Winners announced for Proshare's 2009 awards

Edited by the Employeebenefitstalk editorial team Jan 14, 2010

BAE Systems, Henderson Global Investors, BT, Asda and Tesco were among the winners at this year's ifs Proshare Employee Annual Awards.

This was the 17th year of the annual awards, which recognise and promote best practice in the employee share-plans industry.

This year Sharegift, the share-donation charity that provides a charitable solution to the problem of unwanted small shareholdings, will donate GBP15,000 to charities chosen by the three overall winning companies.

There will also be a special donation of GBP5,000 to a charity chosen by the winner of the Best Financial Education Programme for Employees award.

This years winners were: BG Group (Best New Employee Share Plan); Catlin Group (Best International Share Plan for up to 1,000 Overseas Employees); BAE Systems (Best International Share Plan Over 1,000 Overseas Employees); Henderson Global Investors (Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan, up to 1,000 Employees); Barratt Developments (Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan, up to 10,000 Employees); ASDA (Most Effective Communication of an Employee Share Plan, 10,000+ Employees); Black Sheep Brewery (Best Commitment to Employee Share Ownership for Small Companies with Fewer than 250 Employees); BT (Most Effective use of Technology); Henderson Global Investors (Best Financial Education Programme and Best Overall Performance in Fostering Employee Share Ownership Among Employees, up to 1,000 Employees); Severn Trent (Best Overall Performance in Fostering Employee Share Ownership Among Employees, up to 10,000 Employees); and Tesco (Best Overall Performance in Fostering Employee Share Ownership Among Employees, 10,000+ Employees).

There were also commendations for: National Grid, SThree, Aviva, Centrica, Vodafone, Diageo and Goodrich.