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Tuesday night was the EG awards and judging by the bleary eyes and croaky voices I witnessed the next morning the dour times in the market weren't stopping the industry having fun..

Bafta-nominated Rob Brydon  of Gavin and Stacey fame, was celebrity host for the awards and guided proceedings at the plush Grosvenor House hotel with a good dose of Welsh humour, the odd property-related quip (his agents tells us he has been reading EG on the tour bus!) and, of course, the obligatory sheep joke.

Few mishaps have been reported back, save a fire at one of the tables as one of the sponsor's BNP Paribas RE balloons caught in the flames of a lit candelabras.

As I was leaving I spotted the London head of a large German bank slapping down $600 worth of "fun" money at the charity casino. Now we haven't seen the bankers splashing the cash for a while - maybe it's a sign of things to come.,,.,

 A full list of the winners and a video of the evening can be found on EGi by clicking here

Pictures courtesy of Adam Tinworth.

The time is approaching when the industry checks its black tie or posh frock is back from the dry cleaners and gathers to see who will carry off the coveted (and quite heavy) EG awards.

This year we've changed the format a bit. The online votes have been cast in there hundreds and from that we've drawn up a short-list of contenders for each category.

Each contender will now submit to a panel of industry experts what they think makes them deserving to carry off the silverware. The panel, chaired by EG's acting editor Julia Cahill and myself, will then decide who the winners are.

All will be revealed at Grosvenor House on Tuesday September 29 but in the meantime click through to see who will be battling it out to impress the judges and for more details see tomorrow edition of EG.