Manchester based interactive design group, magneticNorth, this week picked up a Media Momentum Award.

Organised by GP Capital, in association with Barclays and Olswang, the awards are given to the UK’s fastest growing media and new media companies.

magneticNorth is the only company outside of London to make it into the Media Momentum top 50 companies alongside some of the biggest names in the industry.

GP Capital partner, Manish Madhvani, commented on the awards “We are delighted to announce the top 50 as they not only represent the future of the UK media industry but are exciting examples of companies at the forefront on innovation”.

Lou Cordwell, Director at magneticNorth, added “We’ve had an incredibly exciting year and it’s great that our success has been recognised with this high profile award”.