Every Gold Award winner from Digital Awards 2016 schemes in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Milton Keynes and Surrey has qualified for the Digital Awards Champions, an exclusive event where the ultimate winners across all regions will be unveiled. The NEPP’s blog was awarded Gold in the Business Blog category for Essex.

The NEPP’s blog, written by Anna Tendant, a Civil Enforcement Officer who works for the NEPP, lifts the lid on what it is like to work in her role, discusses new and existing enforcement rules and provides valuable parking advice and information for motorists.

Since its launch, Anna Tendant has posted regular updates which have been a hit with motorists across North Essex and the blog has now had almost 7000 views.

The North Essex Parking Partnership is now encouraging residents and businesses in north Essex to back the blog.

Councillor Mitchell, Chairman of the North Essex Parking Partnership, said: “It was a great achievement to receive the Gold Essex county-wide award and we’re thrilled to be in the running for the Champions Award. I really hope people go online to vote for Anna Tendant in this next round of the awards process.

“The Partnership is embracing digital and social media to educate and engage with local motorists and target new audiences; and we’re pleased to say our blog is proving to be a very effective way of doing this.”

The Digital Awards Champions voting is now open! To vote, simply go to www.thedigitalawards.co/champions/blog-business, select North Essex Parking Partnership (Essex) and click the ‘submit vote’ button.

The vote will close at 5pm on 20 January 2017. The overall winners in all 15 categories will be decided by public vote ahead of a Presentation Reception which will be held on February 9 at BFI Southbank in London.