The deadline for nominations for the Equity Release Awards (ERA) is approaching fast on 28 October, with opportunities for awards for financial advisers, mortgage clubs, conveyancer, surveyor, business development managers (BDM) and underwriters.
Nominations can still be made in the following categories:
- Best Financial Adviser – 5 or fewer advisers
- Best Financial Adviser – 6-19 Advisers
- Best Financial Adviser – 20+ Advisers
- Best Individual Adviser
- Best Mortgage Club
- Best Distributor for Adviser support, Training & Development
- Best Conveyancer
- Best Surveyor
- Best Business Development Manager (an individual from any firm – both telephony or face to face)
- Best Underwriter
To complete nominations follow this link.
The ERA has changed its nomination process for provider categories, with self nominations and internal employee nominations no longer accepted.
Provider categories will be nominated by a panel of 50 adviser firms, who submit their top five provider firms in each category.
The top three of these combined submissions makes up the shortlist in each of the provider categories, which will then be assessed by the judging panel.
The ERA will take place on 19 January at the Hilton Bankside Hotel.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.
