03 Mar 2025
by Oli Hill

AIC named double finalists at Trade Association Forum Awards 2025

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From left: AIC's Chief Operating Officer John Kelley, Chief Executive Robert Sheasby, Membership Manager Tracy Smith, Head of Policy Ed Barker, and Head of Communications Oli Hill at the TAF Awards 2025.

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has been named a finalist in two 2025 Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards categories, including overall Trade Association of the Year.

The UK's agri-supply trade association was one of around 50 bodies - representing a broad spectrum of industries - to celebrate being shortlisted for a prestigious TAF Award.

AIC was also in the running for Marketing Campaign of the Year for its 20-year anniversary campaign, which ran throughout 2023 and promoted its greatest achievements, working in support of modern, sustainable, commercial agriculture for over two decades.

The "AIC at 20" campaign culminated in the launch of the independent "Powering Productivity for Sustainable UK Food Security" report at the AIC Conference 2023.

Members of the AIC team joined the celebrations at the glittering TAF Awards ceremony in London on 27 February.

AIC Chief Executive Robert Sheasby said: "To be shortlisted twice in these prestigious awards – which benchmarks us against other leading trade bodies representing a diverse range of industries – is a proud moment.

"This great achievement recognises the huge efforts of the AIC team working on Members' behalf, aided by their enduring support."

Author

Oli Hill

Oli Hill

Head of Communications, AIC

As Head of Communications, Oli creates and oversees the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media. A qualified multimedia journalist, he previously spent six years working at Farmers Weekly magazine as a Senior Reporter on the arable team, and latterly as Community Editor. More recently he was Communications Manager at Red Tractor.