The finalists for the Employee Benefits Awards 2006 have been established. More than 50 UK employers have been short-listed across a number of categories.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London on 18 May, hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr.
THE FINALISTS
Most effective company car strategy
McDonald’s Restaurants
Oracle
Redcats UK
Most effective healthcare strategy
Channel 4 Television
Hutchison 3G UK
Nestle UK entered by Lorica
Weston Group
Most effective pensions strategy
Actis entered by Watson Wyatt
BUPA
Burlington Resources
Eli Lilly
Royal & SunAlliance entered by Towers Perrin
Most effective application of the new pensions simplification legislation
Barclays
Carillion entered by Hewitt Communication Practice
Eli Lilly
Prudential
Most effective motivation and work-life balance strategy
Bacharach Europe
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary
Hertfordshire County Council
Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust and Warrington PCT
Danone UK entered by Aon Consulting
Enviros entered by Gissings Advisory Services
EC Harris
Gedas UK entered by 4th Contact
Logica CMG entered by Watson Wyatt
Most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan
Argos Retail Group
John Lewis Partnership
Newlon Housing Trust entered by PMW Benefit Solutions
Nottingham City Council entered by P&MM
O2 entered by Motivano
Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy
Coca-Cola enterprises
EasyJet
Northern Rock
Most proactive use of group risk and rehabilitation benefits
Castle Morpeth Borough Council
Nestle UK entered by Lorica
Punch Taverns
Most effective use of financial education in the workplace
Capgemini UK entered by Halifax Bank of Scotland
France Telecom
GlaxoSmithKline entered by Towry Law
Northern Rock
The Capita Group
Most successful new benefits launch
Benfield Group entered by Orbit Benefits
Bupa
EasyJet
Merseyrail entered by Futuremedia
Nationwide Building Society
Nottingham City Council entered by P&MM
Most effective use of an international benefits strategy
Barclays bank
iSOFT Group
Vanco entered by thomsons online benefits
Communications strategy of the year
Capgemini UK
Computershare
Lloyds TSB
Punch Taverns
Royal & SunAlliance entered by Towers Perrin
Most effective use of intranet/internet sites
BP
Crown Prosecution Service entered by Futuremedia
Eli Lilly
John Lewis Partnership
MTV entered by thomsons online benefits
Nationwide Building Society
Vodafone
Most effective application of tax-efficient benefits
BT
Compass Group entered by Futuremedia
GNER
Honda of the UK Manufacturing
Nationwide Building Society
To book a place at the event please visit www.employeebenefits.co.uk/table