The votes have been counted and verified, the discussions and deliberations have taken place, and Coastline staff have revealed their ‘Employee of the Year’ to be IT Technician Barry Cox.

Coastline’s Employee Recognition Awards were set up to recognise members of staff who go above and beyond their job descriptions and are thought of as all round good colleagues.

David Wingham, Director of Corporate Services at Coastline, explained: “Barry is a great colleague to work with. Nothing is too much trouble for him and he always has a smile on his face. Working with people like Barry makes going to work a pleasure and we wanted to give special colleagues like him some special recognition with our newly launched employee awards.”

Barry, who helps provide technical support to colleagues across the Company as well as working on major IT projects, was presented with his Employee of the Year trophy by Chief Executive Robert Nettleton.