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Institute of IT Training Awards 2008

The winners of the Institute of IT Training IT Training Awards for 2008 were announced at The Dorchester in London on 7th February.

An audience of over 450 people saw Firebrand Training win their third successive Training Company of the Year award. Firebrand Training also achieved gold in the Learning Centre of the Year category for the second year.

Another company scooping two awards was Cadbury Schweppes, whose IT Applications Training team won the Internal Training Project of the Year and Training Department of the Year awards.

Institute chief executive Colin Steed, addressing the audience at the awards ceremony, said: "The annual IT Training Awards honour those individuals and organisations who really shone in the past year and we are here to celebrate their achievements tonight.

"We must not underestimate the importance of giving national recognition to the skills and achievements that are driving best practice in our industry. Such initiatives are representative of a sector that is fast maturing to accomplish specific, relevant business results through the appropriate use of standards-driven IT training and development.

"The solutions and projects detailed in the award entries are enabling organisations throughout the country to deliver knowledge and learning faster and more efficiently - some in ways that were not possible before.

"Once again, the quality of the entries has been higher than ever, which demonstrates that the industry is pushing forward and creating higher quality, measurable, business-aligned learning solutions.

"I would like to congratulate everyone who entered the awards, everyone of the finalists, and of course those who have won these prestigious awards.

"We should all aspire to the outstanding achievements that have been made by everyone who collects an award tonight."

The event was sponsored by the British Computer Society and was hosted by Sky TV Breakfast presenter Lucy Alexander.

The 2009 IT Training Awards takes place on 5th February 2009.

The award winners were:

Internal Training Project of the Year

• Gold: Cadbury Schweppes
• Silver: HM Prison Service
• Bronze: National Leadership and Innovations Agency for Healthcare

External Training Project of the Year

• Gold: Afiniti & Network Rail
• Silver: Assima DACG & RS Components
• Bronze: Saffron Interactive & Hilton International

e-Learning Project of the Year

• Gold: LINE Communications & Ministry of Defense
• Silver: Saffron Interactive & Hilton International
• Bronze: Tata Interactive Systems & ICICI Bank

Learning Centre of the Year

• Gold: Firebrand Training

Learning Facilities of the Year

• Gold: The New Technology Institute, Birmingham

Staff Development Programme of the Year

• Gold: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
• Silver: Fujitsu Services

Training Manager of the Year

• Gold: Jacquie Rayner, HM Prison Service
• Silver: Tiina Paju-Pomfret, BUPA Business Technology Training
• Bronze: Di Morgan-Rawes, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Freelance Trainer of the Year

• Gold: Ryan Thompson

Trainer of the Year

• Gold: Matt Leaver, Verridian
• Silver: Kerry Baker, BUPA Business Technology Training
• Bronze: Sarah Briscoe, Happy Computers

Training Department of the Year (Public Sector)

• Gold: West Sussex County Council - CLD Learning Solutions Team
• Silver: HM Prison Service - Phoenix Training Team
• Bronze: Worcestershire County Council

Training Department of the Year

• Gold: Cadbury Schweppes IT Applications Training Team
• Silver: BUPA Business Technology Training
• Bronze: Miller Homes

Training Company of the Year

• Gold: Firebrand Training
• Silver: Happy Computers
• Bronze: Oracle University

Colin Corder Award

• John Leighfield CBE

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