Have you met our Rising Stars?
Day: July 12, 2023
The ceda Rising Star Award is a highlight of the ceda Conference.
Any member of a ceda Member’s staff with less than five years’ experience in their current role can be nominated by their employer for the Award.
The objective is to recognise and reward an individual’s outstanding achievement and contribution to the development of a ceda Member company.
The awards are independently judged and from the entries received, they shortlisted five young people who have made a significant impact on a Members’ business.
Justin Ring, Team Leader at Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Limited, was the eventual winner and was crowned at the ceda Grand Prix Awards and Gala Dinner on Thursday 8th June.
We took some time to meet each of those shortlisted and find out their thoughts on the ceda Conference and the Future of the Industry…
N.B. Rosie Neary, Project Administrator / Office Manager at Catering Design Group was originally shortlisted for the 2023 ceda Rising Star Award. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Rosie was unable to attend the ceda Conference and her interview with the judges and so she has automatically been put on to the shortlist for the 2024 Award.
Question
Question:
I am currently looking for a shipping partner, specifically to bring appliances in from outside of the EU.
Does any member have any trusted partners they currently work with?
Replies:
- Depending on where from Ital logistics is an option but I have only used for Germany and Italy.
- The company we have worked with before is Oceanblue. We purchased some goods from Australia, and this is the shipping company they used.
Robert Salt / Director
Oceanblue Logistics Ltd
Olympic House
4 Laceby Business Park
Grimsby Road, Laceby
NE Lincs, DN37 7DP
Tel 01472 878514
Email rob@oceanbluelogistics.co.uk
www.oceanbluelogistics.co.uk - We use Alpi. We have tried loads since Brexit and we have found these guys to be the best and most reasonable on the market. We have been using them to transport Warewashing machines from Italy to the UK. Contact cut and pasted below.
Lloyd Satchwell
Sales Executive
Tel: 01675 469042 / 01675 463284
Mobile: 07475 512929
Email: L.Satchwell@alpiuk.com
Website: www.alpiuk.com - I have used Dane Waldron (Waldron logistics) to bring large equipment in from the Netherlands and he was fantastic. Trusted guy! Great service and price info@danewaldronlogistics.co.uk Tel: 01213284101
- We use Socotra for all our imports from all over Europe. Contact details – Tony Burrows – tburrows@socotrauk.comT: 01625 919080 M: 07776 512835 E: tburrows@socotrauk.com W: www.socotrauk.com