 The 2018 Talent in Logistics winners |
The best of the best in the transport and logistics industry were celebrated at the annual Talent in Logistics Awards 2018 last week in Telford.
Paul Ibbotson of Matthew Kibble Transport Ltd won the LGV Driver of the Year Award for outstanding efficiency, a positive attitude, his willingness to help new/younger drivers with advice, and being an excellent ambassador for the company.
Winner of the LGV Instructor of the Year Award was Nicky Hanson of 2 Start Ltd for consistently excellent feedback and results from her students and always going the extra mile.
The LGV Driver Training Provider of the Year Award was presented to Martin's Driver Training for building up a reputation of excellent training and customer service and helping individuals and local companies meet their training and staffing needs.
Winner of the Driver CPC Instructor of the Year Award was Nigel Monk of Specialist Training & Consultancy Services Ltd, in recognition of his enduring passion for training and consistently engaging delivery, nurturing future driver talent and junior Driver CPC trainers, and consistently going above and beyond the call of duty.
The Driver CPC Training Provider of the Year was presented to Pertemps Driver Training for working closely with its nationwide client base to ensure delivery of DCPC courses that engage drivers and cover key elements faced daily, helping to keep LGV drivers and other road users safe.
The Transport Manager of the Year Award was presented to Andrea Gardner of Bullet Express for her commitment to ensuring all processes comply with her company's operator licence through completing her National CPC and International CPC, and her management of the service and maintenance for all the company's vehicles and trailers, and driver management.
Mark Briscoe of Unipart Logistics won the title of Warehouse Manager of the Year for making significant improvements to Health, Safety and Wellbeing by actively encouraging and promoting the safety culture on site, which has contributed to zero lost time injuries and a 31.25% decrease of incidents involving damage in 2017.
Winner of the Forklift Training Provider of the Year Award was Small Training Solutions for going above and beyond the expectations of its clients, providing affordable services, free training materials and ongoing customer service, as well as taking the time to ensure clients are compliant.
The prestigious title of Forklift Operator of the Year was won by Dale Smith of Wilko Retail Ltd, following an excellent performance in the live grand final which took place at the Talent in Logistics Conference earlier the same day. Competition was fierce as the operators demonstrated a high level of skill, knowledge and safety.
The grand final of the Forklift Instructor of the Year was won by Antony Smith from UK Industries Training.
Wincanton Health, Safety, Driver Training & Development Team (Co-op Contract) won the Training Team of the Year Award for its commitment to continuously improving and striving for best practice within Wincanton and promoting its industry leader status, as well as its vision to establish Co-op Lea Green RDC as a contractual Wincanton leader in health, safety, driver training and development.
The Training Program of the Year Award was won by Fleet Source for developing something entirely new to the road transport training market: the UK's first terrorism risk and incident prevention program of products and training services, named TRIP. TRIP has been designed so that commercial fleet operators, managers and drivers can be educated on the risks of terrorism, the nature of the threats that they may face and a range of safety precautions they should implement to significantly reduce the possibilities of their vehicle being hijacked or stolen and used in a terrorist incident, which could potentially result in saving lives.
Lucy Orchiston of Euro Car Parts won the Training Manager of the Year Award for being consistently at the forefront of any initiative linked with the personal development and wellbeing of her colleagues and leaders, helping to drive the company's values and standards, and showing commitment to the company.
Sam Smith of Greenshields Cowie & Co. Ltd. won the title of Apprentice of the Year for proving himself a reliable and invaluable member of the disaster response team, embracing continuous learning, while frequently exceeding expectations, and his commitment to developing a life-long logistics career as an emergency response specialist.
The Health & Safety Leader of the Year Award was won by Beverley Knight of Palletforce for her commitment and dedication to training and making significant progress with Health and Safety Management, from modernising and restructuring company policies, to ensuring all forklift truck operators have completed refresher training.
The prestigious Lifetime Contribution Award was presented to Andy Kaye of Bis Henderson Group for his passion, personal input and dedication to a cause he truly believes in. Andy has worked tirelessly for 20 years within the supply chain and logistics sector to ensure that this industry secures the very best talent. He successfully established (and chairs) charitable trust Novus, working with universities and companies in the UK, ensuring sponsorship and mentoring programmes from businesses. He also created a Learning Academy and promotes apprenticeships within Supply Chain and Logistics.
The awards ceremony followed the daytime Talent in Logistics Conference, which focused on developing skills for current logistics professionals, and the future of the industry. Delegates attended presentations and participated in workshops and debates, as well as witnessing the competition live finals, watching forklift truck and LGV demonstrations, and visiting suppliers in the Information Zone exhibition.