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We always aim to be the best we can and this has consistently been recognised by the number of awards we've won over the years, details of which can be found below.
British Television Advertising Awards (BTAA)
March 2006
Egg walked away with a fine collection of awards for the guinea pig advertising campaign including, amongst others, Silver and Bronze in the Financial category. The BTAA recognises and rewards the best TV and cinema commercials of the year.
The Credit Card Awards
February 2006
At the inaugural ceremony for these awards Egg proudly received the prizes for Best online presence and Best industry innovation of the year. A panel of fifteen top financial professionals selected Egg ahead of Nationwide, the Bank of Ireland, the Post Office, Barclaycard and Sky in these categories.
Personal Finance Magazine Awards
May 2005
Egg won both Best Financial Product Provider Website and Best Credit Card Provider in Personal Finance Magazine's 2005 Awards. All voting was carried out by readers of the magazine.
Arts and Business Champion of the Year
March 2005
Awarded to Egg for its successful partnership with the Derby Playhouse in creating the Egg theatre academy. This offers a safe environment for people of all backgrounds and ages to develop their creative skills and abilities. Egg was also awarded the Arts and Business in the Community Award.
tank!/DMA People's Choice Awards
February 2005
Egg won the award for the best direct marketing in the loans category. We beat Halifax and Barclaycard services to land the prestigious top spot.
DMA 75th International Echo Awards
October 2004
Egg won silver in the Financial Products and Services category for the 'What's in it for me?" campaign.
Precision Marketing Response Awards - Best Integrated Campaign - Winner
June 2004
Egg won the Best Integrated Campaign category at the Precision Marketing Awards for the "What's in it for me?" campaign. Entrants were judged on creativity, strategy and results. The award recognises the consistency and effectiveness of the campaign across different media.
Gold award at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
June 2004
Egg's 'sock' direct marketing campaign won a Gold award for its Integrated Solution in the Lions Direct category. The awards are some of the most prestigious marketing awards in the world and involved 1,209 entries from 41 countries.
Certificate of Excellence
April 2004
Egg was awarded a certificate of excellence by the Disability Rights Commission and the Human Computer Interaction department at City University. The award was for website accessibility and usability for people with disabilities. Egg was the only financial services company in the top 10.
Moneyfacts Best Credit Card Provider Award
April 2004
Egg won Best Credit Card Provider for its balance transfer offer. Moneyfacts said, "Egg Card has been a consistently competitive product throughout 2003, offering consumers both a low rate and additional benefits."
What Mortgage Lender of the Year Awards
March 2004
Egg won Best Direct Lender over two and five years. The win was in recognition of Egg's consistently low standard variable rate and the tremendous value it offers.
DMA Awards - gold prize winner
December 2003
Egg won the gold prize in the financial services section. The award was given in recognition of the ‘What’s in it for me?’ campaign. And DMA said the campaign "very effectively translated the humour of the TV work into print".
IT Team of the Year
November 2003
Egg won The European Banking Technology Award for IT team of the year. This was awarded for the high level approach taken to the whole of its IT.
Derbyshire Business of the Year
June 2003
Egg was named winner of the Derbyshire Business Award 2003. The award recognises and rewards businesses in the county that have demonstrated success over the past twelve months. The win celebrates Egg's achievements last year - sustainable profit and record customer numbers.
Personal Finance Readership Awards
April 2003
Egg won Best Credit Card in this year's Personal Finance Readership Awards. Egg Card was recognised as cornering a big chunk of the UK's credit card market.
The Revolution Awards
March 2003
Egg was named best online retailer. The judges were particularly impressed by the range of services available through the website and the way digital media is used to sell products successfully.
Financial Sector Technology Awards
March 2003
For the second year running, Egg has won the 'Security Strategy of the Year' category in the Financial Sector Technology Awards. This year we won the award for our holistic approach to security and putting customers first
Incisive Media Online Finance Awards
November 2002
Egg was named best online bank and building society site (B2C). It was honoured for its ease of use, clarity of the site, security and the amount of support available for users.
European Banking Technology Awards
November 2002
Egg was highly commended for Egg Pay, its e-mail payment service, as the best use of IT in the retail-banking sector.
PR Week Awards
October 2002
Egg's Corporate Communications team won the Private Sector Department of the Year award at the PR Week Awards 2002.
National Business Awards
October 2002
Egg's Chief Executive, Paul Gratton, was one of 5 finalists in the category of Business Leader of the Year Award 2002 and was named as one of the "outstanding individuals at the forefront of UK business".
Marketing Week/CIM Marketing Effectiveness Awards
October 2002
Egg was awarded the top prize in the financial services sector. Cited for optimising our advertising spend whilst still achieving the lion's share of the online credit card market.
Computing IT Project of the Year
October 2002
Egg Pay won Computing's IT project of the year, rewarded for being the first UK bank to offer the innovative service of allowing customers to transfer money to any UK bank account via e-mail.
European Banking Technology Awards
November 2001
Darren McKenzie, Egg's IT Operations Director, was awarded the title of 'Operations Director of the Year' at the 2001 Banking Technology Awards.
Financial Sector Technology Awards
November 2001
Egg won the Financial Sector Technology Magazine award for 'Security Strategy of the Year'. Winning this award was a resounding independent endorsement of our dedicated Security team whose function is to ensure that we adopt the highest security standards in everything we do.
Royal Mail Tank People's Choice Awards
November 2001
Egg Card and the ISA direct marketing campaigns won the Royal Mail Tank People's Choice Awards.
Egg won the credit card category out of a total of 199 different credit card mailings, with its hugely successful "Brain" pack promotion. Egg also won the Royal Mail Special Award for its ISA pack.
The Yell UK Web Awards
October 2001
Egg scooped the prize for 'Best Finance Site' in the 2001 Yell.com Awards. It was judged on a number of factors, including ease of use, appropriate use of language, product offerings and speed of response.
Financial Innovation Awards
October 2001
Egg's ISA campaign won the award for the Most Innovative Marketing Campaign. 'The unique Egg ISA Tracker' campaign used all forms of media to consolidate its position as the UK's first funds supermarket and to attract a wider customer base.
Times & Gestetner Digital Office Collection Award 2001
Egg's call centre was nominated as one of the UK's 100 most creative and 'feel good' offices for the digital age.
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