2021 Lending Awards winners revealed

Back for its fourth edition, the event took place for the first time in person for over a year. It gave the lending industry an opportunity to celebrate and reward individuals, teams and businesses during the pandemic across the alternative lending, commercial finance and mortgage industries. 

To read a full list of the winners, click here.

Taking place last night (2 December), attendees were entertained by comedian Jimmy McGhie, a highly regarded stand-up and comic performer who frequents the UK and international comedy circuit to great acclaim. He presented the event alongside Credit Strategy chief executive Luke Broadhurst.

Winners across the 21-strong awards programme included YouLend Europe, which won Best Fintech Lender and TMA Club, which won the Best Mortgage Distributor award. Paragon Bank took home the best Commercial Lender award while the Best Technology Partner award went to ezbob and Metro Bank.

The Business Leader of the Year award, meanwhile, went to Sarah Tucker. Tucker is the founder and managing director of The Mortgage Mum, which she set up in 2018.

The Lending Awards, also sponsored by ALPHERA Financial Services, raised money for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. 

Over the past few weeks, Credit Strategy has opened nominations for the 2022 Car Finance and Credit Awards. We’ve also launched a new awards programme in the form of the Leadership Awards, more information about which can be found here.