Rachid Noui of Massive Limited and Mike Mannion of Greene King Pub Partners have been named Area Manager and Business Development Manager of the Year respectively in the ALMR’s Operations Managers Awards, 2005. Michelle Scrimgeour of Laurel Pub Company was named as a Rising Star in the industry, in recognition of the potential she displayed throughout the awards process. Nick Bish, the ALMR’s chief executive, said: "Every year I say that the Operations Managers Awards process gets tougher and the quality of the finalists and winners gets higher. This year’s entrants confirmed this. "With Rachid, and Mike, we have two outstanding winners of the prestigious ALMR Operations Managers Awards. And in Michelle too, the future of the operations manager role looks assured. We wish them all well."

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