The gala dinner and awards ceremony for the 24th annual HR Excellence Awards will take place on Tuesday 2 July at the Hilton on Park Lane, London. Click here to book your tickets to the event now.
Our judging panel consisted of top HR directors from a diverse collection of public, private, and third sector organisations. The entries that have made our shortlist impressed our judges with their HR innovation to solve business problems, championing value creation through the power of people. Congratulations to all our finalists.
Best HR team
Dorchester Collection
Financial Times
Galliard Homes
Network Homes
The Creative Engagement Group
Wiltshire Council
Wienerberger
XPO Logistics
Best CSR strategy
Connect Group
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London
Microgaming
Network Homes
Unipart Group
Best HR strategy from overseas
American Tire Distributors
Hayleys Plantations Sector
Ooredoo Oman
Visible Alpha Solutions India
Best learning and development strategy
Armstrong World Industries
Be At One
British Heart Foundation
Dorchester Collection
Imperial Brands
J Murphy & Sons
Network Homes
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company
The Berkeley Partnership
VHR
XPO Logistics
Best talent management strategy
British Heart Foundation/ Macmillan Cancer Support
Johnsons Apparelmaster
Lancaster University
Royal Bank of Scotland
United Utilities
Best youth employment strategy
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Capgemini
Lancaster University
Network Rail
Diversity and inclusion award
BBC
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Costain Group
Everton Football Club
Financial Times
MTR Crossrail
Odeon Cinemas Group
Health and wellbeing award
British Heart Foundation
Coventry Building Society
Department for Work and Pensions
Ella’s Kitchen
Financial Ombudsman Service
NHS Blood and Transplant
Phonographic Performance
Royal Bank of Scotland
Three UK
Unipart Group
XPO Logistics
Leading transformation award
Allied Irish Bank
BBC
BP
Deutsche Bank
Network Homes
Southern Co-op
Metropolitan Police Service
West Dunbartonshire Council
Most effective recruitment strategy
Civil Service
Connect Group
Network Rail
Nomad Foods
Office for Nuclear Regulation
The AA
Travelodge
Siemens
Volkswagen Financial Services
XPO Logistics
Most effective use of internal communications
British Heart Foundation
BT Group
FirstPort
HSBC
The PHA Group
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Most innovative deployment of HR technology
American Tire Distributors
Church of England
Questback/John Lewis Partnership
JPI Media
Pizza Hut
Siemens
The AA
Turkish Economy Bank
Wiltshire Council
Outstanding employee engagement strategy
MTR Crossrail
Network Homes
Odeon Cinemas Group
Phonographic Performance
The Berkeley Partnership
Virgin Media
Wiltshire Council
People-focused workplace design award
British Heart Foundation
Everton Football Club
Financial Conduct Authority
Microgaming
Reward and recognition award
Everton Football Club
Kier Group
Morgan Sindall Property Services
HR future leader of the year
Craig Morgans, The AA
Alice Williams, Landsec
Grace Rogers, Network Rail
The HR Excellence Awards ceremony is renowned as the night in the HR calendar, attracting the UK’s most talented HR individuals, teams and companies. By attending the awards you will have the opportunity to network with more than 600 fellow HR professionals and learn about the strategies raising HR's profile.
