Employee Benefits Awards 2007

Finalists

The judging process for the 2008 Employee Benefits Awards has been completed. Please see the finalists below:

Most effective company car strategy

Henkel (entered by Provecta Car Plan) Title of scheme: Provecta Employee Car Ownership Scheme

Shell International (entered by Alphabet (GB))
Title of scheme: Shell UK Car Scheme and AlphaDrive

Microsoft
Title of scheme: Microsoft Car Benefit Programme

20:20 Mobile Group
Title of scheme: 20:20 Mobile Group Limited Fleet Policy

Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy

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Title of scheme: Fit For Work

Towry Law Financial Services
Title of scheme: Environment & Wellbeing

Danone
Title of scheme: Danone Active Health

UBS
Title of scheme: UBS (UK) Integrated Employee Health & Well-being model

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Title of scheme: Live Well, Work Well

IPC Media
Title of scheme: Healthcare & Wellbeing at IPC Media

Most effective sickness absence management strategy

Aspire Housing
Title of scheme: Attendance Management Framework

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Title of scheme: Live Well: Work Well - In Practice

Queen Mary Sidcup NHS Trust (entered by FirstCare)
Title of scheme: Nurse Led Day One Absence Management Service

Most effective pensions strategy

RPM (entered by Foster Denovo)
Title of scheme: RPM Benefits Scheme

Cheshire Building Society
Title of scheme: Black Cat Retirement Savings Plan

GeoPost UK
Title of scheme: GeoPost UK Pension Plan

Xyratex Technology (entered by Secondsight)
Title of scheme: Motivating employees to fulfil retirement ambitions

FirstGroup
Title of scheme: The First UK Bus Pension Scheme

Tesco
Title of scheme: Tesco Pension Scheme

Most effective motivation or incentive strategy

Best Deal Insurance
Title of scheme: Best Deal Insurance Company Benefit Scheme

Thomson Holidays (entered by Michael C Fina Worldwide)
Title of scheme: Spin To Win

Boots UK
Title of scheme: Recognition Scheme

Barclays Bank (entered by Grass Roots)
Title of scheme: Way Ahead

Punch Taverns
Title of scheme: Proud

DSG international
Title of scheme: Retail Skills and Innovation Awards

ASDA Stores
Title of scheme: VPI (Volume Producing Item)

Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan

CPM UK
Title of scheme: Flex2Fit - Your benefits your choice

Lloyds TSB Group
Title of scheme: Flexible Benefits 2008 Scheme

HBOS
Title of scheme: HBOS Flex 2008

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Title of scheme: Pick 'n' Mix

ICI (entered by Watson Wyatt)
Title of scheme: Flexible benefits scheme: my choice

O2 (entered by Towers Perrin)
Title of scheme: Your Total Reward

Most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan

Oscar Mayer
Title of scheme: Millie Benefits club

gem
Title of scheme: Sapphire

Buckinghamshire County Council
Title of scheme: Employee Benefits - More For

Specsavers Optical Group (entered by Personal Group)
Title of scheme: Specsavers Staff Welfare Scheme

The Moray Council (entered by icom Works)
Title of scheme: The Moray Council Employee Benefits Scheme

Transport for London (entered by Watson Wyatt)
Title of scheme: myTFL

Kent County Council (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
Title of scheme: Kent Rewards powered by Reward Gateway

Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy

easyJet (entered by Yorkshire Building Society)
Title of scheme: Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan

Drax Group (entered by Capita Share Plans Services)
Title of scheme: The Drax Group Share Incentive Plan

Sainsbury's (entered by HBOS Employee Equity Solutions)
Title of scheme: Sharesave 2007

Punch Taverns
Title of scheme: Punch Taverns Share Incentive Plan

BAE Systems (entered by Equiniti)
Title of scheme: BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan

Henderson Global Investors

Most effective use of financial education in the workplace

RPM (entered by Foster Denovo)
Title of scheme: RPM Benefits Scheme

The Capita Group (entered by Capita Share Plan Services)
Title of scheme: Financial Education

United Utilities
Title of scheme: The United Uitlities Financial Awareness Programme

GlaxoSmithKline (entered by JPMorgan INVEST)
Title of scheme: GSK TotalReward Wealth Management Programme

Henderson Global Investors

Reuters (entered by Watson Wyatt)
Title of scheme: Reuters UK Retirement Plan

Most successful new benefits launch

BAA (entered by Yorkshire Building Society)
Title of scheme: The BAA Bonus Saver Plan

iris Nation
Title of scheme: Mr. Benn

McDonald's Restaurants
Title of scheme: On YOUR Bike!

