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Employee recognition awards

Redditch based Oakland International Limited, celebrated with a champagne drinks reception for employees at a special Awards Evening at Worcester’s Bowl Xtreme on Saturday 7^th January, awarding a total of fourteen awards between the forty-three selected finalists, as well as twenty-eight long-service awards, with the awards extravaganza continuing well in to the night.

Recognising a range of business skills and personal qualities, award categories included:

Contribution to the Community, Customer Service, Best New Starter, Developing Others, Personal Development, Management Development, Manager, Supervisor and Employee of the Year awards, Safety, Health and Environmental Impact, Buddy and Bright Sparks awards and Long Service Awards for three and five years service.

The Long Service awards as well as the Award finalists, chosen and voted for by their colleagues, were presented with their awards in front of colleagues and their families.

Dean Attwell stated: “Throughout Oakland International’s thirteen-years of trading we have continued to enjoy business success, both in times of prosperity and in this current economic climate we now all face. It is due to their hard work and dedication that we continue to see sustained growth, with our employee numbers now up to 204, with further recruitment still planned for 2012, which is fantastic news for our UK and Irish teams and for the future.”

A multi temperature supply chain specialist, Oakland operates supply chain solutions forchilled, ambient and frozen goods daily throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe, to major retailers, wholesalers, cash ‘n’ carrys and foodservice outlets.