Society Winners

Championing People
Winner: Cumberland Building Society for its training and development programme and introducing internal communication initiatives.
Runner-up: Newbury Building Society for its management learning programme.

Arts Award (Large Lenders)
Winner: Skipton Building Society for sponsorship of the Grassington Festival.

Arts Award (Small to Medium-Sized Lenders)
Winner: Darlington Building Society for sponsorship of Middlesbrough Theatre.
Runner-up: Dunfermline Building Society for its Art in Hospital programme.

Community Services (Large Lenders)
Runner-up: Nationwide Building Society for community activities and supporting hundreds of initiatives across the country.
Runner-up: Yorkshire Building Society for its Free Budget Planner and Financial Healthcheck Tool.

Community Services (Small to Medium-Sized Lenders)
Winner: Darlington Building Society for support of four local hospices.
Runner-up: Loughborough Building Society for its work with homeless charity The Bridge and Loughborough Library.
Runner-up: Mansfield Building Society for its community support scheme.

Innovator Award (Large Lenders)
Winner: Yorkshire Building Society for paperless internet mortgage applications.
Runner-up: Yorkshire Building Society for its online conveyancing service.

Innovator Award (Small to Medium-Sized Lenders)
Winner: Norwich & Peterborough Building Society for being the first financial services organisation to be granted a Basel II waiver.
Runner-up: Kent Reliance Building Society for its intergenerational mortgage. 

Ambassador Award
Matthew Bullock, chief executive of Norwich & Peterborough Building Society.

Leadership Award
Ian Ward, chief executive of Leeds Building Society.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Philip Williamson, former chief executive of Nationwide Building Society.