Pictured above: (l-r) Dean Attwell Oakland's Managing
Director, Sue Walton Human Resources Manager, Peter Vaughan,
Strategic Development Manager, Hayley Smith Marketing and Events
Co-ordinator, Edith Hurst-Earl Customer Support Executive, Lynsey
McIntosh General Manager- Operational Support (front) Michelle
Higgitt Executive Assistant to the Managing Director and Lian
Higgitt Quality Systems Co-ordinator
Multi temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International
has been selected as finalists in four award categories for this
year's prestigious Chamber Business Awards to be held at Worcester
Cathedral on Thursday 21st July.
With over 500 attendees present on the night, Oakland
International will be competing against a host of other successful
regional firms vying for Chamber success.
Oakland International MD, Dean Attwell, stated: "Being selected
as finalists in one category is terrific, but in four is simply
phenomenal; this is a fantastic achievement for everyone in our
growing team."
Oakland International are finalists for "Large Business of the
Year", "Excellence in People Development", "Service Excellence" and
the "Environmental Award". As one of three finalists in each
category, Oakland now enters the next stage of judging before
category winners are announced at the awards ceremony in July. This
is the second time Oakland has been nominated for the Business of
the Year and the Environmental Award, previously winning Business
of the Year in 2006 and the Environmental Award in 2010.
A major local employer with over 150 staff and a plan to create
30 new jobs by Christmas 2011, Oakland International continues to
invest in the company's Management Development Programme, aimed at
identifying managers and team leaders of the future. As part of
their commitment to the environment, Oakland has introduced a
number recycling schemes replacing energy rich systems with
renewable alternatives, and significantly reduced carbon emissions
for the benefit of both Oakland's operations and that of their
customers. The firm is wholly committed to using clean eco-friendly
alternatives wherever possible.
Already an award-winning company, Oakland has also won the
Midlands Family Business Awards' Commitment to the Community.
For more information about Oakland International, please visit
their website here: www.oakland-international.com