Nominations have opened for the 2019 Autocar Great British Women in the Car Industry – Rising Stars event, which celebrates rising female stars in the automotive world.
The ground-breaking annual industry initiative, which is in its fourth year, will recognise prominent female rising stars at the Awards event taking place on Wednesday 19 June.
Run in partnership with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry – Rising Stars event honours the achievements of future women leaders across the breadth of the automotive sector.
Autocar recognises the top 100 rising women in the industry from a host of categories (listed in full below) including Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Vehicle Development, with one overall winner taking home the top award.
New for 2019, the New Mobility and Digital Solutions category encourages nominees who work in a role which may not have existed 10 years ago, with a focus on jobs that are subject to change in the business, whether that be digital or technical innovation. Another category, for apprentices, celebrates women who are just starting their career in the industry.
Haymarket Automotive managing director Rachael Prasher will return to lead the judging panel for Autocar’s Great British Women in the Automotive Industry. She will be joined by a mix of industry experts including Jim Holder, Mark Tisshaw, Steve Cropley and Rachel Burgess from Autocar’s editorial team and the SMMT’s chief executive, Mike Hawes.
Haymarket’s Rachael Prasher said: “The buzz we managed to generate around last year’s Great British Women event stands as a testament to the spotlight that is being shone on the wider discussion around women in the workplace at the moment. Last year we saw a great list of hugely talented females lead the way on the ‘Great British Women’ list, and we expect to see just as high a calibre of ability among the names of those put forward for the 2019 Rising Stars edition of the Awards.
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Prescott
My vote is for John Prescott. You smirk but hear me out:
John Prescott is no more a woman than Dianne Abbott thinks she's a woman. Prescott was notorious for his bonkers idea of busses on the M25. The M25 FFs! He also advocated for the removal of motors and for all peoples to ride Socialised Transportation; while he, Prescott, was driven to work, everyday, to collect a paycheck on behalf of the People by a bloke in a Jag.
Prescott was as much an anti-motoring wanker as the award in question is insulting to females. It just is
Real_sluggo wrote:
Dianne Abbott very definately is a woman, and youre very definitely a tit.
Vacuous
** You're
Real_sluggo
I'm many things, as my wife would testify, but not vacuous. In fact, I'm full of something. The difference between us is that I know it.
Vacuous
Wow, this is so crass and patronising. Why don't we go the extra and insist that women make up 50% of car company boardrooms and 50% of assembly lines? Mmm, how about 50% of bricklayers, or 50% of all bouncers? There's a reason why women don't take particular occupations. And there's a reason why women shouldn't be patronised by asinine award ceremonies like this one. Just let any sex, religion, or race rise to its natural level, and be rewarded on merit. We need to recognise any talent, not just on one gender.
Vacuous
Sorry mate, but ya live in NANNY-State-Land. And that is as "gender equal" as your gonna get. It'll be worse if we lose Brexit; The libtards will have secured a place in history only those already in hell know about... Crikey
Real_sluggo wrote:
Oh, Autocar seems to have become a forum for right wing tossers.