Abbey, Asda, BT, Virgin Media and Henderson Global Investors were among the winners and commended organisations at last nights prestigious ifs ProShare Employee Share Ownership Awards.
Over 500 people from the Employee Share Ownership industry attended the awards at the New Connaught Rooms, Covent Garden, where they were entertained by comedian Hugh Dennis and ITV presenter Andrea McLean.
Julie Richardson, Head of Employee Share Ownership at ifs ProShare said,
”These awards, now in their sixteenth year, are widely recognised as setting the gold standard of corporate excellence in employee share plans. The winning and commended companies this year have truly excelled and certainly deserve all the plaudits.”
Winners:
Abbey
(Best New Employee Share Plan)
Henderson Global Investors
(Best Financial Education Programme)
Accident Exchange
(Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan, up to 1,00 employees)
Asda
(Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan, 10,000+ employees)
BT
(Most Innovative Use of Technology)
Invista Real Estate Investment Management
(Best Commitment to Employee Share Ownership for small companies with fewer then 250 employees)
Henderson Global Investors
(Best in fostering employee share ownership, up to 1,000 employees)
Childbase
(Best in fostering employee share ownership, 1,000 -10,000 employees)
BT
(Best in fostering employee share ownership, 10,000+ employees)
There were also commendations for Marks & Spencer plc, Serco Group plc, Novae Group, Logica plc, Virgin Media, ASDA and Vodafone.
For more information about ifs ProShare – the voice of the Employee Share Ownership industry in the UK – please go to: www.ifsproshare.org
