C-NLIS Announce Local Land Charges Industry Awards Winners

The Council for the National Land Information Service (C-NLIS) has announced the winners of its Local Land Charges Industry Achievement Awards.

The winners were announced at an awards dinner last night (29th January 2008) at the Blackpool Hilton, as part of the annual Local Land Charges Conference. BBC Presenter Bill Turnbull was the Awards Master of Ceremonies.

Industry experts from from The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPPs), C-NLIS, The Council of Property Search Organisations (COPSO), The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), The Law Society, The Local Land Charges Institute (LLCI), The NLIS Hub, The Partnership and Thames Water Property Insight, carefully reviewed the entries and selected the winners. Entries were reviewed and judged on critical success factors such as planning, evaluation, implementation strategies and results achieved to date.

Alex Fraser, Chief Executive of C-NLIS, commented: "The Local Land Charges Industry Achievement Awards reflect the achievements and accomplishments of local authorities. We are delighted to see that local land charges departments across the country are maintaining such a high level of service. Not only does this Award programme reflect that, but it also validates their commitment to achieve the success factors that are so necessary in today's climate. "

C-NLIS created the awards to acknowledge the work and achievements of Local Land Charges Officers and give recognition to those local authorities who are playing a key role in modernising and shaping the future of the industry.

This year's winners:

• Marketing Innovation - Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
• Customer Satisfaction for Local Authority Searches - Reading Borough Council
• Customer Satisfaction for Personal Searches - Torridge District Council
• Best NLIS Local Land Charges Department - City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
• Most Improved Local Land Charges Department - Borough Council of Chelmsford
• For Best Performing Local Land Charges Department, Portsmouth City Council
• The Local Land Charges Officer of the Year - Rachel Parnell from Fenland District Council
• The Local Land Charges Institute Past Presidents Award went to Mark Pryjma from the London Borough of Merton District Council

More information can be found on The C-NLIS Local Land Charges Awards website www.c-nlis-awards.org.uk. For awards photographs please contact Fiona Barron tel: 020 3043 8877 / 07770 855337 e:fiona.barron@c-nlis.org.uk