ROTHERHAM BUSINESS AWARDS: Winners celebrate fruits of hard work
The winners of the 2009 Rotherham Business Awards all took their turn to thank the judges and pay tribute to their customers. Here is a selection of their comments:
New Start Award (sponsored by RiDO) winner, Paul Nixon, Managing Director of Speciality Paperboard Containers Ltd: “Starting your own business is both exciting and challenging.
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Hide Ad"It requires belief in yourself and your team, and enables people to fulfil their dreams. "At a time when manufacturing looks to be on the decline in the UK, we’ve shown that you can buck that trend.
"Winning this award gives us due recognition of our achievements and creates the platform for our continued growth and profitability.”
Business Growth Award (sponsored by Business Link Yorkshire)
Des Spillings, Director of Acorn Industrial Services Ltd: “As a Rotherham-based company, we need and want to become more integrated with our local business community in every way.
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Hide Ad"Although Acorn has customers all over the world, we are not really known or recognised locally.
"Winning the Business Growth Award will give us a massive lift in helping us achieve our goal of raising our profile in the Rotherham area.”
Invest In Skills Award (sponsored by Rotherham Work & Skills Board)
Sandra Spall, Quality Director at Oracle Training Consultants Ltd: “The recognition from winning this prestigious award will allow our staff to reflect on all their hard work and tenacity towards the company aims and objectives and gain satisfaction of a job well done.
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Hide Ad“Oracle chooses the workforce because it believes they are the correct people for the job. This has proved to be a contributing factor to the success of the business, enabling Oracle to expand into three new areas and develop two new companies. The strategy has a significant benefit to Oracle and the staff we employ.”
Business In Partnership With The Community Award (sponsored by Rotherham Partnership)
Nick Cragg, Chairman of Rotherham Rugby Club, said: “The Rotherham Rugby Club and the Titans Community Foundation are delighted to accept this honour and award for our work with Rotherham children, Rotherham schools and the Rotherham community.
"We continue to be proud of our diverse range of activities and initiatives, and we are especially thankful for the efforts of our players, acting as excellent male role models, engaging and enthusing young people and a growing number of different partners in our town.”