Mark Leftly was named Business Reporter of the Year at last night's Magazine Journalism Awards

Mark Leftly picked up the prestigious Business Reporter of the Year award at Press Gazette's Magazine Journalism Awards last night.

Leftly won from a shortlist of six journalists including Building reporter Vikki Miller and senior reporter Sarah Richardson, who was highly commended in the category.

Building reporter Emily Wright narrowly missed out on the feature writer of the year award. She was pipped at the post by Loaded writer Jeff Maysh and was highly commended.