2025 Winners and Excellence Awardees
Thursday 19 June 2025 | SHERATON GRAND, EDINBURGH Register Now
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 Intermediaries 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 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
Winner: Rettie Financial Services

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
DL Mortgage Services Ltd
Mandy Smith Mortgage
Mortgage Advice Bureau (Glasgow)
Mortgage Focus
The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – DUMFRIES & BORDERS)
Winner: DL Mortgage Services Ltd

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Borders Mortgage Hub
McGill Mortgages
Monarch Financial Services Ltd
Rettie Financial Services
Richard Jennings Mortgage Services
BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS)
Winner: Rettie Financial Services

EXCELLENCE AWARDEE
Home Sweet Home Mortgage Services (Inverness mortgage services Ltd)
BUILDING SOCIETY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Leeds Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
Scottish Building Society
BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR (LENDER)
Winner: Paul Denton – Scottish Building Society

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
EXCELLENCE IN PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Winner: Scottish Building Society Foundation

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Barclays
Get Mortgage
GI PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Source Insurance

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
First2Protect
LV= General Insurance
Paymentshield
Uinsure
LATER LIFE LENDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scottish Building Society

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Bank of Scotland
more2life
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Winner: Paul McGowan – Independent Mortgage Store

PROTECTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Vitality

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aviva
Guardian
Zurich
SPECIALIST LENDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Roma Finance

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Allica Bank
LendInvest
Paragon Bank
Scottish Building Society
The Mortgage Lender
The Mortgage Works
Together
SURVEYOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Shepherd Chartered Surveyors

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Allied Surveyors Scotland
Harvey, Donaldson & Gibson
THE BARCLAYS AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – ABERDEEN/NORTH)
Winner: Mandy Smith Mortgage

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
Rettie Financial Services
THE CARA MORTGAGE SERVICES AWARD FOR WOMAN OF DISTINCTION
Winner: Chloe Timperley – Green Finance Institute

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Ashley Erskine – Erskine Financial
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
Winner: Caroline Brown – Lloyds Banking Group (Halifax Intermediaries)

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Alex Moffat – Scottish Building Society
Calum Johnston – Allica Bank
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 INTERMEDIARIES AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – DUNDEE & FIFE)
Winner: The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Bee Mortgage Wise LTD
Carnegie Mortgage and Protection Ltd
Condies Wealth Strategies
Mortgage Advice Bureau Dundee
Rettie Financial Services
THE LENDINVEST AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL – EDINBURGH)
Winner: Aberdein Considine

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
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)
Winner: Iain Greer – Monarch Financial Services Ltd

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Darren Hunter – Hunter Mortgages Ltd
Darren Polson – Aberdein Considine
Harry McGeough – Mortgage Advice Bureau (Glasgow)
Kevin McCarthy – The Home Hub
Murray Ewing – The Lending Channel
THE MORTGAGE ADVICE BUREAU UK AWARD FOR MAINSTREAM LENDER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Barclays

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Halifax Intermediaries
HSBC UK
Nationwide for Intermediaries
Virgin Money
THE MORTGAGE LENDER AWARD FOR SPECIALIST BROKER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Viable Mortgages

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Complete Financing
Enness Global
Equity Release Group
GO Financial Services
Malleny Mortgage Solutions
The Lending Channel
THE NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD FOR BROKER OF THE YEAR (REGIONAL) – GLASGOW
Winner: Mortgage Advice Bureau (Glasgow)

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
Arrowhead Financial Ltd
Independent Mortgage Store
Mortgage Advice Brokerage (Glasgow) – David Rolleston
Murphy/Scoular Financial Services
Rettie Financial Services
SPF Private Clients
THE NATWEST AWARD FOR YOUNG ACHIEVER (UNDER 40)
Winner: Karolina Wrobel – The Mortgage Finance Store Ltd

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Christie Fisher – Financial Services Scotland Ltd
Jack Zanelli – Mortgage Advice Bureau
Julie Mitchell – 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
Winner: Amanda Law Mortgages

EXCELLENCE AWARDEE
Viable Mortgages
THE SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY AWARD FOR RISING STAR OF THE YEAR (BROKER)
Winner: Alexandra Mackenzie – Home Sweet Home Mortgage Services (Inverness Mortgage Services Ltd)

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
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)
Winner: Mortgage Focus

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Aberdein Considine
HH Mortgage Consultancy
Mortgage Advice Brokerage (Dunblane) – David MacLennan
Rettie Financial Services
The Lending Channel
The Mortgage Advice Club (Mortgage Advice Bureau)
THE VITALITY AWARD FOR DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: TMA Club

EXCELLENCE AWARDEES
Legal & General Mortgage Club
Paradigm
The Lending Channel