Apprenticeship and Employer of the Year Award finalists revealed!

Article summary: With just a few days to go until we celebrate our Apprenticeship and Employer of the Year Awards, we’re excited to reveal those who have been shortlisted for each category!

It was extremely tough to decide on the finalists as all the entries were strong and every entrant had a range of merits. We’re looking forward to welcoming our finalists and their colleagues/families to our event at the Royal Maritime Club in Portsmouth on Friday 24 June.

As these awards were not able to take place for the past two years due to the pandemic, we’ve gone all out for 2022 by adding four business awards to the event to make this a bumper celebration!

Nominations were invited throughout March and April. Those for the apprentice awards were made by PETA’s Learning and Development Coaches, who worked in partnership with the apprentices’ employers to complete the application form together for submission. The nominated apprentices were those who the coaches and employers believed have achieved above and beyond what was expected of them.

For the business award categories, companies nominated themselves by selecting the category they believed applied to them and completing the application, giving evidence where requested.

The finalists were selected by the judging panel, which was made up of members of the PETA senior management team. Shortlisted apprentices have been given an additional two free seats at the dinner to enable their employer and a family member or colleague to accompany them. The business award finalists have been invited to book their own places at the ceremony.

The evening itself will commence with drinks, followed by a three-course dinner, with the award presentations after the meal. Winners will receive certificates and trophies to mark their achievement.

Introducing our 2022 finalists:

BUSINESS APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Kirsten-Leigh Corbett – Safran Helicopter Engines UK
Kymberley Kirkby – Seamstress of Bloomsbury
Mia-Grace Adams – Safran Helicopter Engines UK
Weronika Pawlak – Vine Social Care Agency
Rosie Hayes – Safran Helicopter Engines UK

ICT APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Anthony Morley – Zinq IT
Billy Hunt – The Cowplain School
Chloe Freshney – Biscoes Solicitors
Matthew Gilham – Executive Integrity
Vaclav Petrucha-Rourke – Allergy Therapeutics

ENGINEERING APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR

Thomas Pascoe Cook – Eaton Ltd
Ted Davies – DKW Engineering
Raul Potolinca – Laleham Health and Beauty
Kairon Robb – Lewmar Marine
Karl Rudman – Runfold Plastics

MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR (LEVEL 3)

Daryl Burge – Pall Corporation
Emma Hopping – STR Group
Lewis Hutchinson – Eaton Ltd
Liz Ferguson – Eaton Ltd
Lois Rogers – Drift IT Services

MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR (LEVEL 5)

Alan Sadler – Drift IT Services
Michelle Mengham – Swan Retail
Peter Shone – Drift IT Services
Rachel Keene – TP Group
Samuel Poole – Syn Star

BEST APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYER AWARD (SME)

VIMA Group
Swan Retail
SBR (Southbourne Rubber)
Runfold Plastics
Matrix Business IT Limited
Circle Cloud Communications
Drift IT Services
Carrera UK
Biscoes
Addingstone Insurance Solutions

BEST APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYER (CORPORATE)

Chemring Countermeasures
Partnering Health Limited (PHL)
Eaton Ltd
DP World
Elliott Brothers

RISING STAR AWARD

Rowan Hutchinson - Barfoots of Botley
Gemma Dudman – Biscoes
Shane Dunkason – DP World
Jack Martin – Excell Metal Spinning
Hannah Craven – Kayospruce
Ben Hampton – Matrix Business IT Limited
Isaac Noble – PEI Genesis
Scott Burgess – Runfold Plastics

MENTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Mark Kettle – Partnering Health Limited (PHL)
Ellie New – Evolve Partnership
Sarah Godley – Biscoes
Steve Lewsey – Andrew and Andrew
Sophie Vaughan – Safran Helicopter Engines UK
Michelle Mengham – Swan Retail

Please get in touch with any queries about the awards and we look forward to welcoming all our finalists on the night!