The 2012 Employee Benefits Awards took place at The Artillery Garden at the HAC in London on 31 May.
Hosted by Jason Byrne on behalf of Employee Benefits magazine and celebrating the best in benefits, just 24 winners were selected from 100 finalists.
More details and photos will be added to this article in the coming week.
Full details of all the winners and finalists will be published in the Awards Book with the July issue.
The 2012 winners are:
Grand Prix (sponsored by Towers Watson)
Winner: McDonald’s Restaurants
Benefits team of the year (sponsored by Vebnet)
Winner: Kraft Foods (entered by Benefex)
Runners-up:
Aviva (entered by Aon Hewitt)
Cancer Research UK
Linklaters
Marks and Spencer
Employee benefits professional of the year (sponsored by Standard Life)
Winner: Debra Corey, group compensation and benefits director, Merlin Entertainments
Runners-up:
Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager, McDonald’s Restaurants
Adam Brooke, UK employee benefits manager, JP Morgan
Jim Cowan, head of benefits, The Royal Bank of Scotland (nominated by Aon Hewitt)
Chris Coyne, head of reward and HR services, City and Guilds
Thomas Humphris, head office HR and UK reward director, Informa
Jane Vivier, reward and recognition manager, Cancer Research UK
Employee benefits specialist of the year
Winner: Francis O’Mahony, head of employee share plans and share registration, BT
Runners-up:
Patrick Watt, head of health and wellness (EMEA and India), Goldman Sachs International
Lesley Williams, group pensions director, Whitbread
Carol Young, pension manager, Heineken UK
Most effective benefits strategy in a public or voluntary sector organisation†
Winner: YHA (England and Wales)
Runners-up:
City Health Care Partnership CIC
University of Lincoln
Most effective alignment of reward strategy to business strategy for organisations with fewer than 1,000 staff
Winner: Barbon Insurance Group
Highly commended: YHA (England and Wales)
Runners-up:
D Young and Co (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Sanden International Europe
Towry
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William Grant and Sons
Most effective alignment of reward strategy to business strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 staff (sponsored by JLT Benefit Solutions)
Winner: McDonald’s Restaurants
Runners-up:
Everything Everywhere
GE (entered by Towers Watson)
JLT Group
Kraft Foods (entered by Benefex)
Roche (entered by Mercer Marsh)
WorldPay (entered by Vebnet)
Most effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers
Winner: Santander (entered by Zenith)
Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with fewer than 1,000 staff (sponsored by Axa PPP Healthcare)
Winner: Capital One
Runners-up:
Hood Group
Next Jump
Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with more than 1,000 staff (sponsored by Westfield Health)
Winner: Zurich Insurance,
Highly commended: The Random House Group
Runners-up:
KCOM Group
Legal and General Assurance Society
Most effective absence management and rehabilitation strategy
Winner: Serco (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
Runners-up:
Browne Jacobson
ICAP (entered by Bluefin)
KPMG
Schaeffler UK
Most effective pensions communications strategy (sponsored by Friends Life)
Winner: Electronic Arts (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Runners-up:
Amey (entered by Aon Hewitt)
Heineken
LeasePlan UK (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits)
Paratus AMC (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
Svitzer UK (entered by Hargreaves Lansdown)
Verizon (entered by Johnson Fleming)
Most effective pensions change strategy (sponsored by Premier Benefit Solutions)
Winner: Svitzer UK (entered by Hargreaves Lansdown)
Most effective strategy to encourage workplace savings (sponsored by Wealth at Work)
Winner: BT (entered by Wealth at Work)
Runners-up:
Liberum Capital (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
Most effective motivation or incentive strategy
Winner: Merlin Entertainments
Highly commended: Marks and Spencer
Runners-up:
American Express
BSkyB
Computacenter (entered by AYMTM)
O2 (entered by AYMTM)
Whitbread
Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan (sponsored by Mercer)
Winner: Kraft Foods (entered by Benefex)
Highly commended: GE (entered by Towers Watson)
Runners-up:
Carlsberg (entered by Edenred)
CPPGroup
Equiniti
SJ Berwin (entered by Bluefin)
Most effective use of voluntary benefits plan and staff deals (sponsored by Edenred)
Winner: Specsavers (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
Highly commended: Surrey County Council
Runners-up:
CSC (entered by Next Jump)
GKN UK (entered by BHSF)
Marks and Spencer
McDonald’s Restaurants (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy
Winner: Asda Stores (entered by Computershare)
Highly commended: Marks and Spencer (entered by Equiniti)
Runners-up:
BT Group (entered by Equiniti)
MoneySupermarket.com
Virgin Media
Whitbread
Most effective reward of benefits strategy for staff based outside the UK
Winner: American Express
Runners-up:
BNP Paribas (entered by KPMG)
Howden Group
Merlin Entertainments
William Grant and Sons
Most effective benefits communications strategy for employers with more than 5,000 staff
Winner: Kraft Foods (entered by Benefex)
Highly commended: E.On (entered by Benefex)
Runners-up:
Greene King (entered by Buck Consultants)
Home Retail Group (entered by Personal Group)
Lloyds Banking Group
RSA Insurance Group
Most effective benefits communications strategy for employers with fewer than 5,000 staff (sponsored by Personal Group)
Winner: Bromford
Runners-up:
Steria UK (entered by Bluefin)
Trader Media Group
WorldPay (entered by Vebnet)
Most effective benefits strategy for working parents and carers (sponsored by Co-operative Employee Benefits)
Winner: The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Runners-up:
Bradford and Airedale Health Authorities
Mayer Brown International
Most effective total reward strategy (sponsored by Aon Hewitt)
Winner: Sainsbury’s
Highly commended: Three UK
Runners-up:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Three UK
Towry
University of Lincoln
William Grant and Sons
Most effective use of total reward statements
Winner: Tesco
Runners-up:
BMW (UK) (entered by Vebnet)
John Lewis Partnership (entered by Edenred)
Prudential UK and Europe
Sainsbury’s
Zurich Insurance
Congratulations to all the winners.