Last night the Financial Times won three awards at the 2007 Business Journalist of the Year Awards. Lucy Kellaway was named Columnist of the Year; Joanna Chung, Kate Burgess and Phillip Coggan won the award for Best Newspaper Story of the Year; and Carola Hoyos picked up the award for Breaking News Story of the Year. The awards, organised by the World Leadership Forum, were presented at an award ceremony at the Park Lane Hilton in London.

The Financial Times also won two awards at the 2007 Newspaper Awards, held on Tuesday evening. The FT’s mobile new reader won the award for Most Innovative Technology of the Year and How To Spend It was named National Colour Supplement of the Year for the sixth year running.

On Monday, the Financial Times unveiled a global refresh of the newspaper, overseen by Editor Lionel Barber. Monday also saw the launch of an advertising campaign in the UK. Created by DDB London, the campaign centres around the strapline “We Live in Financial Times’ and leverages the central role that global business plays in the world’s everyday lives. Tomorrow also sees the debut of the new-look FT Weekend and FT magazine.

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Emma Gilpin-Jacobs, Financial Times, 020 7873 4447 or emma.gilpin-jacobs@ft.com

Jo Crosby, Financial Times, 020 7873 3811 or jo.crosby@ft.com