Headlinemoney Awards 2017

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AWARDS 2017

Mortgage Journalist of the Year

Winners Samantha Partington, Mortgage Solutions (B2B) & Sarah Davidson, ThisisMoney.co.uk (Consumer)

From the original shortlist of five names for the B2B category, two journalists quickly emerged as front- runners in the eyes of the judging panel with Mortgage Solutions’ Samantha Partington eventually landing the spoils. “It’s pretty clear she’s got a very decent contact book

The consumer section of this category also turned into a two- horse race from the original quintet who originally made up the shortlist with ThisisMoney.co.uk’s

Sarah Davidson securing top slot. “The two pieces on retirement and self-employed lending were both very informative and relevant to the

in this sphere. She just owned these stories,” one judge

commented. “Her story on how one big name high street lender was writing to clients six months before their mortgage term finished in a bid to try and cut out brokers was really good. Samantha drives issues forward and is very good at explaining things clearly,” a second judge added.

marketplace,” one judge pointed out. “Sarah’s stories were really well-written and by asking all the right questions she showed plenty of in-depth knowledge. I also liked her sense of campaigning and the fact rival outlets followed up the items,” another panellist commented.

The B2B Shortlist

The Consumer Shortlist

• Sam Barker, Mortgage Strategy • Ryan Bembridge, Mortgage Introducer • Rebekah Commane, Mortgage Strategy • Samantha Partington, Mortgage Solutions • Hannah Uttley, Mortgage Solutions

• Sarah Davidson, ThisisMoney.co.uk • Stephen Maunder, Which? • Hannah Nemeth, Moneywise • Francesca Steele, The Times • Paul Thomas, Money Mail

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