Safer Travel Initiative Receives Royal Approval!

The winners of this year’s Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Annual Awards for Excellence were unveiled at the prestigious London awards event in the presence of the Institute’s Patron, HRH the Princess Royal. Many of the best-known names in the world of logistics and transport attended the popular Annual Awards for Excellence Dinner on Thursday 12th October. The event, held at London’s Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, was hosted by award-winning TV and radio broadcaster John Suchet.The Institute’s awards are designed to promote and encourage best practice within logistics and transport. They recognise the achievements of both individuals and organisations and reflect many of the Institute’s objectives.Phil Bateman Corporate Affairs Director said: "The whole evening was very exciting and was run very professionally. The atmosphere was certainly building as we approached the ’Safety’ category that TWM’s ’Safer Travel’ initiative had been entered for. We were excited and very proud that the work that we had been involved with in trying to keep crime off the West Midlands Bus and Tram network had been recognised. But we were simply ’over the moon’ to hear announced that we had won! HRH the Princess Royal presented the trophy. Princess Anne asked about the work of ’Safer Travel’, our initiative to drive crime off the local bus and tram services. I explained how it has been one of the UK’s leading initiatives to reduce crime and bad behaviour on one the biggest bus and tram networks in the country for nearly 8 years. It was a very exciting night and one that Travel West Midlands will remember for a very long time!"The two other finalists for the Safety Award were Cemex UK Operations and Centrica PLCThe TWM ’Safer Travel’ Initiative is going into its eighth year; it is a partnership with West Midlands Police and British Transport Police along with other Agencies. It is designed to make Bus & Tram journeys safer.Click here to visit the Safer Travel website

Published 14th October 2006