Recognition
- In 2010 Hobsbawm was named in Wired magazine’s list of the UK’s "Top 100 Digital Power Brokers"
- On behalf of Green Thing, hewas awarded the AICA (International Association for Environmental Communication) Prize of environmental communication 2010 for "Communicating the Kyoto Protocol"
- Recognised by industry professionals as one of most influential 100 individuals who have most contributed to the development and growth of e-commerce and the Internet in the UK over the last decade and also received a Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
- Voted New Media Innovator of the Year and named by industry peers as one of the most admired digital pioneers in Campaign Magazine
- Featured as one of the Top 50 Internet Professionals in the UK for Internet Business Magazine
- Featured in 20/20 Hindsight: From Starting Up to Successful Entrepreneur, by Those Who've Been There (Virgin Business Guides) (2002)
- One of 20 inaugural inductees of the British Interactive Multimedia Association's Digital Hall of Fame, alongside Sir Jonathan Ive, Dr. Mike Lynch and Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 2012.
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