Business on the Move is proud to have been supported by The UnLtd Millennium Award Scheme as one of their 2012 winners.

UnLtd is a charity which supports social entrepreneurs – people they judge to have the vision, drive, commitment and passion to change the world for the better. They do this by providing a complete package of funding and support, to help these individuals make their ideas a reality.

UnLtd provided a crucial award in 2012 to support us through the vital transition from prototype to a marketable idea that could attract business sponsorship. Find out more at www.unltd.org.uk

EY is a global professional services firm committed to building a better working world — with increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration.

We want to build a better working world through our own actions and by engaging with like-minded organisations and individuals.

EY develops sustainable partnerships with schools across the UK. Each office-school partnership is unique, taking a ‘whole school’ approach designed to meet local needs. EY also offers many opportunities for young people to have a career with us from year 12 onwards.

The Co-operative Banking Group is the name for the group of businesses that includes Co-operative Insurance, Co-operative Investments and The Co-operative Bank including smile and Britannia. As the UK’s largest consumer co-operative with some 6.5 million customers, our Group offers a range of financial products, with The Co-operative Bank providing high street and Internet banking, current accounts, mortgages, credit cards and loans while The Co-operative Insurance provides pensions, unit trusts and insurance as well as financial advice.

We are also committed to leading the way on ethical, environmental and community matters.

YICT is a natural deep-water port in China and one of the largest port operators in the world. With a total of 16 berths and a yard area of 373 hectares, it has built up an extensive cargo base which attracts 40 major shipping lines bringing the world’s largest container ships and providing about 100 weekly services to major ports worldwide.

YICT is a member of HPH Trust, the world’s first container port business trust listed in Singapore. YICT is also a part of HPH’s global network of port and logistics operations, and continues to have access to services and resources enjoyed by companies within the HPH Group.

Waitrose has 300 shops in the UK and Channel Islands and employs 55,000 partners, as all employees are known.

Instead of being owned by shareholders and the City, the company is owned by its partners, who have a say in how the business is run.

Waitrose provides a wide range of imaginative and nutritious food to inspire its customers.

The business has a reputation for the quality, variety and freshness of its food.

We champion British produce, supporting UK farmers and suppliers. We reduce packaging, waste and CO2 emissions and responsibly source our food to look after environment.

The University of Chester has over 16,000 students from the United Kingdom, Europe and overseas.

It is one of the oldest English higher education establishments of any kind, pre-dating all but Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham. Its original buildings in the ancient city of Chester were the first in the country to be purpose-built for the professional training of teachers.

The University website www.chester.ac.uk lists some 500 courses both at post- and under-graduate levels delivered at 5 campuses within Chester, at Warrington and at our new Engineering Faculty at Ellesmere Port.

Stobart Group is one of the most recognised brands in Britain, best known for its iconic Eddie Stobart trucks. Today, Eddie Stobart is the name behind a road haulage fleet of some 2,500 trucks and over six million square feet of top quality warehousing. As a multimodal operator we employ over 6,000 people at 50 sites across the UK. Stobart Group is a national leader in multimodal logistics, warehousing and biomass fuel sectors, as well as working in the property development, ports, airports and civil engineering sectors.

StobartGroup is driving forward many environmentally friendly changes such as moving more freight from road to rail and testing a number of environmentally friendly dual-fuel trucks. To find out more please visit: www.stobartgroup.co.uk.

The Road Haulage Association has been in business for over fifty years, has several thousand members and operates in three main areas.

We are a trade association that provides members with a wide range of information advice and guidance to its members in return for a modest annual subscription.

Secondly, we also operate a number of services such as training, a hauliers’ shop, tachograph analysis, insurance and legal representation.

Finally we are a representative body, lobbying and campaigning on behalf of our members and the road haulage industry in general, in discussions with government, regulators, enforcement bodies and the media.

Rail Freight Group is the leading representative body for rail freight in the UK, with a membership which includes some of the biggest names in logistics along with many smaller companies, all of whom contribute to the success of rail freight. Our members include freight train operators, ports, terminal operators, property developers, equipment suppliers and support services.