UKWA Awards for Warehousing 2013 finalists announced

Jun 16, 2013 Warehousing Ireland News 0

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UKWA – the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has announced the finalists for each category in this year’s UKWA Awards for Warehousing. The overall winner of each category will be announced at the UKWA’s Awards for Warehousing Ceremony which takes place at London’s Dorchester Hotel on Wednesday July 3rd. The finalists are:

Customer Service

• Torque & TM Lewin

• Simarco Worldwide Logistics


• Bibby Distribution & Kellogg UK

 

Best New UKWA Member

• Lanchester Wine Cellars Ltd

• Law Distribution Ltd

• Gem Logistics

 

Technical Innovation

• Returnloads.Net

• Bibby Distribution

• Wiley with TGW Ltd

 

Training

• Wincanton plc

• Knights of Old


• Simarco Worldwide Logistics


 

Warehouse Manager of the Year


• Steven Vaughan, Expect Distribution Ltd

• Leigh Brown, Edwards Transport

 

Team of the Year


• Simarco Worldwide Logistics

• Century Logistics Ltd


• Boughey Distribution

 

Environment


• Elddis Transport (Consett) Ltd

• Mini Clipper Logistics

• Simarco Worldwide Logistics

 

Young Employee of the Year

• Sam Greenhalgh, Simarco Worldwide Logistics

• Nathan Jones, Linde Material Handling (UK)

 

Junior Manager of the Year

• Daniel King, Expect Distribution


• Martin Goodwin, Century Logistics Ltd

• Marie Rickets, Bibby Distribution

UKWA’s chief executive officer, Roger Williams, commented: “We are grateful to all those companies that entered this year’s Awards for Warehousing. The high number and quality of the entries we received underlines the professionalism that runs through the modern logistics industry.”

UKWA’s Awards are established as symbols of achievement in the 3PL sector and emphasise the importance of logistics within today’s economy.

The Awards Luncheon is widely regarded as one of the premier networking events in the logistics industry’s calendar. This year over 500 UKWA members and their guests are expected to attend.

The event commences at 12 noon with a Gala Reception in the Opal Suite of the Dorchester followed by a 3-course luncheon.

For details of ticket prices and availability please contact Jacquie Corderoy on (tel) 0207 836 5522.

UKWA’s Awards for Warehousing 2013 are sponsored by Jungheinrich UK Ltd, Briggs Equipment UK Ltd, Toyota Material Handling UK, RediGroup, D P World & London Gateway, Knapp UK Ltd, Clarion Events, Lutterworth Ecolighting, Hoppecke Industrial Batteries Ltd and Advanced Business Solutions

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