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CPA’s hire Stars

16 September 2021

CPA’s hire Stars

Dedicated students from a number of tool and plant hire companies were amongst the winners in the CPA’s Stars of the Future Awards 2021, held at the Heart of England Conference and Events Centre near Coventry. 

The national scheme rewards the achievements of apprentices and trainees in the construction plant-hire industry, as well as their potential leadership skills.

Despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic, the association received almost 70 nominations, one of the highest ever entry figures in the awards programme’s nine-year history.

Winners included: Amy Wicks of L Lynch Plant Hire, Hire Controller of the Year;  Beth Doel of HSS for Best Personal Statement; and Lucy O’Rourke of Sunbelt Rentals who received a Judges’ Special Award. 

Other achievers were: Ben Thomas of Vp Brandon Hire Station, Plant Mechanic of the Year – North Winner; Kyle Pollard of UK Tool Hire, Highly Commended in the Plant Mechanic of the Year – Midlands category; Michael Coulson of Sunbelt Rentals, Highly Commended in the Plant Mechanic of the Year – South section; and Jay Whitefield of GAP Group who was Highly Commended in the Plant Mechanic of the Year – Scotland category. 

Thomas Sealeaf from Vp Brandon Hire Station was the Winner in the Plant Technician of the Year – North category, while Tom Willgoose of Traction Equipment (Stafford) was the Winner for the Midlands. Beth Doel of HSS and Oliver Vickery of GAP were Highly Commended in the South region, with Regan Dunn of Vp Brandon Hire Station Highly Commended for Scotland. 

Tom Willgoose of Traction Equipment was also Highly Commended in the National Plant Technician of the Year (Level 3) category. 

Lucy Adams of GAP Group was Highly Commended in the Hire Controller of the Year section, and a Young Business of the Year Award went to Joseph Rollitt, owner of Grasmere Plant Hire.

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