2012 Results

Grand Prix
Sponsored by Towers Watson

McDonalds Restaurants

Employee Benefits Professional of the Year

Sponsored by Standard Life

Winner
Debra Corey, group compensation and benefits director, Merlin Entertainments

Finalists
Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager, McDonald's Restaurants
Adam Brooke, UK employee benefits manager, J.P. Morgan
Chris Coyne, head of reward and HR services, City and Guilds
Jim Cowan, head of benefits, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Nominated by Aon Hewitt

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
Sponsored by The People’s Pension from B&CE

Winner
Francis O'Mahony, head of employee share plans and share registration, BT

Finalists
Patrick Watt, former head of health and wellness (EMEA and India), Goldman Sachs International
Lesley Williams, group pensions director, Whitbread
Carol Young, pension manager, Heineken UK

Benefits team of the year

Sponsored by Vebnet

Winner

Kraft Foods
Entered by Benefex

Finalists
Aviva - My Aviva Reward
Entered by Aon Hewitt
Cancer Research UK
Linklaters Rewards and Global Mobility Team
Marks and Spencer Reward Team

Most effective benefits strategy in a public or voluntary sector organisation:

Winner

YHA (England and Wales) – YHA Rewards

Finalists
City Health Care Partnership CIC – Flextra
University of Lincoln – UOL – Benefiting You

Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with fewer than 1,000 staff

Sponsored by AXA PPP healthcare

Winner

Capital One - Your Health Matters

Finalists
Hood Group - Wellbeing
Next Jump - Human Capital Engineering: a health and energy advantage

Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with more than 1,000 staff

Sponsored by Westfield Health

Winner

Zurich Insurance - Zurich Wellbeing

Highly Commended


The Random House Group - Our House


Finalists
KCOM Group – Occupational Health Management Plan
Legal and General Assurance Society – Tackling absence from a wellbeing perspective


Most effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers

Winner

Santander - Santander UK All Employee Car Scheme and Santander UK Essential Business User Car Scheme
Entered by Zenith

Finalists
GlaxoSmithKline - GSK Company Car Scheme
Entered by Zenith
KPMG - CarFlex

Most effective pensions change strategy
Sponsored by Premier

Winner

Svitzer UK- Launch of corporate wrap
Entered by Hargreaves Lansdown

Highly Commended

Verizon - Verizon (UK) Retirement Plan
Entered by Johnson Fleming

Finalists
Amey - Three Year Pensions Business Plan
Entered by Aon Hewitt
Heineken - Heineken UK Flexible Retirement Plan
LeasePlan UK – Leaseplan Select Pension
Entered by Lorica Employee Benefits
Paratus AMC - Paratus AMC Group Personal Pension
Entered by Jelf Employee Benefits

Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan

Sponsored by Mercer Marsh Benefits

Winner

Kraft Foods - Simply Rewards
Entered by Benefex

Highly Commended

GE - FlexChoice
Entered by Towers Watson

Finalists
Carlsberg - Your Carlsberg
Entered by Edenred
CPPGroup - CPP Flexible Benefits Plan - there is something for everyone
Equiniti - Your lifestyle choices
SJ Berwin - SJBenefits
Entered by Bluefin

Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy

Winner

Asda Stores – Sharesave
Entered by Computershare

Highly Commended

Marks and Spencer
Entered by Equiniti

Finalists
BT Group – Saveshare UK and Directshare
Entered by Equiniti
MoneySupermarket.com - iChoose Share Plans
Virgin Media - Sharesave
Whitbread - Sharesave

Most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan and staff deals

Sponsored by Edenred

Winner

Specsavers - Specsavers Perks
Entered by Asperity Employee Benefits

Highly Commended

Surrey County Council – MyBenefits

Finalists
CSC - My Discounts
Entered by Next Jump
GKN UK - GKN Advantage Employee Benefits
Entered by BHSF
Marks and Spencer
McDonald's Restaurants - Employee Discounts
Entered by Asperity Employee Benefits

Most effective benefits strategy for working parents and/or carers
Sponsored by Co-operative Employee Benefits

Winner

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust – Childcare and Carers Support Service

Finalists
Bradford and Airedale Health Authorities – NHS Childcare Support Service
Mayer Brown International

