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TRAINING
Award presentation for Lorimer Training
L-R Donald McLauchlan, chairman of BII Scotland;
Janet Hood, head of BII Scotland; Morris Lorimer;
Jackie McCabe, training manager for CJ Lang; and
Neil Robertson, BII chief executive.
A clearly delighted Morris Lorimer picked up
his prestigious BII NTAs in London.
The BIIAB Scotland portfolio
includes qualifications to support E
dinburgh-based Lorimer Training attended the lunch and
presentation in London to receive their top training award in the
2008 BII NITAs. The BII NITAs are the national training
the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005:
awards for the licensed retail industry, recognising and rewarding train-
ing excellence. Winning a BII NITA is seen as the pinnacle of success
Scottish Certificate for Personal
in the industry. The awards are run in conjunction with The Publican
Licence Holders (SCPLH)
• mandatory to apply for your licence
newspaper and each individual category is sponsored by an appropriate
• the industry’s choice organisation.
• widely available
Morris Lorimer of Lorimer Training was announced Professional
• covers the existing and new legislation
• awarded by BIIAB, the industry's dedicated
Trainer of the Year.
awarding body - with over 25 years of Morris’ clear and unequivocal commitment to training and develop-
experience
ment in the licensed retail sector also wowed the judges. They noted
• FREE BII membership* for all successful
BIIAB SCPLH candidates
that he had taken on board and benefited from the feedback he received
as a NITAs entrant last year.
Scottish Certificate for Licensed
Lorimer, who specialises in delivering imaginative training and qual-
BII is: Premises Staff (SCLPS)
ifications for the licensed trade and wider hospitality industry, said:
• the professional body for the licensed • provides evidence of mandatory g
retail sector staff training
“This award is especially pleasing considering the size and quality of
• a thriving membership organisation our fellow competitors and I must say I’m absolutely delighted to have
* 6 months provisional membership
• supporting its members every day,
won.”
through:
The company, which provides training in one-on-one sessions,
For more information call
> FREE advice helplines
groups and for companies as a whole, has been particularly busy
> FREE licensing support
0131 226 9880
recently training people to get them qualified for their personal licences> business discounts
E: info@bii.org
> personal savings .biiscotland.or
in time for the changes to the law this September.
> business building advice W: www.biiscotland.org
Category winners were named in January and then invited to attend
the 2009 BII Annual Lunch to officially receive their trophies in front
www
of almost 1,000 of the licensed retail industry’s key players. The lunch
www.biiabscotland.org
took place at Grosvenor House on London’s Park Lane.
34 l SCOTTISH LOCAL RETAILER l JUNE 2009 WWW.55NORTH.COM
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