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13 July 2012
Community Partnership Awards 2012 - Shortlist Revealed
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PRESS RELEASE
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is delighted to reveal the final shortlist
for the Community Partnership Awards 2012.
Following an extensive judging process by industry experts chaired by John
Stevenson MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink
Manufacturing, the companies shortlisted for the 2012 Awards are:
Adelie Food Group, apetito, Border Biscuits, Burton's Biscuit Company, Cargill,
Coca-Cola
Enterprises, Coca Cola Great Britain, General Mills, Kelloggs, Mars Food, Mars
Chocolate UK, Midlands Co-operative, Morrisons, Nestlè, Thorntons Budgens,
Typhoo,
Unilever, United Biscuits, Warners Retail Ltd, William Jackson Food Group and
Wrigley's.
Alongside, the CPA's established categories of: Apprentice of the Year,
Education, Environment, Good Employer, Health and Wellbeing and Local
Community,
the new
categories for 2012 are: Export Success of the Year, Growing Business of the
Year and Developing Skills for the Future – a category dedicated to innovative
recruitment and retention activities.
All winners will be announced at a prestigious luncheon at the Globe Theatre,
London on Wednesday 24 October 2012
Commenting on the judging of the Awards, John Stevenson MP said:
“This year was the toughest judging session I have been involved with. The
standard of entries was very high and it has been hard to whittle down almost
50
entries to around 20 shortlisted contenders for gold, silver and bronze awards.
As
well as concentrating on their core business, these companies have also been
developing groundbreaking projects in their communities and amongst their own
workforce. I was also hugely encouraged to see the volume of entries for the
apprentice of the year; developing skills and education categories which shows
the work
that is being done to train and up- skill people throughout the industry and
bring forward the next generation of scientists and engineers that we need in
food
and drink manufacturing.”
Notes for editors
- FDF is the voice of the food and drink industry – the UK's largest manufacturing
sector. For more information about FDF and the industry we represent our visit our website
- The CPA awards recognise the contribution and dedication shown businesses to
initiatives that make a positive difference – be it in their local community
via
contributions to local schools and hospitals, or to the natural environment via
waste reduction schemes and other environmental initiatives. Visit the FDF website for further information about the Awards and details of previous years'
winners' initiatives.
- The judging panel was chaired by John Stevenson MP for Carlisle, Chair of the
All Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing.
The panel comprised of Food Manufacture Editor Rick Pendrous; Liz Woodeson,
Director of Health and Wellbeing, Department of Health; Trefor Griffith, Client
Service Director, Grant Thornton; Neil Thornton, Director for Food and Green
Economy, Defra; Keith Hodgkinson, Deputy Director, Department of Business,
Skills and
Innovation; Gillian Barker, CEO, Caravan: Lorraine Hendle, Executive Director
of
Grocery, William Reed Business Media; Melanie Leech, Director General, Food and
Drink Federation.
More information
FDF press Team:
Nicki Hunt on or 020 7420 7132 - nicki.hunt@fdf.org.uk
Avni Raval or 020 7420 7131 - Avni.Raval@fdf.org.uk
Anna Taylor or 020 7420 7118 - anna.taylor@fdf.org.uk
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