THE winners of the Innovation Excellence Awards 2025 have been announced at a ceremony held at the historic Stationers’ Hall in London.
The Innovator of the Year accolade went to FabLittleBag for its ‘sustainable, discreet and eco-friendly’ period disposal bags, which are designed to tackle plastic pollution in waterways and end taboos around menstrual waste. The award was presented by Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, former director general and CEO of Ordnance Survey and founding co-chair of the United Nations Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management.
The Innovation Excellence Awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the UK’s communications and content industries. Judges sought innovations that demonstrated originality, commercial impact, sustainability, and positive social or environmental benefit.
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB told attendees, “Innovation is one of the driving forces of progress. It requires courage, creativity and a willingness to look at the world differently — qualities that every winner here today embodies.”
The full list of winners is as follows:Â
Business Process – Aura Consultants for e-halo A digital platform helping brands manage and optimise packaging portfolios, providing real-time recyclability, compliance and carbon impact tracking.
Communications, including Marketing – City of London’s Leadenhall Market & Barley Communications for Revitalising a Heritage Brand, a campaign transforming Leadenhall Market into a vibrant weekend destination while celebrating its historic identity.
Customer Experience – Interflex Group Ltd for Quality Street fully recyclable, paper-based twist wraps for Quality Street chocolates.
Education Technology – VoxBlock for VoxBlock, a screen-free audiobook system supporting literacy and independent listening in children.
Product Design – FabLittleBag for FabLittleBag, easy-to-use disposal bags for period products that combines thoughtful design with environmental purpose.
Start-Up – xigxag Ltd for xigxag Digital Audiobook Gift Cards, a platform giving physical retailers access to the digital audiobook market through sustainable, subscription-free technology.
Innovator of the Year 2025 – FabLittleBag for FabLittleBag
