In February 2006 Press Gazette named Sermbezis as one of the country's most eligible journalists.

One worker told Press Gazette that "morale is at rock bottom".

The award was one of four picked up by the Guardian at the ceremony, hosted by trade magazine Press Gazette.

In 2006 the Press Gazette returned to Fleet Street, albeit only briefly.

In February 2013, the Press Gazette listed him as third in their list of the top ten investigative journalists.

In the 2000s, he wrote a regular column for the Press Gazette.

It was named Free Newspaper of The Year at the Press Gazette's national industry awards in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2010.

"The Arab takes the politics out of Middle East" Press Gazette.

Dominic Ponsford of the Press Gazette gives the following examples:

In November 2005 the journalism trade publication Press Gazette named Tomalin among its top 40 'journalists of the modern era'.