UKIFDA Launches 2025 Awards to Honour Excellence in Liquid Fuel Distribution

26th November 2024

UKIFDA Show 2025 Header - Awards launch

The UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association, organiser of the industry-leading UKIFDA Show 2025, announces the 2025 Show Awards categories.

Open to companies of all sizes, these awards celebrate outstanding achievements across the liquid fuel distribution industry, recognising innovation, resilience and excellence as the sector evolves.

The UKIFDA Show 2025, sponsored by Phillips 66, will take place on 14 May 2025 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. With the theme ‘Be Part of the Solution’, this one-day event promises to continue to shape the future of the industry.

Ken Cronin, CEO of UKIFDA, commented: “The UKIFDA Show Awards are back and the very popular Driver of the Year award is now open for entries! Last year, we celebrated some remarkable achievements and true heroes in liquid fuel distribution. This year, we especially encourage companies of all sizes to participate. Submitting entries is both easy and straightforward.”

UKIFDA Awards 2025

The six awards categories are:

The Driver of the Year award is now open for entries

The remaining four awards will open for nominations in the New Year. This is a great opportunity to nominate an exceptional delivery driver for the OAMPS Driver of the Year Award. This award honours drivers who excel in delivery standards, demonstrate quick thinking and consistently exceed expectations at either the national or regional level.

Download the Driver of the Year Award entry form here.

As always, the Depot of the Year Award (sponsored by Pen Underwriting), will be selected by UKIFDA Technical Manager Tony Brown following his review and inspection of the membership’s depots.

In a change to previous years, at the UKIFDA SHOW 2025, the popular annual UKIFDA Awards will be presented throughout the day and evening, adding an extra dimension to the event.

UKIFDA SHOW 2025

Elevating the networking experience further, the 2025 Show concludes with the UKIFDA Gathering. This innovative evening format replaces the formal dinner with a more dynamic evening—a fitting finale to a day of industry insights and innovation.

The ticket-only event will feature a drinks reception followed by a relaxed dining experience featuring gourmet bowl food, encouraging a more interactive format – perfect for relationship building. The evening will include casino tables for added fun and complimentary drink vouchers.

Find out more about the event and the last remaining exhibitor spaces by contacting Dawn Shakespeare, UKIFDA’s membership and events manager, at ds@ukifda.org.

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