2026 winners announced!
We’re delighted to reveal the winners for the Journalism and PR & Communications categories of the 2026 Headlinemoney Awards in association with Skipton Group. Congratulations to all the winners, and a tremendous thank you from all of us at Headlinemoney to our entrants, shortlist, judges, and everyone else who has contributed to our event this year.
A special thank you goes to all our sponsors, especially our headline sponsor, Skipton Group for supporting the event. Your time, effort, and input are all greatly appreciated.
The largest event of its kind, the Headlinemoney Awards were held on Tuesday 23 June 2026 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and celebrated the best in journalism, editorial excellence, and top-flight communications from the world of financial services media. The awards brought together hundreds of the industry’s most influential names for an evening of celebration and networking!
Our 2026 Chairman of judges
David Worsfold
David Worsfold is best known for his work as an award-winning financial journalist, in particular as a writer on the insurance industry and financial services. As well as editing a range of leading financial titles, David wrote for The Guardian for several years and has contributed to several major national newspapers. He has appeared on TV around the world, commenting on news stories affecting the insurance and financial services sectors.
Winner of Business & Finance Writer at the 2021 Freelance Writing Awards . Five times a winner of awards at the BIBA Insurance Journalist of the Year Awards, most recently in 2015. Winner of Best General Insurance Journalist at the 1999 Financial Services Media Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Won the inaugural Chief Executive’s Award for Outstanding Achievement at the 2007 Incisive Media Awards.
At Incisive Media, he was Group Editorial Services Director for eight years with responsibility for editorial and production teams in London, New York, and Hong Kong, including recruitment and training. He also set up two high-quality TV/video studios in London. Among his many achievements, David launched the British Insurance Awards – now in its 29th year as the most successful B2B awards scheme in the UK. He has also helped launch several other awards schemes, including the hugely successful Women in Insurance Awards.
His first book, Fighting for the Empire , was published in September 2016, and his second historical book on Operation Aerial was published in June 2022. He has also written two books for Business Expert Press: Twitter for Financial Services (2017) and From Behind the Desk to the Front of the Stage: How to Enhance Your Presentation Skills (2018) .
He has been a member of the Association of European Journalists–UK section for over ten years and Treasurer since 2019 and was President of the Presse Internationale des Assurances 2000-02.
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Charity Partner
We are delighted to partner with The Money Charity. For 30 years, they have been the UK’s Financial Capability charity, and their vision is that everyone achieves Financial Wellbeing by managing their money well.
Commenting on the new charity partnership, The Money Charity, said:
"As the nation’s financial wellbeing charity, we are passionate about supporting high-quality journalism that helps individuals to make informed and confident financial decisions and raises awareness of issues that stand in the way of this. We are delighted to return as Headlinemoney’s Charity Partner for 2026, and judge of the Diversity & Financial Inclusion Story of the Year. Over the past 30 years, we’ve reached more than 369,000 young people and 38,000 adults with meaningful and impartial financial education. The support of Headlinemoney Awards sponsors and the wider network will undoubtedly mean we can help thousands more to make the most of their money and live more meaningful lives as a result."
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