The 12th annual B&C Awards — in association with United Trust Bank — has been moved to 10th June 2021 at the Hurlingham Club, as a result of ongoing concerns surrounding large-scale events due to Covid-19.
In total, 24 winners were revealed earlier today via video, celebrating the successes of many individuals and companies within the bridging, commercial, development and alternative finance sectors.
A number of companies received an award for the second time, showing consistency and dedication to the market.
Octane Capital took home the Bridging Lender of the Year award for the second year running, while The Bridging Group was crowned Best Bridging Lender Newcomer.
LDNFinance, who was named Best Bridging Broker Newcomer, last year, has received the Service Excellence award for brokers.
MT Finance — which received the Service Excellence award for lenders award in 2019 — won again this year.
Capital B Property Finance was awarded Best Bridging Broker Newcomer, while Watts Commercial Finance picked up Best Commercial Broker.
Maslow Capital won Development Lender of the Year (£10m-plus) for the second time, while Beaufort Capital became this year’s Mezzanine Lender of the Year.
Shawbrook was named the winner in two categories: Commercial Lender of the Year and Development Lender of the Year (up to £10m).
Ranjeev Kumar, partner at Watson Farley & Williams, won the Editor’s Choice, decided by B&C editor, Beth Fisher.
United Trust Bank was named Regulated Bridging Lender of the Year, and its own Paul Delmonte was announced Lender Relationship Manager of the Year.
The reactions to B&C's video this morning were extremely heartwarming — some of which we have shared, below.
We are delighted to be crowned Best Development Broker for the second consecutive year at the #BCAwards2020 @BandCNews ⭐️#developmentfunding #debtadvisory #propertyfinance #propertydevelopment pic.twitter.com/5VqWMWaCBn
— Sirius Group UK (@SiriusGroupUK) July 21, 2020
As you can see we were just a little bit pleased! Thank you to @BandCNews for a fantastic virtual event. #BCAWARDS2020 #bestsolicitor pic.twitter.com/rqaY9V85vD
— Lightfoots LLP (@LightfootsLLP) July 21, 2020
Fantastic to see the bank do so well! Hard work does really pay off! On a personal note, I’m so chuffed to win this award! Thank you to all the panelist’s and the people that voted! One of the proudest moments in my career! @BandCNews @mikewalts6 @gavdiamond @UnitedTrustBank pic.twitter.com/EAnTFtX3iD
— Paul Delmonte (@Paul_Delmonte) July 21, 2020
A special shout to the B&C team, @CaronSchreuder @Beth_JFisher, @WattsCommercial & @ShawbrookBroker for helping me get on my foot, it has been so overwhelming.... I've donated to @RefugeCharity and hope you're able to drop a few quid as well.
— Lee (@leealbino) July 21, 2020
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We are absolutely delighted to have won the @BandCNews Best Specialist Distributor award, Thank you for all of your votes and support! #SpecialistLending @BrightstarSTL @BrightstarCM pic.twitter.com/hNzST6MiHk
— Brightstar Financial (@BrightstarHUB) July 21, 2020
Congratulations to all the worthy winners at the #BCAWARDS2020. Delighted to see so many of our partners be recognised today - we’ll celebrate with a drink later! #congratulations #winners #recognition pic.twitter.com/krsgJiEP6x
— Hope Capital (@HopeCapital) July 21, 2020
#BCAWARDS2020 We're delighted to win Mezzanine Lender of the year, up against some very stiff competition.
— Beaufort Capital (@BeaufortCapital) July 21, 2020
Many congratulations to all our team and huge thanks to our partners for making this accolade possible.
I hear John Terry is putting on his Beaufort kit as we speak... pic.twitter.com/cBimZH9qp8
We are delighted to have been awarded Specialist Product of the Year (Finish & Exit) at the #BCAwards2020! (@BandCNews) A big thank you to all those that took the time to vote for us! Take a look at our video submission to learn more about the product! #SpecialistProductoftheYear pic.twitter.com/D65jzzuf3d
— Avamore Capital (@AvamoreCapital) July 21, 2020
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— Watts Commercial (@WattsCommercial) July 21, 2020
It's not often we are left speechless… but WOW!