Most effective absence management and rehabilitation strategy

Winner

Serco - Serco Absence Process Review
Entered by Jelf Employee Benefits

Finalists
Browne Jacobson
ICAP
Entered by Bluefin
KPMG - Get Better Together at Managing Absence
Schaeffler (UK) - Absence Management and Rehabilitation Scheme

Most effective reward or benefits strategy for staff based outside the UK

Winner

American Express - Global Benefits Governance

Finalists
BNP Paribas - Corporate Investment Banking - Deferred Compensation Portal (DCP)
Entered by KPMG
Howden Group - Total Reward and Engagement Strategy
Merlin Entertainments - Merlin Global Recognition Schemes – Star and CEO Award Plan
William Grant and Sons

Most effective benefits communications strategy for employers with fewer than 5,000 UK staff
Sponsored by Personal Group

Winner

Bromford - Bromford Rewards

Finalists
Steria UK - Lifestyle
Entered by Bluefin
Trader Media Group – My Benefits
WorldPay - Freedom
Entered by Vebnet

Most effective benefits communications strategy for employers with more than 5,000 staff

Winner

Kraft Foods – Simply Rewards
Entered by Benefex

Highly Commended

E.On – My Choice
Entered by Benefex

Finalists
Greene King
Entered by Buck Consultants
Home Retail Group – Discover
Entered by Personal Group
Lloyds Banking Group – Flex 2012 Annual Open Enrolment
RSA Insurance Group UK – Your Benefits

Most effective total reward strategy
Sponsored by Aon Hewitt

Winner
Sainsbury's

Highly Commended
Three UK – Three UK Employee Value Proposition

Finalists
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) - BlackRock Flexible Benefits
Entered by Thomsons Online Benefits
Towry - Towry Total Reward
University of Lincoln - UOL - Benefiting You
William Grant and Sons

Most effective pensions communications strategy
Sponsored by Friends Life

Winner

Electronic Arts - My Future
Entered by Thomsons Online Benefits

Finalists
Heineken - Heineken UK Flexible Retirement Plan
Kantar Worldpanel - Complements
Ove Arup and Partners International - Investing for Later in Life
Entered by Ferrier Pearce
Railways Pension Scheme
Entered by RPMI
Verizon - Verizon (UK) Retirement Plan
Entered by Johnson Fleming


Most effective motivation or incentive strategy

Winner

Merlin Entertainments - Merlin Global Recognition Schemes – Star and CEO Award Plan

Highly Commended
Marks and Spencer - Spotlight, Employee of the Month and The Big Idea

Finalists
American Express – RewardBlue
BSkyB - Believe in Better Awards
Computacenter - Excellence in Action
Entered by AYMTM
O2 - Spirit
Entered by AYMTM
Whitbread - Incentives for All

Most effective alignment of reward strategy to business strategy for organisations with fewer than 1,000 employees

Winner

Barbon Insurance Group

Highly Commended

YHA (England and Wales) - YHA Rewards

Finalists

D Young and Co - Lifestyle and You
Entered by Thomsons Online Benefits
Sanden International Europe - 360 Degree Benefit Review
Towry - Towry Total Reward
Which? - One Which? One Reward Framework
William Grant and Sons

Most effective alignment of reward strategy to business strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 employees
Sponsored by JLT Benefit Solutions

Winner

McDonald's Restaurants

Finalists
Everything Everywhere - Aligning our Benefits and Policies
GE
Entered by Towers Watson
Grant Thornton UK
JLT Group – Benefit Modernisation
Kraft Foods - Simply Rewards
Entered by Benefex
Roche - My Total Roche
Entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits
WorldPay - Freedom
Entered by Vebnet

Most effective strategy to encourage workplace savings
Sponsored by WEALTH at work

Winner

BT - Planning for Retirement
Entered by Wealth at Work

Finalists
Liberum Capital - Liberum Capital Group Personal Pension
Entered by Jelf Employee Benefits

Most effective use of total reward statements

Winner

Tesco – 2011 Employee Benefit Report

Finalists
BMW (UK)
Entered by Vebnet
John Lewis Partnership PartnerReward 2011
Entered by Edenred
Prudential UK and Europe - Prudential Online Total Reward Statements
Sainsbury's
Tesco - Benefit Reports
Zurich  Insurance - Your Reward and Wellbeing
 




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