CPA Bulletin

www.cpa.uk.net CPA Bulletin > August 2022 9 ASSOCIATIONNEWS: 2 crane manufacturing plant and a trip to the Bauma exhibition in Munich, Germany. It really is pleasing to see the future of our industry is in safe hands.” Stars of the Future is a national awards scheme for apprentices and trainees in the construction plant-hire industry, organised by the CPA, the leading trade association for the plant-hire sector in the UK. The CPA has over 1,800 members who supply 85% of hired plant to the construction industry. The CPA Stars of the Future awards are intended to recognise and reward outstanding apprentices and trainees who not only bring ability and commitment to their learning and their work, but also possess those extra capabilities which mark them out as being not only the foundations of the future of the industry, but also potentially its leaders - the Stars of the Future. Former television newsreader, presenter and journalist Merryn Myatt hosted the event this year and prior to the presentation of the awards, she co-ordinated two ‘chat’ sessions. These were with Stars of the Future judges - ArranWillis of Liebherr GB, Kirsty Archbold-Laming of Southern Hoist Services and Siôn Morgan Jones of ACOP Group - former winners JimBaraclough of L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage who was National Plant Operative of the Year in 2021, Danielle Taylor of Flannery Plant Hire who was National Plant Operative of the Year in 2020 and Dan Pickles of LC Plant Services who was National Plant Mechanic of the Year in 2018, plus Peter Chapman of Askham Bryan College who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the event. Nationally there are around 900 apprentices across the six main plant-based occupations. The awards categories for 2022 reflect the key occupations in the construction plant sector and correspond with the apprenticeships that are available. The headline sponsor for CPA Stars of the Future 2022 was Sunbelt Rentals and the award sponsors included M O’Brien Plant Hire, Flannery Plant Hire, NOCN Group, ACOP Group, L Lynch Plant Hire & Haulage, Liebherr and Wolffkran , plus SMT GB and Southern Hoist Services . This year, Stars of the Future had a two-tier judging process - the CPA selection panel and a panel of external judges who decided the eventual winners of each category. The external judging panel included ArranWillis of Liebherr GB, Kirsty Archbold-Laming of Southern Hoist Services, Siôn Morgan Jones of ACOP Group, Leigh Sparrow of Vertikal Press, Katie Kelleher of Select Plant Hire, GrahamBlack of Earthmovers Magazine, TimBrownbridge of BAM Nuttall, Bob Harper of Sunbelt Rentals, plus independent judges Rob Allen and Gary Barnes .