We are honoured to not only have won the @bandcawards Best Commercial Broker award - but we've also won the @financeawards Business Moneyfacts Awards - Commercial Mortgage Introducer of the Year for the 3rd consecutive year. pic.twitter.com/SiDYkBRfss
— adaptfinance (@adaptfinance) July 21, 2020
Absolutely delighted to have won 'Service Excellence - Broker' at the @BandCNews Awards, as well as being Highly Commended within the 'Best Development Broker' category. A huge thank you to all who supported us! #BCAWARDS2020 pic.twitter.com/3w3RFu9Kyz
— LDNfinance (@LDNfinance) July 21, 2020
Please continue to share pictures of you and your teams watching the B&C Awards 2020 video on Twitter and LinkedIn with the hashtag #BCAwards2020, which we will feature in a future article.
The winners were decided virtually by two judging panels, who met at the end of May to decide who deserved the coveted titles.
The video — which included clips from the judging panel chairs and B&C MD Caron Schreuder and editor Beth Fisher — can be viewed in full, below.
Full list of winners of the B&C Awards 2020:
Best Bridging Newcomer – Broker
Winner: Capital B Property Finance
Highly Commended: VIBE Finance
Best Bridging Newcomer – Lender
Winner: The Bridging Group
Highly Commended: TAB
Best Commercial Broker
Winner: Watts Commercial Finance
Highly Commended: Arc & Co
Specialist Product of the Year
Winner: Avamore Capital - Finish & Exit
Highly Commended: Ortus Secured Finance – Projection-led bridging loan
Development Lender of the Year - £10m+
Winner: Maslow Capital
Highly Commended: Octopus Real Estate
Development Lender of the Year - up to £10m
Winner: Shawbrook Bank
Highly Commended: United Trust Bank
Mezzanine Lender of the Year
Winner: Beaufort Capital
Highly Commended: Proseed Capital
Bridging Funding Partner of the Year
Winner: Toorak Capital Partners
Highly Commended: OneSavings Bank
Marketing Partner of the Year
Winner: Hope Capital
Editor's Choice Award
Winner: Ranjeev Kumar, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Underwriter of the Year
Winner: Michael Schofield, Together
Highly Commended: Gemma Salousti, Octane Capital
Best Bridging Broker
Winner: Adapt Finance
Highly Commended: Brightstar
Best Valuation Partner
Winner: VAS Panel
Highly Commended: Capital Value Surveyors
Best Development Broker
Winner: Sirius Property Finance
Highly Commended: LDNfinance
Commercial Lender of the Year
Winner: Shawbrook Bank
Highly Commended: InterBay Commercial
Regulated Bridging Lender of the Year
Winner: United Trust Bank
Highly Commended: Precise Mortgages
Service Excellence Award – Lenders
Winner: MT Finance
Highly Commended: Octane Capital
Service Excellence Award – Brokers
Winner: LDNfinance
Highly Commended: Adapt Finance
Best Specialist Distributor
Winner: Brightstar
Highly Commended: Crystal Specialist Finance
Best Solicitor
Winner: Lightfoots
Highly Commended: Seddons
Regulated Bridging Broker of the Year
Winner: SPF Private Clients
Highly Commended: Brightstar
Best Specialist Bank
Winner: OneSavings Bank/Precise Mortgages
Highly Commended: United Trust Bank
Lender Relationship Manager of the Year
Winner: Paul Delmonte - United Trust Bank
Highly Commended: Liam Lawlor, Octane Capital
Bridging Lender of the Year
Winner: Octane Capital
Highly Commended: MT Finance
Huge congratulations to all the 2020 winners from all of us here at B&C!
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