{
  "id": 16248177,
  "title": "Ceylon Cold Stores Wins Gold at SLITAD People Development Awards 2025/26",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ceylon-cold-stores-wins-gold-at-slitad-people-development-awards-2025",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T23:45:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/ceylon-cold-stores-wins-gold-at-slitad-people-development-awards-2025-26/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS) has been honored with a Gold Award for its Learning and Development (L&D) team's outstanding performance in the Beverages Category at the SLITAD People Development Awards 2025/26. The prestigious recognition, presented by the Sri Lanka Institute of Training and Development (SLITAD) at the awards ceremony on 9 October 2026, underscores the team's dedication to enhancing sales skills, nurturing leadership, and promoting sustainable business growth. The evaluation process scrutinized the team's performance across three key areas—Strategic, Operational, and Impact and Sustainability—against ten distinct standards that encompass learning strategies, people management, leadership, reward systems, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives. This accomplishment highlights CCS's commitment to fostering a robust and skilled workforce, thereby contributing to the company's overall success and sustainability.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}