Young employee of the year
9th July 2019

VEKA UK GROUP trainee operations manager Khaleel Mahmood has been named joint winner of the Young Employee of the Year Award at the Burnley Business Awards 2019.

Veka UK Group was also shortlisted for three other awards, including  ‘Manufacturing Excellence’, ‘Employer of the Year’, ‘Burnley Business of the Year’. The Lancashire manufacturer has in recent years, been named ‘Business of the Year’ twice in a row, and ‘Employer of the Year’ at the last BBA event, and was crowned Manufacturing Business of the Year at the 2019 Red Rose Business awards.

Operations Director Paul Armstrong said: “Khaleel’s award was very well deserved; since joining us, he has consistently gone ‘above and beyond’ in every task, and has thrown himself into every available training opportunity. It’s hard to believe how much he’s achieved in just two years.

Khaleel said: “I was absolutely thrilled to be named joint winner of this award. I knew I had been shortlisted, but it was still a big surprise to win on the night. When I read the profiles of the other nominees I was really impressed; the calibre of competition was high, so I’m very proud of myself.”

Pictured: Khaleel Mahmood, centre, with joint winner with Cleo Jackson of FloControl and James Webber, director of award sponsor Barnfield Construction, who presented the trophies.

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