The winners of the UKWA Annual Awards for Warehousing 2012.

Companies and individuals in the UK's warehousing and third-party logistics (3PL) sectors were honoured at the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) Annual Awards for Warehousing 2012 ceremony at London's Dorchester Hotel.

The winners were chosen by the UKWA's awards committee, which comprised Phil Culling, chairman of storage systems specialist Redirack; Mel Grainger, a past chairman of UKWA; and Roger Williams, CEO of UKWA.

Williams says: "UKWA's Awards are established as symbols of achievement in the 3PL sector and emphasise the importance of logistics within today's economy. The high number and quality of the entries we received underlines the professionalism that runs through the modern logistics industry."

A total of nine awards were presented:

Young Employee of the Year
Joanne Dolan - Paul Ponsonby Ltd

Environment Award
Elddis Transport (Consett) Ltd

Team of the Year
Amethyst Group

Warehouse Manager of the Year
Steve Nelson - Boughey Distribution

Training Award
Briggs Equipment

Technology/Innovation Award
Redirack Ltd

Customer Service Award
Century Logistics Ltd

Best New Member
Williams Shipping Ltd

Chairman's Award
Richard Hunt

Over 400 UKWA members and their guests, together with warehousing industry suppliers, attended the ceremony.

The main sponsor of the event was Jungheinrich UK Ltd, while individual awards were sponsored by Lutterworth EcoLighting Ltd, Redirack Ltd, Knapp UK Ltd, Toyota Material Handling UK Ltd, Clarion Events Ltd, Briggs Equipment UK Ltd, Psion (UK) Ltd, RedPrairie Ltd and Hoppecke Industrial Batteries Ltd.