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