Winners for the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2013 Announced
The prestigious Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards and Dinner 2013 was held on Thursday 11th July 2013 at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY. The Awards recognise, reward and promote Best Practice amongst Trade Associations in the UK and are a chance for TAF members to showcase their hard work and achievements during the last twelve months.
The Trade Association Forum is delighted to announce the winners of the 2013 Best Practice Awards as follows
Commercial Initiative of the Year:
Winner
British Association of Removers
Conference of the Year
Winner
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners – Asia Conference 2012
Corporate Social Responsibility Award:
Winner
Association of Interior Specialists
Electronic Communication of the Year
Winner
British Woodworking Federation
Exhibition of the Year
Winner
British Blind and Shutter Association
Magazine of the Year
Winner
Road Haulage Association
Membership Pack of the Year
Winner
National Hairdressers’ Federation/p>
Membership Success of the Year
Winner
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners – Growth in Latin America
Publication of the Year
Winner
Pet Food Manufacturers Association
Sector Representation of the Year
Winner
National Farmers’ Union
Website of the Year Award
Winner
Confederation of Paper Industries
Individual Contribution Award
Winner
Nisha Valand, The Independent Game Developers’ Association
Leadership Award
Winner
Nelson Ogunshakin, Association for Consultancy and Engineering
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner
Eric Galbraith, British Insurance Brokers’ Association
Trade Association of the Year
Winner
National Farmers’ Union
Special mentions were also made of the National Farmers’ Union entry for the Magazine of the Year, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation entry for Membership Pack of the Year and also the Mineral Products Association entry for Publication of the Year.
Julia Evans, Chair of the Trade Association Forum, said: ‘Judging the TAF awards is always difficult and this year was absolutely no exception. The standard of entries gets higher and higher each year and anyone who is shortlisted can be really proud of their achievement. To the award winners my congratulations – a superb achievement and something to which we can all aspire.’
Andy Robertson, Chief Executive of the National Farmer’s Union, said: ‘I am absolutely delighted that the NFU has won these prestigious awards. The overall award of Trade Association of the Year is much-deserved recognition of the professionalism, commitment and dedication of everyone across the NFU in the work that we do for our members. I was also particularly pleased that we won the Sector Representation of the Year award for our SOS Dairy campaign, as this showed the organisation working at its most effective, with staff and members combining to make such an enormous impact.’
TAF would like to give a huge thank you to the sponsors for the Best Practice Awards 2013: Barley House Group, CEDR Solve, Croner – A Walters Kluwer company, e-mango, Deeson Member Services, Towergate Insurance, UKAS and Workbooks.com.