The Chemical Enterprise Affiliation (CBA), the voice of the UK chemical provide chain, held its annual awards ceremony on twenty eighth November 2024 on the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The night celebrated the achievements of companies and people from throughout the entire chemical provide chain with the presentation of quite a few awards.
The ‘Chemmies’, because the awards and the ceremony at the moment are identified, was attended by over 350 individuals together with staff from CBA member firms in addition to companions, authorities representatives and stakeholders from not solely the UK, however from throughout the globe.
On the night time there have been dwell magic acts for attendees to take pleasure in, in addition to an informative and shifting video concerning the work of the CBA’s chosen charity for 2024 Breathe Arts Well being Analysis (Breathe). This extraordinary organisation delivers various evidence-based programmes throughout a spread of artwork kinds, to fulfill particular medical and wellbeing wants. Their groundbreaking work with younger individuals with hemiplegia (a situation attributable to a mind harm, that ends in various levels of weak spot or stiffness in a single facet of the physique), makes use of the artwork of magic as an intensive bimanual remedy and a approach of boosting confidence and communication abilities. The charity’s Head of Improvement, Lydia Hayes, was additionally in attendance on the night time. Almost £4,000 was raised on the night time itself, bringing the whole raised by the CBA to over £29,750 for the charity in 2024.
After the awards ceremony, the night continued with dwell music and visitors have been in a position to dance the night time away and luxuriate in each other’s firm.
Tim Doggett, CEO of the Chemical Enterprise Affiliation (CBA) and a Director of the Commerce Affiliation Discussion board (TAF) stated: “The CBA is a extremely revered, main commerce affiliation with important international affect and the Chemmies have a novel give attention to recognising and celebrating the excellent achievements of the chemical provide chain.”
“Our members, a lot of whom are SMEs and household run companies, are the spine of the broader chemical business, one of the vital and various industries on this planet. Their immense achievements deserve not solely to be recognised, however whole-heartedly celebrated by such a large cross part of the chemical provide chain neighborhood.”
Awards and award winners on the night time have been:
- Accountable Care Award (Logistics Providers Member) – DSV Air & Sea Ltd
- Extremely recommended – H W Coates Ltd
- Accountable Care Award (Distributor Member, Workplace Solely) – Alfa Chemical substances Ltd
- Extremely recommended – Meade-King, Robinson & Co Ltd
- Accountable Care Award (Distributor Member, with Operational Websites) – Tennants Distribution Ltd
- Extremely recommended – Airedale Group
- Sustainability Award Winner – Grolman Ltd
- Extremely recommended – DSV Air & Sea Ltd
- Wellbeing Award – DSV Air & Sea Ltd
- Group Engagement Award – Airedale Group
- Extremely recommended – Tennants Distribution Ltd
- Made a Distinction Award – Brian Taylor (Grace Abroad Ltd)
- Extremely recommended – Jay Barnes (Airedale Group), Lisa McLaren (Brenntag UK & Eire Ltd) and Georgia Llewellyn (Univar Options)
- Younger Individual Award – Erin Scott (Brenntag UK & Eire Ltd)
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Sarah Taylor (Grace Abroad Ltd)
- Extremely recommended – Lorraine Burke (DKSH UK) and Maria Kelly (Tennants Distribution Ltd)
- Affiliate Member of the 12 months – Tiro Coaching Ltd
- Extremely recommended – Hibiscus Plc
- Logistics Providers Member of the 12 months – Grace Abroad Ltd
- Extremely recommended – Bowker Group and DSV Air & Sea Ltd
- Distributor/Producer Member of the 12 months – Nordmann UK Ltd
Supporters of the 2024 ‘Chemmies’ have been Hibiscus Plc (Accountable Care Awards), Airedale Group (Sustainability Award), Tiro Coaching Ltd (Wellbeing Award), Meade-King, Robinson & Co Ltd (Group Engagement Award), DSV Air & Sea Ltd (Made A Distinction Award), Division for Enterprise and Commerce (Younger Individual Award), Dachser Ltd (Lifetime Achievement Award), Grace Abroad Ltd (Drinks Reception), UM Terminals Ltd (Place playing cards), Stort Group (Charity) with the Corcoran Group, Impulse Choices, The Magicians Desk and Sea Containers London lodge generously donating the raffle prizes.
