The United Kingdom Warehousing Association Annual Awards for Warehousing 2012 ceremony.

Companies and individuals across the warehousing and third party logistics (3PL) sectors were rewarded for excellence at UKWA’s Annual Awards for Warehousing 2012 ceremony, which was held recently at London’s Dorchester Hotel.

This year the Association received a record number of entries in all categories. The winners were chosen by UKWA’s Awards Committee, which comprised Phil Culling, Chairman  of storage systems specialist Redirack; Mel Grainger, a past chairman of UKWA; and Roger Williams, the association’s Chief Executive Officer.

Roger Williams commented:  “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 and the winners were:

Young Employee of the Year

Winner: Joanne Dolan – Paul Ponsonby Ltd

Environment Award

Winner: Elddis Transport (Consett) Ltd

Team of the Year

Winner: Amethyst Group

Warehouse Manager of the Year

Winner: Steve Nelson – Boughey Distribution

Training Award

Winner: Briggs Equipment

Technology/Innovation Award

Winner: Redirack Ltd

Customer Service Award

Winner: Century Logistics Ltd

Best New Member

Winner: Williams Shipping Ltd

Chairman’s Award

Winner: Richard Hunt

Over 400 UKWA members and their guests, together with suppliers to the warehousing industry, attended UKWA’s Awards for Warehousing 2012 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