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Media

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West Midlands celebrates best in training at National Training Awards 2010

Businesses and individuals in the West Midlands gathered yesterday at the 2010 National Training Awards to celebrate those who have achieved outstanding organisational and individual success through investment in training, learning and development in the workplace.

The ceremony, held at Birmingham Town Hall, saw a total of 14 Regional Training Awards presented to businesses and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding impact and benefits as a direct result of the training. A further three UK National Training Awards were presented to winners that demonstrated exceptional success and were considered by the judges to be true exemplars of excellence.
Run on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by UK Skills, the National Training Awards inspires and encourages UK industry to invest in training and development as a route to achieving outstanding organisational and individual success. Winning an Award is a recognition of best practice and provides a benchmark for standards of excellence in training in the UK. City & Guilds is the premier sponsor of the 2010 National Training Awards.
The Award Winners in the West Midlands are:

Award category	Organisation / individual name	Entry title	Town	Award type
Large Employer (over 250 employees)	Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd	The development of an accredited Level 3 Programme in Food Safety Supervision	Lichfield	Regional Winner
	Staffordshire County Council	Achieving improved performance and efficiencies through the Optimising Team Performance course at Staffordshire County Council	Stafford	Regional Winner
	Jaguar Land Rover	Management Development Programme - looking beyond the process to leadership behaviours and techniques	Solihull	Regional Winner
	Smiths News plc	Apprentice scheme to promote warehouse operatives to supervisory positions at magazine and newspaper distribution warehouses	Swindon	Regional Winner
	Signet Trading Limited	Coach Approach Programme for H. Samuel Store Management	Birmingham	UK Winner
Medium Employer (50-249 employees)	Crown Packaging UK PLC	Managing Business Reduction Positively and Creatively	Worcester	UK Winner
	Paddock Fabrications Limited	Paddock Management Skills Training Programme	Walsall	Regional Winner
Partnership and Collaboration	University of Birmingham Epic	Skills4Uni study skills e-learning programme	Birmingham	Regional Winner
	Acua Limited The AA	Bridging the gap between HE and industry to improve leadership and management at The AA	Coventry	Regional Winner
	Renaissance West Midlands Shakespeare Birthplace Trust The Herbert Coventry The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Wolverhampton Art Gallery	Leading Change – an active response to an identified leadership development gap in six of the most important museum services	Birmingham	Regional Winner
	Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service Fire Service College	Bespoke Incident Command Training	Stone	Regional Winner
Now is the Time	Midlands Co-operative Society Ltd	X-Factor Sales Development Programme	Lichfield	Regional Winner
Individual	Darren Brough	My Journey from a Building Site Labourer to Health Safety and Operations Manager	Warwick	UK Winner
	Annette Johnson	When life knocks you down; the only alternative is to upskill!	Wolverhampton	Regional Winner

The four UK Winners will now be invited to the National Training Awards UK Ceremony where they will find out if they have won the overall Winner of the Year Award for their category.  They will be up against other UK Winners from across the UK.

The National Training Awards UK Ceremony is being held at Old Billingsgate in London on Wednesday 1st December. 

Simon Bartley, Chief Executive of UK Skills which manages the National Training Awards, said:  “Congratulations to all of this year’s winners in the West Midlands on their achievements. Each and every one of this year’s National Training Awards winners demonstrated that it is training of the highest quality that helps grow individuals, careers and develop sustainable businesses. All of those who won an Award should be very proud of what they achieved.”  
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Notes to editors
For further information please contact:

• Matthew Sutherland, Fresh Communication

Email: Sutherland.Matt@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: 01872 262 977

• Tom York, UK Skills

Email: tom.york@ukskills.org.uk
Tel: 0207 429 2828

National Training Awards, brought to you by UK Skills

1. The National Training Awards recognise those individuals and organisations throughout the UK that have achieved outstanding business and personal success through investment in training.  Winning an Award is recognition of best practice and provides a benchmark for standards of excellence in training in the UK.
2. Run on an annual basis on behalf of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills by UK Skills, the Awards are also supported by Skills Development Scotland, The Welsh Assembly Government and the Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland.
3. Established in 1987, the National Training Awards are free to enter and are unique because the seven Award categories encompass all sectors, sizes of organisations, training providers and individuals.  The Award categories also recognise all types of training from formal qualifications programmes to informal learning and coaching.
4. The National Training Awards aim to develop entrants throughout the Awards process, from the advice and self-assessment guidance given at the outset to the constructive feedback given to each entrant after judging.  Finalists and Winners of the Awards are honoured through a series of regional networking events and a national ceremony.  

 For more information please visit www.nationaltrainingawards.com 

 

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