UKIFDA Young Person of the Year Award winner announced
The winner of the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) Young Person of the Year Award, which was launched this year to recognise the achievements of rising stars in the industry, has been announced.
Twenty-four-year-old Emily Yates of Craggs Energy is the worthy winner of this new award.
“We are so impressed by all Emily has achieved at such a young age, that we felt she deserved recognition for her success and be awarded with the Young Person of the Year Award,” explained Ken Cronin, UKIFDA chief executive.
Launched during the run up to UKIFDA EXPO 2021 this award will now be presented annually to a young person in the liquid fuels distribution industry who UKIFDA believes has gone above and beyond the call of duty and is becoming a rising star in the industry.
Ken Cronin added: “Emily was nominated by her managers and, after reading about her background and achievements, we felt she definitely deserves recognition – especially because as an industry we promote diversity and welcome individuals from every walk of life, and Emily is currently championing diversity in the industry.”
Emily joined Craggs Energy in 2015 on their apprenticeship scheme and has worked for the company ever since, first in customer services before moving into domestic and agriculture sales roles and operations.
“We wanted Emily to win an award, she has done so much and helped so many customers as a young, female driver in the industry,” says Matthew Crockett, director at Craggs Energy. “Emily’s energy and enthusiasm is boundless and has been since day one when she joined us as a sales apprentice. Since then, she has taken on various roles, including customer services and agricultural sales, and is now absolutely thriving in her operations role.
“For almost four years now, Emily has been making emergency and out-of-hours fuel deliveries to agricultural, commercial and domestic customers across Lancashire and Yorkshire. She is happy to go out late at night, in extreme weather, and travel to hard-to-reach areas, such as remote Covid testing sites, to ensure places have the fuel needed to serve their local communities.
“She takes great care of people too, always ensuring our vulnerable customers who are part of our Cold Weather Priority scheme have a full tank of heating oil and that their heating system is working well.”
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8th July 2021
