Allied Bakeries' Best of the Best awards took place on
7th November in Coventry. This is our 3rd annual
celebration and is a great opportunity to recognise all the
outstanding achievements that have taken place across the business
in the last
year.
All nominations were colleagues who have gone above and
beyond to help either the company or their community. There were
some amazing stories that made the Board and everyone else in the
room very proud.
This year in addition to our usual first, second and third place
awards we introduced two new awards:
- the Community Hero Award to recognise the bravery and
sensitivity that were demonstrated in order to help others
- the Health and Safety Award to recognise the most improved
health and safety results across Allied Milling and
Baking
The Board had the very difficult task of deciding who would
receive the first, second and third place awards and the Community
Hero and Health and Safety Awards.
The overall winner of the Best of the Best award was Matt
Wright, Engineer from Allied Bakeries London.
Matt Wright was awarded for his quick reactions and the way he
has helped others without a second thought. After leaving the site
one evening, Matt saw what he thought was someone being attacked -
they were being dragged from their car and without a second thought
for his own safety he stopped to help. Upon stopping, he discovered
the 'attacker' was a young man attempting to assist his Grandfather
who appeared to be having a heart attack. Matt performed
resuscitation on his own until the paramedics arrived on the scene
and then continued to assist the paramedics once they
arrived. Matt showed incredible strength of character and
demonstrated our Values in every sense.
A few months later, Matt was one of the first aiders who
attended a serious workplace accident. His actions served to delay
the onset of shock for the injured employee which the paramedics
said significantly helped him in the early stages of his
recovery.