Reception of the sold out 2013 National Courier Awards at the Institute of Directors in London was awash with gossip of Royal Mail privatisation as friends and colleagues, regional and national networked on a year's adventures in the business of logistics. There was no doubt 2013 saw the attendance of more courier companies from more regions, large and small than have ever been in one room before.

Shortlisters for 2012 walked into the National Courier Awards laden with bottles of bubbles for a celebration of the best of the best.

 The fifteenth National Courier Awards with the Minister for Transport Mike Penning, delighted to show government support for the Courier Industry with a heartfelt speech of motorbikes and HGV licenses that touched the heart of the logistics audience.

Dee Barratt-Davies Ears Plc and Viscount Falkland with some of the short-listed nominees.