Asian Apprenticeship Awards Shortlist Released – Judges “BLOWN AWAY” by Quality of Entries
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The Asian Apprenticeship Awards shortlist has been announced, with the winners due to be announced at the Awards evening on 29th November in Birmingham.
Head judge Olga Bottomley commented:
“The overall quality of the entries has been excellent this year, all the judges have been blown away by the standard. I’m sensing a real buy in from employers, as they recognise the importance of apprenticeships in the workplace and the difference it can make to their business.
“It’s also been very pleasing to read about young people becoming great role models in their businesses. We have a very talented shortlist and I’m very much looking forward to announcing the winners.”
The shortlist is as follows:
Finance, Legal & Professional Services
Tahyean Ahmed (Tai) – Dentons
Afeefa Ali – Lloyds Banking Group
Khaliqa Amani – HSBC
Anil Kararra – Gowling WLG (UK) LLP
Maathumai Vipulananthan – FleishmanHillard Fishburn
Marjana Uddin – BBC
Health, Medical & Social Care
Muryim Bi – Well Springs Nursing Home
Naheed Akhtar – Fairway Homecare Ltd
Rajkiran Kaur – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Halimah Parveen – Stockland Green Dental Practice
Momtaj Begum – Rasmi Nursery
Ruqayah Bibi Khan – Solanki Dental Practice
Retail, Hospitality & Tourism
Maitham Rashid – Morrisons Plc
Ali Mohabhatti – Michaeljohn Training School
Auzara Riasat – T Cox Opticians
Kuranveer Dhillon (Kuran) — Midcounties Cooperative
Ravina Kaur – Co-op Travel Bilston
Nafeesa Aamer – Jhoots pharmacy
Charity, Voluntary Organisations & Public Services
Ruksana Kavde – Walsall Council
Sonia Cardozo – Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Emma Hassan – Perinatal Institute
Aqsa Hafiz – Pendle Council
Divya Shah – Wellcome Trust
Sheroze Arif – B’ham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Construction Services
Vishal Patel – P & R Morson & Co Ltd
Shaheeb Mohammed – Fortem
Arsalan Adal – St Leger Homes of Doncaster
Vishaal Parmar – NG Bailey
Kobir Hussain – Editquest Ltd
Muhammad Ali – Morgan Sindall
Engineering & Manufacturing
Munesh Mistry – Novelis
Aarondeep Lali – Bombardier Transportation
Luqmaan Hussain – Gledhill Road Garage
Imran Lulat – Jaguar Land Rover
Ahmed Munshi – BAE Systems
Sujan Pakhrin – Royal Air Force
Creative & Digital
Jaspreet Panesar – Severn Trent
Saeed Afzal – IG Group plc
Monsur Siddique – Liquid Print
Yusaf Akbar – BBC
Hammad Shah – Suez Recycling and Recovery UK
Niraj Gurung – Royal Air Force
Judges’ Choice Award
Rumana Chaudhury- Sage UK Ltd
Francisco Fernandes – BT
Yasemin McClure – Crabtree PM Ltd
Ali Naqvi – Ayming
Rima Patel – Admiral Recruitment
Thanushan Thavarasa – Citygate Volkswagen South Ruislip
Asif Bham – Kuehne + Nagel
Learning Provider Of The Year
JTL
Gordon Franks Training
City Gateway
Performance Through People
Ixion Holding (Contracts Ltd)
Nova Training
Small, Medium Employer Of the Year
Admiral Recruitment
Angel’s Nursery Erdington & Great Barr
Liquid Print
Perinatal Institute
Stockland Green Dental Clinic
T Cox Opticians
Large Employer of the Year
Fortem
Aspects Care Ltd
BAE Systems
BBC
Bombardier Transportation
BT
Gowling WLG
KPMG
Midcounties Cooperative
Morgan Sindall
Morrisons Plc
NG Bailey
Walsall Council
Wellcome Trust
Final judging took place in September. The gala dinner and awards presentation takes place on 29 November 2018 at Edgbaston Stadium Birmingham.
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