2025 Excellence Awardees
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Award Categories
Best Overall Broker in Scotland
Broker of the Year (Regional – Dumfries & Borders)
Broker of the Year (Regional – Highlands & Islands)
Building Society of the Year
Business Leader of the Year (Lender)
Excellence in Philanthropy & Community Service
GI Provider of the Year
Later Life Lender of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award
Protection Provider of the Year
Specialist Lender of the Year
Surveyor of the Year
The Barclays Award for Broker of the Year (Regional – Aberdeen/North)
The CARA Mortgage Services Award for Woman of Distinction
The GO Financial Services Award for BDM of the Year
The Halifax Bank Award for Broker of the Year (Regional – Dundee & Fife)
The LendInvest Award for Broker of the Year (Regional – Edinburgh)
The LV=GI Award for Business Leader of the Year – (Broker)
The Mortgage Advice Bureau UK Award for Mainstream Lender of the Year
The Mortgage Lender Award for Specialist Broker of the Year
The Nationwide Building Society UK Award for Broker of the Year (Regional) – Glasgow
The NatWest Bank Award for Young Achiever (under 40)
The Scottish Building Society Award for New Brokerage of the Year
The Skipton Building Society Award for Rising Star of the Year (Broker)
The Together Award for Broker of the Year (Regional) – Perth/Stirling/Falkirk (Central Region)
The Vitality Award for Distributor of the Year
BEST OVERALL BROKER IN SCOTLAND
Only the winners from each of the seven regions will be considered for the Best Overall Broker in Scotland crown and will be announced at the Scottish Mortgage Awards 2025.
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – DUMFRIES & BORDERS)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Borders Mortgage Hub
DL Mortgage Services Ltd
McGill Mortgages
Monarch Financial Services Ltd
Rettie Financial Services
Richard Jennings Mortgage Services
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Home Sweet Home Mortgage Services (Inverness mortgage services Ltd)
Rettie Financial Services
BUILDING SOCIETY OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Leeds Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
Scottish Building Society
Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries
BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR (LENDER)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Amanda Bryden – Halifax Intermediaries
Charissa Chang – Allica Bank
Daniel O’Connor – LendInvest
Graeme Muirhead – Barclays
Hugh Meechan – The Mortgage Lender
Leigh Church – BM Solutions
Paul Denton – Scottish Building Society
EXCELLENCE IN PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Barclays
Get Mortgage
Scottish Building Society Foundation
GI PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
First2Protect
LV= General Insurance
Paymentshield
Source Insurance
Uinsure
LATER LIFE LENDER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Bank of Scotland
more2life
Scottish Building Society
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The recipient of this award will be contacted before the awards event and will be announced at the Scottish Mortgage Awards 2025.
PROTECTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aviva
Guardian
Vitality
Zurich
SPECIALIST LENDER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Allica Bank
LendInvest
Paragon Bank
Roma Finance
Scottish Building Society
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Works
Together
SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Allied Surveyors Scotland
Harvey, Donaldson & Gibson
Shepherd Chartered Surveyors
THE BARCLAYS AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – ABERDEEN/NORTH)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
Mandy Smith Mortgage
Rettie Financial Services
THE CARA MORTGAGE SERVICES AWARD FOR WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Ashley Erskine – Erskine Financial
Chloe Timperley – Green Finance Institute
Gillian McAllister – LendInvest
Karen Anderson – Aberdein Considine
Lynne Paterson – Mortgage Advice Bureau
Martha Martindale – PW & Partners
Susan Corcoran – Halifax Intermediaries
THE GO FINANCIAL SERVICES AWARD FOR BDM OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Alex Moffat – Scottish Building Society
Calum Johnston – Allica Bank
Caroline Brown – Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax Intermediaries)
Chelsea Thomson – Lloyds Banking Group (BM Solutions)
Gary Brownlie – The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries
Grant Pollock – The Lending Channel
Hanif Hussain – The Mortgage Lender
Isha Thomson – Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries
Julianna Maxwell – Natwest
Julie McCue – Barclays
Kieran Mullen – Canada Life
Laurel Johnson – Bluestone Mortgages
Martin Bloe – Together
Pamela Young – Virgin Money
THE HALIFAX BANK AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – DUNDEE & FIFE)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Bee Mortgage Wise LTD
Carnegie Mortgage and Protection Ltd
Condies Wealth Strategies
Mortgage Advice Bureau Dundee
Rettie Financial Services
The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd
THE LENDINVEST AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – EDINBURGH)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
Cox & Co
Erskine Financial
Get Mortgage
GO Financial Services
Malleny Mortgage Solutions
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Clear Mortgage Solutions)
PW & Partners
THE LV=GI AWARD FOR BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR – (BROKER)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Darren Hunter – Hunter Mortgages Ltd
Darren Polson – Aberdein Considine
Harry McGeough – Mortgage Advice Bureau (Glasgow)
Iain Greer – Monarch Financial Services Ltd
Kevin McCarthy – The Home Hub
Murray Ewing – The Lending Channel
THE MORTGAGE ADVICE BUREAU UK AWARD FOR MAINSTREAM LENDER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Barclays
Halifax Intermediaries
HSBC UK
Nationwide for Intermediaries
Virgin Money
THE MORTGAGE LENDER AWARD FOR SPECIALIST BROKER OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Complete Financing
Enness Global
Equity Release Group
GO Financial Services
Malleny Mortgage Solutions
The Lending Channel
Viable Mortgages
THE NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) – GLASGOW
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
Arrowhead Financial Ltd
Independent Mortgage Store
Mortgage Advice Brokerage (Glasgow) – David Rolleston
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Glasgow)
Murphy/Scoular Financial Services
Rettie Financial Services
SPF Private Clients
THE NATWEST BANK AWARD FOR YOUNG ACHIEVER (UNDER 40)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Christie Fisher – Financial Services Scotland Ltd
Jack Zanelli – Mortgage Advice Bureau
Julie Mitchell – The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd
Karolina Wrobel – The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd
Lyle Campbell – Borders Mortgage Hub
Richard Jennings – Richard Jennings Mortgage Services
THE SCOTTISH BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD FOR NEW BROKERAGE OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Amanda Law Mortgages
Viable Mortgages
THE SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD FOR RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (BROKER)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Alexandra Mackenzie – Home Sweet Home Mortgage Services (Inverness mortgage services Ltd)
Alice Aitken – PW & Partners
Ewan Dudding – GO Financial Services
Karolina Wrobel – The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd
Kassie Taylor – Aberdein Considine
Kris Graham – McGill Mortgages
THE TOGETHER AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) – PERTH/STIRLING/FALKIRK (CENTRAL REGION)
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
HH Mortgage Consultancy
Mortgage Advice Brokerage (Dunblane) – David MacLennan
Mortgage Focus
Rettie Financial Services
The Lending Channel
The Mortgage Advice Club (Mortgage Advice Bureau)
THE VITALITY AWARD FOR DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Legal & General Mortgage Club
Paradigm
The Lending Channel
TMA Club