Winners announced at Blemain Group Awards

Blemain Group rewarded excellence in the specialist lending industry at a prestigious award ceremony last night held at the Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club.

The Blemain Group Awards is the first event hosted and organised by a lender and brought together the industry's leading brokers, mortgage clubs, mortgage networks, packagers and trade media to celebrate talent in the industry.

Winners include:

• Award name: Mortgage Packager Award
• Winner: Complete Mortgage & Loan Services
• Finalists:
• AToM
• Chapel House Mortgage Services
• First Union Mortgages
• Solent Mortgage Services



• Award name: Bridging Finance Packager Award
• Winner: Enterprise Finance
• Finalists:
• Lerwick Commercial Mortgage Corporation
• Only Bridging
• TFC Commercial
• Y3S Bridging and Commercial



• Mortgage Network Award - Up to 150 members
• Winner: Positive Solutions
• Finalists:
• Mortgage Advice Bureau
• Mortgage Support Network



• Mortgage Network Award - Between 150 and 300 members
• Winner: Mortgage Intelligence & Mortgage Next
• Finalists:
• Legal & General Network
• TenetLime



• Mortgage Network Award - Over 300 members
• Winner: Pink Home Loans
• Finalists:
• Personal Touch Financial Services
• Openwork



• Award name: Commercial Packager Award
• Winner: Crystal Mortgages
• Finalists:
• Brunel Mortgages and Loans
• Commercial 1
• Commercial Processing Centre
• Enterprise Finance



• Award name: Buy-to-Let Packager Award
• Winner: Promise Solutions
• Finalists:
• AToM
• Complete Mortgage & Loan Services
• Positive Lending
• Solent Mortgage Services



• Award name: Media Publication Award
• Winner: Mortgage Introducer
• Finalists:
• Financial Adviser
• Money Marketing
• Mortgage Finance Gazette
• Mortgage Strategy



• Award name: Specialist Secured Loans Packager Award
• Winner: Colonial Secured Loans
• Finalists:
• Fluent Money
• Happy Brokers
• Loans Warehouse
• V-Loans



• Award name: Secured Loans Packager - Business to Business
• Winner: Y3S Loans
• Finalists:
• Enterprise Finance
• Norton Finance
• Pink Pig Loans
• Promise Solutions



• Award name: Mortgage Club Award
• Winner: PMS
• Finalists:
• Brilliant Solutions
• Legal & General Mortgage Club
• SimplyBiz Mortgages



• Award name: Secured Loans Packager - Direct to Consumer
• Winner: Ocean Finance & Mortgages
• Finalists:
• Central Loans
• Moneio
• Norton Finance



• Award name: e-media Award
• Winner: MyIntroducer
• Finalists:
• Best Advice
• Bridging & Commercial
• Introducer Today



• Andrew Haslam of Brytannic Extra Finance was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award for over 40 years within the industry

There were also a number of Outstanding Contribution Awards to recognise those companies that have had a long-standing presence in the industry and proven to excel their fields.

• Colonial Secured Loans, Crystal Mortgages, Gopher Money, Promise Solutions, Fluent Money, Lerwick Commercial Mortgage Corporation, Y3S Loans, Enterprise Finance, Moneio, Norton Financial, Central Loans and Ocean Finance & Mortgages

Gary Bailey, Director at Blemain Group, said:

"The talent of the lending industry continues to go from strength to strength. With being established for almost 40 years, we feel we are well placed to ask the industry to vote for those that deserve recognition in the specialist lending sector.

"Our awards celebrated everything that is good in the industry and demonstrated the expertise it delivers. We would like to congratulate all the winners and finalists, and thank all guests for making the event a success."

Colonial Secured Loans, My Introducer, AOBP, Y3S Loans and Mortgages and Brightstar Financial supported the awards as charity sponsors. All charity funds raised at the event will be donated to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.