DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data academy or skills development programme (Client-side): Marks & Spencer
The Marks & Spencer BEAM Academy was launched in response to the responsibility of all data education balancing on one data analyst apprenticeship. Since its inception, BEAM has evolved into a strategic learning proposition for the organisation which has reached all areas of the business.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data for good champion: Fraser Macdonald
In his role as deputy director at the Data for Children Collaborative, Fraser Macdonald is central to the creation of diverse cross-sector transdisciplinary teams to build meaningful agile projects that source answers to child-focused challenges.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Transformation with data: Lebara
In the space of just two years, Lebara has transformed its business strategy by utilising data. By shifting from prioritising offline volumes to online, digital-first data driven customer relationships the Lebara team delivered five times as much data in a 12-month period, increased the customer base by 44%, reduced churn by 15% and has increased the active online customer audience.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data academy or skills development programme (Vendor-side): Rockborne
In just two years Rockborne has taken the data industry by storm with its ability to identify and upskill the next generation of data talent. Formed in response to the data industry’s dire need for more talent and improved skills, Rockborne developed a unique training approach to provide a new level of skills that can be applied in diverse ways in real-world business examples.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data for health and wellbeing: Specsavers
Specsavers’ industry-recognised clinical outcomes report allows clinicians to see the outcomes of all their patients and review them as part of reflective practice.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data and analytics team (Client-side): Burberry
The data and analytics team at Burberry consistently scores highest in team happiness, hits and exceeds long-term company targets, can fill senior roles almost entirely internally and delivers value directly generating £1 million per team member in revenue increases.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data for society: Trilateral Research, CESIUM
It is a difficult topic to discuss, but the prevention of abuse to children is a lifechanging occurrence that data can impact for the better, which is what the Trilateral Research team have done. Trilateral Research launched CESIUM in March 2023 after five years of developing ethical AI and leveraging research to use data for good.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data and analytics team (Vendor-side): Go Inspire
Collaboration is at the core of Go Inspire Group’s data team and this collaboration has led to an exceptional team culture and an unsurpassed understanding of the financial benefits that can be achieved.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data-enabling solution of the year (Client-side): John Lewis Partnership
Waitrose bakeries – part of the John Lewis Partnership – had the Bakery Optimisation Tool (BOT) developed by the data science team to anticipate customer demand, reduce waste and assist in increasing sales.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data graduate employer: Virgin Money
The Virgin Money graduate programme does not just create data professionals, but it sculpts them into data entrepreneurs to challenge the status quo and drive innovations that will evolve the wider industry.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Data-enabling solution of the year (Vendor-side): KNIME
The KNIME Analytics Platform has lowered the barrier for entry with an open-source solution that enables users to build analytics of varying complexity in a no-code and low-code environment to expediate the value sourced from data.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data outreach programme: Zurich Insurance
Zurich Insurance’s outreach programmes come in many forms to connect with different communities internally and externally and achieve a multitude of objectives to drive increased understanding, use of and passion for all things data.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data: Transform UK
Helping the UK achieve carbon net zero by creating a net zero systems tool
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data story or data visualisation: Operational Support Team, 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)
The Operation Support Team (OST) from 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic) demonstrated the diverse needs of data in times of national need by navigating events such as evacuations from Sudan, the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, earthquakes in Turkey and the Eurovision Song Contest.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Global data and analytics leader of the year: Sandra Stanley
With more than 20 years’ experience in data, Sandra Stanley has taken the role of chief data science officer and used her position to create an inclusive, welcoming and ambitious data team with a strong culture and plenty of ambition.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data-driven process (Client-side): Dobbies Garden Centres and Go Inspire
Dobbies Garden Centres and Go Inspire created a process that has leveraged the available data to drive incredible new growth and customer loyalty opportunities resulting in a 215% increase in return on investment and a 199% year-on-year increase in incremental revenue.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Grand prix: ai.io AiSCOUT
The DataIQ Grand Prix is given to an entry that is the highest scoring of all candidates, which was won by AiSCOUT for its work with talent detection within the sporting world.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best data-driven process (Vendor-side): LEK Consulting data & analytics team
By building a machine learning model, the LEK Consulting data and analytics team delivered a best-in-class centre improvement for more than 50 blood donation centres in Germany, making improvements of up to 40%.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Innovation with data champion: National Police Chiefs Council
With one of the most important roles in modern society, the National Police Chiefs Council is utilising data to further protect individuals across the nation by building a National Police Data Board.
DataIQ Awards 2023 winner – Best diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiative: Rockborne
Rockborne submitted one of the most honest and human responses to this category and highlighted the difficulties surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), particularly for a young business. As stated in their submission, “diversity is far more than a policy in the employee handbook.