The standout categories included Learning Company of the Year, which was won by The Mind Gym. The category for Learning Department of the Year, which was dominated by a host of household names including McDonald's Restaurants, Legal & General, and Ernst & Young, was won by First Data.

This year's Colin Corder Award for services to learning was presented to Jane Hart. Jane is renowned for her commitment to the learning profession and in particular for helping the sector embrace new tools and models for learning.

The complete list of recipients of the seventeenth annual Awards

Apprenticeship Programme of the Year (sponsored by OCR)

Winner: QA

External Learning Project of the Year (sponsored by RICOH)

Winner: Toolwire & Leeds Metropolitan University

Learning Technologies Solution of the Year (sponsored by Microsoft Learning)

Winner: LearningAge Solutions

Live Online Learning Facilitator of the Year (sponsored by Saba)

Winner: Lorna Matty, Crown Agents

Innovation in Training Services Award (sponsored by Afiniti)

Winner: SpeakingPal

Instructional Designer of the Year (sponsored by Toolwire)

Winner: Moira Nicolson, Saffron Interactive

Internal Learning Project of the Year (sponsored by QA)

Winner: National Express Bus

Social Media Programme of the Year (sponsored by Blue Eskimo)

Winner: QA

Staff Development Programme of the Year (sponsored by The Learning and Performance Institute)

Winner: Market Makers

Learning Company of the Year (Sponsored by Prometric)

Winner: The Mind Gym

Learning Department of the Year (Sponsored by KnowledgeAdvisors)

Winner: First Data

Trainer of the Year (Sponsored by BCS)

Winner: Sadi Khan, Nobel Khan

Learning Manager of the Year (sponsored by SAS)

Winner: Ashley Sterland, DLA Piper UK LLP

The Colin Corder Award (sponsored by Cisco)

Winner: Jane Hart