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British Land Awards for Corporate Responsibility Excellence Shortlist(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) British Land is pleased to announce the shortlist for its 11th annual Awards for Corporate Responsibility Excellence. The winners will be announced on 1st May 2014. These awards were set up by British Land to recognise and celebrate achievements in corporate responsibility activities, share best practice and drive business performance across the company and its supply chain. SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES Community Charter Supplier of the Year (managed portfolio) Birchall Interserve Principle Cleaning Services Ultimate Security Services Community Charter Supplier of the Year (developments) M3 Consulting Mace Pursuing Indepdenent Paths extension project partners: Laing O'Rourke, Squire and Partners, and Ruddy Employment and Training Award (managed portfolio) Beaumont Shopping Centre, Leicester Green Lanes Shopping Centre, Barnstaple Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Sheffield Serpentine Green Shopping Centre, Peterborough St Stephen's Shopping Centre, Hull Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, Rotherhithe CUSTOMER SERVICE Customer Service Award (offices) 155 Bishopsgate -- Front of House Team Cofely -- Nick Wakeling Incentive Lynx Security -- Khalid Barbary and Jaime De Gouveia Knightsbridge Guarding -- Muhammad Faheem, Dunstun Gunasinghe and Adrian Morgan Not Just Cleaning -- Marcio Esteves and Juan Lopez Gomez Office Concierge -- Charlotte Hall and Dhwani Patel Ultimate Security Services -- Steve Dorrell, Mickey Hansell, Sean Jones, Atakora Leboko, Daniel Nwosu and Chris Theodorou Building Manager of the Year Amanda Vaughan -- Exchange House James Leech -- The Broadgate Tower Terry King -- York House MANAGING BUILDINGS EFFICIENTLY Managing Efficiently Award (offices) Andrew Stafford -- Regent's Place Management Geoff Brophy -- York House Gordon Styles -- 201 Bishopsgate James Leech -- Broadgate John Gentry -- Broadgate Phil Draper -- Regent's Place Management Managing Efficiently Award (retail) Denis Copeland, Savills Meadowhall Shopping Centre -- Paul Gilbert, Dawn Osborne and Gary Wright St Stephen's Shoppping Centre -- Tony van der Vliet Teesside Shopping Park -- Mike Clark and Jane West Collaboration Award Gazprom Herbert Smith Hill Dickinson Managing Efficiently Supplier Award Carbon Estates Cavendish Engineers EP&T Global IMServ Watkins Payne Partnership DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS Development Supplier Excellence (offices and Residential) GVA Acuity Laing O'Rourke McLaren Construction Development Supplier Excellence (retail) Christal Management Faircloth Construction Lindum Longcross Trade Contractor Excellence Carey J Cofey Ruddy Wates Construction Managing Site Waste Efficiently Award Angloholt Longcross Mace Site Health and Safety Award Mansell McLaren Construction Swift Brickwork Sustainable Developments Champion Amy Leitch, Arup Ken Thomas, BBS Ed Dixon, Mace Wendy McClure, Synergy AWARDS BY NOMINATION To be announced on 1st May: Managing Efficiently Champion Award Community Charter Partnership Award Community Charter Excellence Award Notes to Editors Media Contacts Helen Lo 07912 572619 About British Land British Land is one of Europe's largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Through our property and finance expertise we attract experienced partners to create properties and environments which are home to over 1,000 different organisations and receive over 300 million visits each year. Our property portfolio is focused on the UK, in prime retail locations and London offices which attract high quality occupiers committed to long leases. We have total assets in the UK, owned or managed, of 17.1 billion (British Land share 11.2 billion), as valued at 30 September 2013. Our occupancy rate is 97% and average lease length to first break of 11 years. UK retail assets account for 59% of our portfolio, around 80% of which are located at prime out of town sites. Comprising around 26 million sq ft of retail space across 67 retail parks, 87 superstores, 16 shopping centres and 12 department stores and 77 leisure assets, the retail portfolio is modern, flexible and adaptable to a wide range of formats. Our active asset management delivers space which is attractive and meets the needs of both retailers and consumers. London offices, located in the City and West End, comprise 39% of the portfolio, which will rise to an estimated 43% on completion of current committed developments. Our 7 million sq ft of high quality office space includes Regent's Place and Paddington Central in the West End and Broadgate, the premier City office campus (50% share). Our size and substance demands a responsible approach to business. We believe leadership on issues such as sustainability helps drive our performance and is core to the delivery of our overall objective of driving shareholder value. Further details can be found on the British Land website at www.britishland.com . . (c) 2014 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |