UK - Last week saw 500 of the UK’s leading professionals in the transport and logistics fields gathered at the Lancaster London Hotel for The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Annual Awards Dinner. Honouring individuals, companies and other organisations that have made major contributions to achieving higher and ever improving standards in logistics and transport operations during the last year, the event is hailed as one of the best networking events of the CILT calendar with this year’s Awards receiving a record number of entries.

A total of 16 categories meant a busy night and CILT’s Pr

esident Will Whitehorn chaired the event and presented the Awards to each winner whilst the day’s host was TV presenter Naga Munchetty. Kevin Richardson, Chief Executive, CILT, said:

“Our Awards recognise those individuals and businesses who demonstrate a significant contribution to the development of our profession and sector. We received an overwhelming amount of quality entries this year and our judging panel had the difficult task of choosing this year’s winners. Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists for 2016. It is great to see and celebrate so many innovative and pioneering projects in our profession.”

CILT’s premier award for outstanding achievement, the Sir Robert Lawrence Award, was presented by John Boulter, Managing Director, DHL Supply Chain to Professor Alan Braithwaite, Chairman, LCP Consulting.

The winners of the CILT Annual Awards for Excellence 2016 are:

McKibbin Research Foundation Award - Sponsored by Bisham Consulting
Amy Harhoff, Transport for the North

Journalist of the Year - Sponsored by DP World
Paul Clifton, BBC

Student of the Year - Sponsored by Michael Page
Lisa Sweeney, Atlantic Container Line

Young Manager of the Year - Sponsored by Hays Recruitment
Joshua Start, Wilson James

Freight Transport Best Practice - Sponsored by FORS
Jaguar Land Rover

Passenger Transport Best Practice - Sponsored by XPO Logistics
Swansea University and First Cymru

Warehouse Operations - Sponsored by Toyota Material Handling (UK)
Culina and General Mills

Information Management - Sponsored by Tachograph Analysis Consultants Limited (TACL)
Labyrinth Logistics Consulting

Development of People - Sponsored by Fleet Source
Reading Buses

Operations Excellence - Sponsored by Bis Henderson
Auto-Rescue Logistics

Transport Policy and Planning - Sponsored by AECOM
Transport for Greater Manchester

Supply Chain Innovation - Sponsored by BT Supply Chain
Argos

Safety
Andrew Drewary Consultancy and Owen Groups UK

Environmental Improvement - Sponsored by The Environmental Network
United Parcel Service (UPS)

Vulnerable Road Users Safety - Sponsored by Transport for London
Hertfordshire Road Safety Partnership

Photo: The winners celebrate their success.