Credit Suisse (entered by Hewitt Associates)
Title of scheme: MyBenefits

Nottingham City Council (entered by P&MM)
Title of scheme: GreenTravel2work

Kent County Council (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
Title of scheme: Kent Rewards powered by Reward Gateway

Communications strategy of the year for organisations with fewer than 5000 employees

Getty Images (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Title of scheme: MyChoice

Fujitsu Siemens Computers (entered by Benefex)
Title of scheme: Options

Norwich Union Healthcare
Title of scheme: Our Company, Our Health

Carlsberg UK (entered by Buck Consultants and Talking People)
Title of scheme: Carlsberg UK Pension Scheme

Cancer Research UK
Title of scheme: The Hub, HTML, microsite, swatch brochure, employee welcome pack, The Hub book and posters - 'it all adds up'

Kwik Fit Financial Services (entered by You at Work)
Title of scheme: Flexi-benefits

Communications strategy of the year for organisations with 5000 employees or more

Lloyds TSB Group
Title of scheme: 2008 Flexible Benefits Communication Strategy

Sainsbury's (entered by HBOS Employee Equity Solutions)
Title of scheme: Sharesave 2007

AstraZeneca (entered by PensionDCisions)
Title of scheme: AstraZeneca Pension Fund

McDonald's Restaurants
Title of scheme: Your Personal Benefits - Adviser Vebnet for McDonald's Restaurants

BAE Systems (entered by Equiniti)
Title of scheme: BAE Systems Share Incentive Plan

O2 (entered by Caburn Hope)
Title of scheme: Flexible benefits at O2

Unilever (entered by Hewitt Associates)
Title of scheme: Your new pension scheme

Most effective use of online media

McDonald's Restaurants
Title of scheme: our lounge - Intranet / website

O2 (entered by Towers Perrin, Caburn Hope, ExcelerateHRO)
Title of scheme: Enabling 'joined up' Total Reward messaging for O2 employees UK-wide

British Sky Broadcasting (entered by Caburn Hope)
Title of scheme: The management long term incentive plan CD-rom

Cancer Research UK
Title of scheme: The Hub, HTML and microsite - 'it all adds up'

Reuters (entered by Watson Wyatt) Title of scheme: Reuters UK Retirement Plan

Most effective application of tax-efficient benefits

British Sky Broadcasting (entered by Grass Roots)
Title of scheme: Sky Choices

Nottingham City Council (entered by P&MM)
Title of scheme: Works Perks - Greentravel2Work, Cycle2work, Childcare-plus

Amadeus Services (entered by You at Work)
Title of scheme: Your Benefits

Kent County Council (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
Title of scheme: Kent Rewards powered by Reward Gateway

Henderson Global Investors

Most effective use of reward as part of a corporate social responsibility strategy

Norwich Union
Title of scheme: Helping You Make a Difference

Scottish and Southern Energy
Title of scheme: WWF £50 Virtual Voucher

Nottingham City Council (entered by P&MM)
Title of scheme: Works Perks

British Sky Broadcasting
Title of scheme: The Bigger Picture - Benefits

KPMG
Title of scheme: KPMG Corporate Amex Scheme

Northgate Information Solutions
Title of scheme: My World

Most effective benefits strategy for working parents and carers

Hertfordshire County Council
Title of scheme: Balance

IBM
Title of scheme: Emergency Care Programme, Work Life Essentials, You* Flexible Benefits Scheme, Vacation Market Place, Powerful Tool for Carers, Flexible Retirement Pilot

South Tyneside Council
Title of scheme: Hard nosed…but warm hearted - Valuing People through Positive Employment Policies

Most effective employer and adviser partnership

RPM and Foster Denovo
Title of scheme: RPM Benefits Scheme

BMC Software and Secondsight
Title of scheme: Complete Benefits Communication

O2 and Caburn Hope
Title of scheme: A close working relationship across multiple projects involving employee communications, employee compensation and benefits - notably Total Reward and flexible benefits

Kent County Council and Asperity Employee Benefits
Title of scheme: Kent Rewards powered by Reward Gateway

Henderson Global Investors and Hargreaves Lansdown

Reed Smith Richards Butler and PIFC Consulting
Title of scheme: Reed Smith Richards Butler Vitality Scheme

Most effective benefits strategy for organisations with 1,000 or fewer employees

Towry Law Financial Services
Title of scheme: Total Lifestyle

IRI and Secondsight
Title of scheme: Maximising benefit awareness; enhancing employee appreciation

Prodrive
Title of scheme: Prodrive Benefits' Scheme

iris Nation
Title of scheme: Mr. Benn

Most effective benefits strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 employees

IBM
Title of scheme: Flexible Benefits Scheme

Informa
Title of scheme: informmybenefits

ICI (entered by Watson Wyatt)
Title of scheme: Development and implementation of attraction and retention strategy and harmonisation of benefits - launch of flexible benefits scheme, my choice. Phase one roll out of new health and wellness strategy - launch of new private medical insurance benefit,

PRUHealth.

O2 (entered by Towers Perrin)
Title of scheme: Your Total Reward

Benefits team of the year

Barnardo's

Towry Law Financial Services
Title of scheme: Reward Team

Kent County Council
Title of scheme: Kent Rewards

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
Title of scheme: The Health and Wellbeing Team

Informa
Title of scheme: informmybenefits

O2 (entered by Towers Perrin)
Title of scheme: Your Total Reward

AEGON UK
Title of scheme: selection

Compensation and benefits professional of the year

Dr. Graham Brown, head of people support services, Barnado's