Land Data announces 2010 Award winners in Local Land Charges

28.01.10

Winners of the third Land Data Local Land Charges Industry Awards were announced last night, 27 January, at Blackpool's Hilton Hotel. The awards were presented at an awards dinner hosted by broadcaster and journalist Carol Thatcher. The winners were honored across six categories covering marketing innovation, customer satisfaction, most improved service, best NLIS local land charges department, local land charges officer of the year and a special tribute award. Over 120 representatives from local land charges teams from around the country attended the awards ceremony.

The 2010 winners:

Marketing Innovation	Winner: Kettering Borough Council Finalist: Three Rivers District Council
Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches	Winner: Reading Borough Council Finalists: Torridge District Council and West Devon Borough Council
Most Improved Services	Winner: Staffordshire Moorlands District Council
Best NLIS Local Land Charges Department	Winner: Westminster City Council
Local Land Charges Officer of the Year	Winner: Kevin Crowl, Torridge District Council Finalist: Pam Archer, East Hertfordshire District Council
Special Tribute Award	Winners: Peter Audin, City of York Council and Amanda Renshaw, the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Judging was carried out by a team of industry experts from Land Data, NLIS Hub, SearchFlow and the Local Land Charges Institute. Voting from solicitors, conveyancers and HIP providers was used for the customer satisfaction award. Entries for each award category were reviewed and judged on critical success factors such as innovation, planning, evaluation, customer service, electronic search strategies and results achieved.

Jan Boothroyd, Chief Executive of Land Data commented: "We are delighted to start the year celebrating the achievements and accomplishments of local land charges teams across the country. As we begin yet another year of challenging market conditions, it is so good to see the quality of the entries and evidence of the efforts and professional service levels which local land charges teams continue to make.”

For awards photographs please contact Fiona Barron tel: 07770 855337 e:fiona.barron@land-data.org.uk

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