The winners of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport North West Annual Awards for Education and Excellence, in association with Peel Ports, were announced on Friday 26th June at the Midland Hotel, Manchester.

The prestigious event was attended by leading figures from the sector and the evening included a keynote address from Beverley Bell FCILT, CILT President and Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain and Steve Agg FCILT, Chief Executive, CILT supplied the response. The evening was hosted by Dave Guest, BBC North West Chief Reporter.

The CILT North West Awards celebrate education, excellence, expertise and experience in the logistics and transport industry and this year the panel received a record number of entries.

Simon Reynish, NW Chairman, CILT, said: ‘The North West has such a diverse number of organisations and with the development of Rail North and the Northern Powerhouse promising to be major game changers for the North West it is important we celebrate and recognise the Region’s talent.’

The winners of the CILT North West Education and Excellence 2015 are:

Jim Sergison
The Richard McLeish Award 2015

Lyndsey Stuart of Huyton Travel Ltd
Student of the Year

Michael Bennett of Avon Travel
Young Passenger Manager of the Year 

Karl Williams of Expert Logistics
Young Freight Logistics Manager of the Year

John Rimmer of Arriva North West & Wales
Award for Service to the Transport Industry

Cllr Andrew Fender of Transport for Greater Manchester
Lifetime Achievement Award

Yodel
Award for Best Practice for Freight Logistics 

Merseytravel
Award for Best Practice for Passenger Logistics

Northern Rail
Award for Environmental Improvement

IPPR North
Award for Transport Policy, Planning & Implementation

Kellogg’s with Voiteq
Award for Warehouse Operations