Directorate (1993)
  • North East Lincolnshire Council (1997)
  • North West Anglia Healthcare Trust (1998)
  • Northern Regional Health Authority (1989)
  • Norweb (1985)
  • NPI Portfolio Managers Limited (2000)
  • Office of National Statistics (1998)
  • Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (1997)
  • Open College Network (2002)
  • Oxford City Council (1997)
  • Oxford University Press (1997)
  • Panorama Software (2004)
  • Personnel Management (1992)
  • Plymouth City Council (1981)
  • Poole Lighting Limited (2005)
  • Potteries Bus Company (1984)
  • Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (1981)
  • RSA Examinations Board (2001)
  • Safeway (1998)
  • Salford City Council (1981)
  • Salter Rex Commercial Estate Agents (1988)
  • Scottish Court of Session (1983)
  • Scottish Executive (2005)
  • Security Pacific Business Finance (Europe) Ltd (1988)
  • Sky Sports (1992)
  • SMEG (2003)
  • The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (2003)
  • Sooner Snacks Ltd (1988)
  • South Bucks District Council (1995)
  • South Wales Electricity Board (1981)
  • South West of England Regional Development Agency (2000)
  • Southwark Council (1993) (1994)
  • Standard Life (2003)
  • STC Technology Ltd (1989)
  • Stiefel Laboratories (1994)
  • Strathclyde Joint Police Board (1999)
  • Technomatic (2001)
  • Thorn EMI (1982)
  • THORN Security Limited (1993)
  • Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (2000)
  • Travellers' Insurance Association (1981)
  • Trilogy Software (2004)
  • Trimedia (2004)
  • uk2net (2005)
  • UNISON (1993)
  • United Kingdom Warehousing Association (1997)
  • University of Dundee (2001)
  • Waitrose (2002)
  • Wanadoo UK (2005)
  • Warburtons Bakers (2003)
  • Wareham Associates (1997)
  • Wembley Playcraft (1984)
  • West Bromwich Building Society (1991)
  • West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (1982)
  • Wheale Thomas Hodgins plc (2001) (2006)
  • Wrexham County Council (2002)
  • Yahoo (2000)
  • Yorkshire Electricity (1995)
  • Yousef El-Dairy (2003)
  • Zanussi (1985)

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