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Apprentice of the year
Malcolm Cooke (second from left), Welding Apprentice at South Durham Structures (SDS) collects his Apprentice of the Year Award, Craft Section from the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers Alias Wire Workers. Mr Cooke was the first person from the structural steel sector to ever win the award which also included £2,000 in prize money. Also pictured are (from left to right) Dianne Gregory, SDS Human Resources Manager; Andrew Balcombe, Master of the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers of the City of London; and Brian Hope, SDS Managing Director.