The Awards celebrate the individuals and teams that are passionate about L&D's role in building a thriving organisation.

The winner of the Retraining/Upskilling Initiative of the Year award was Lanes Group; the UK’s leading provider of specialist drainage, utility, and asset maintenance services.

Category finalists included Apadmi, Avon, BT Group, GAIL's Bakery, ITEC Digital Training, MAAS Marketing, Mitie, NHS Property Services, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust, The Aurora Group and UpSkill Universe.

NOCN Group Business Development Manager Tyron Wain, said:

“It was great to be at the British Training Awards ceremony to see all the fantastic winners and finalists celebrating their success. We were particularly pleased to see a firm that keeps essential infrastructure operating efficiently and effectively win the category we sponsored. As an international skills charity with a strong focus on retraining and upskilling the construction and engineering workforce of the future, this couldn’t have been a better fit for us.”

The organisers said:

“It was our biggest event yet, and NOCN Group played a key role in that—thank you for your support throughout the campaign. We're really proud to work with you.”

NOCN Group delivers future-fit skills solutions with social impact for Colleges, training providers, employers and individuals. Its Qualifications, Apprenticeship End Point Assessment, Assured Courses, Competence Card Schemes, and Short Online Courses are designed to advance skills in the areas where they are most needed.

NOCN Group is one of the largest Awarding Organisations in the construction sector globally and owns the Construction Plant Competence Scheme (CPCS).