The finalists of the Employee Benefits Awards 2007 are unveiled below. The winners of each category will be announced at a gala lunch on 8 June at The Park Lane Hilton that will honour the best of the best for their hard work and ingenuity. To reserve a place download a table booking form (doc), email Jeremy Lankshear or call him on 0207 970 4736 to reserve your place.
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Most effective healthcare strategy Most effective use of group risk and long-term absence strategy Most successful new benefits launch Most effective pensions strategy Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan Most effective all-employee share scheme Most effective use of financial education in the workplace Most effective use of intranet/internet sites Most effective company car strategy Most effective motivation or incentive strategy Most effective use of voluntary benefits Communications strategy of the year Most effective application of tax-efficient benefits Most effective use of payroll giving strategy Most effective employer and adviser partnership Most effective strategy for organisations with employees of 1,000 or less Most effective strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 employees Benefits team of the year |
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Most effective healthcare strategy
• Cadbury Schweppes
• Dimension Data; consultant EmployMend
• Grimsby Institute of Further Education
• London Underground
• Shell; entered by Gissings Advisory Services
• Pfizer; entered by Lorica
– PricewaterhouseCoopers
Most effective use of group risk and long-term absence strategy
• Birmingham Focus; entered by BHSF
• Grimsby Institute of Further Education
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
Most successful new benefits launch
• Coda; consultant Hargreaves Lansdown
• ING Direct; entered by Vebnet; consultant Mercer Human Resource Consulting
• Kent County Council; entered by Flexphone
• Malmaison Hotel Group; consultant Davidson Asset Management
• NPower; consultant People Value
• Royal Automobile Club; entered by Foster Denovo
Most effective pensions strategy
• Aberdeen Asset Management; entered by Foster Denovo
• Benfield; entered by Benfield and Orbit
• Coda; consultant Hargreaves Lansdown
• EDF Energy; entered by Talking People
• Proquest Information & Learning; entered by Second Sight
• Royal Bank of Scotalnd; entered by Aricot Vert; consultant Towers Perrin
Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan
• Bank of America; entered by Towers Perrin
• Benfield; entered by Benfield and Orbit
• Standard Life; consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide
• Gissings; entered by Gissings Advisory Services
• Societe Generale; entered by Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Most effective all-employee share scheme
• easyJet; entered by Capita Share Plan Services
• Computershare Investor Services
• Drax Group, Yorkshire Building Society
• Prudential; entered by Yorkshire Building Society
• Qinetiq
Most effective use of financial education in the workplace
• Capgemini UK; entered by HBOS
• Capita Group; entered by Capita Share Plan Services
• Proquest Information & Learning; entered by Second Sight
• Vodafone Group
Most effective use of intranet/internet sites
• Atlantic Container Line UK; entered by AWD Chase de Vere
• McDonald’s; entered by Barkers
• O2; entered by Caburn Hope
• Qinetiq; entered by Lloyds TSB Registrars ; consultant Herbert Smith
Most effective company car strategy
• BG Group; consultant Lloyds TSB Autolease
• Mitie Property Services; entered by Provecta Car Plan
• Unilever; entered by Alphabet
Most effective motivation or incentive strategy
• BSkyB
• Fenland District Council
• KPMG
• NPower; consultant People Value
• Providence Row Housing Association
Most effective use of voluntary benefits
• Boots
• DSG International PLC; consultant HBOS; advisor CHA
• Grimsby Institute of Further Education
• McDonald’s; entered by Barkers
• Reuters; consultant You at Work
• Treloar Trust; entered by CCD PR; consultant HSF Health Plan
Communications strategy of the year
• Cadbury Schweppes
• Cattles
• Center Parcs; entered by Hargreaves Lansdown
• First Direct; consultant Mercer Human Resource Consulting
• Grimsby Institute of Further Education
• O2; entered by Caburn Hope
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Qinetiq
• Royal Bank of Scotland; entered by Aricot Vert; consultant Towers Perrin
• Siemens; consultant Creative Direction
Most effective application of tax-efficient benefits
• Bank of America; entered by Towers Perrin
• Coda
• Kirklees; consultant You at Work
• Qinetiq
• Standard Life; consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Most effective use of payroll giving strategy
• Arcadia
• PX Limited
Most effective employer and adviser partnership
• Bevan Brittan; entered by Jelf Group
• Home Retail Group; entered by Halifax Bank of Scotland; consultant Motivano
• Malmaison Hotel Group; consultant Davidson Asset Management
• Mourant; entered by Ceridian
• Royal Bank of Scotland; entered by Aricot Vert; consultant Towers Perrin
– Vanco; entered by Thomsons Online Benefits
Most effective strategy for organisations with employees of 1,000 or less
• Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK; entered by Redbourne
• Amadeus; consultant You at Work
• Bevan Brittan; entered by Jelf Group
• Loyalty Management Group; entered by Thomsons Online Benefits
• Providence Row Housing Association
• Royal Automobile Club; entered by Foster Denovo
Most effective strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 employees
• Asda Stores
• Bank of America; entered by Towers Perrin
• Cattles
• National Express
• Shell International; consultant Gissings Advisory Services
Benefits team of the year
• Benfield; consultant Orbit
• Qinetiq
• Royal Bank of Scotland; entered by Aricot Vert; consultant Towers Perrin
• Virgin Mobile