Awards joy for top Rotherham businesses


Team Katalyst of Parkgate took the Business Community Impact Award at the Barnsley and Rotherham Business Awards on Friday, just five months after expanding from providing dance and gymnastic classes to offering visitors young and old the chance to try out the French sport of “parkour” by climbing, jumping and hurling themselves into a giant pit of foam.
Founded by martial artist and parkour fan Richard Codd and dance teacher Liam Fairest, the centre was launched as “a safe space where young people could learn parkour, but in an environment as realistic as possible”.
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Hide AdThere was plenty of delight in the Dearne, as Oracle Precision Engineering of Manvers won the Manufacturing Excellence Award and near neighbours Gala Tent took the Digital and Creative Award.
Rotherham runaways charity SAFE@LAST was also recognised, taking the Charity of the Year Award and £3,000 in prize money to fund its work.
Barnsley-based engineering and building contractors Palmer Construction took the top prize at this year’s awards, picking up the Roy Hatfield Business of the Year trophy in front of 500 guests at the Barnsley Metrodome.
The firm’s director Simon Dennis was named Business Person of the Year Award.
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Hide AdChamber of Commerce chief executive, Andrew Denniff said: “It was once again a superb evening, reflecting all that is best in South Yorkshire business.
“My congratulations go to all our winners and especially Simon Dennis and everyone at Palmer Construction.
“All our nominated entrants can congratulate themselves in contributing to another successful event at the Metrodome.”
Roll of honour:
Enterprising Barnsley Most Promising New Business Award:
Winner - The Cowlick Creamery
Highly Commended - Fitex and Human Recruitment.
Rotherham Together Partnership Business Community Impact Award:
Winner - Team Katalyst
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Hide AdHighly Commended - Mulberry HomeLETS and Visualised it Video Production
Airmaster Design and Innovation in Business Award:
Winner - The Rack Group
Highly Commended - Gala Tent and Martek Marine
Barnsley College Apprentice of the Year Award:
Winner - Thomas Bagley of Ardagh Group
Highly Commended - Laura Smith of Rotherham College and Regan Gaunt of Building Product Solutions
ASD Lighting/Rotherham United Excellence in International Trade Award:
Winner - Rack Armour
Highly Commended - Naylor Industries and Weighwell Engineering
Finalist - Single Use Surgical
Berneslai Homes Digital and Creative Award:
Winner - Gala Tent
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Hide AdHighly Commended - Barnsley College’s Elephant Designs and DEB Chartered Accountants
Building Product Solutions Business Person of the Year Award:
Winner - Simon Dennis of Palmer Construction
Highly Commended - Anne Wilson of Numill Ltd and Peter Robinson of D R Baling
Burrows Skills Development Award:
Winner - Berneslai Homes
Highly Commended - The Rack Group and Naylor Industries
Brook Corporate Developments Manufacturing Excellence Award:
Winner - Oracle Precision Engineering
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Hide AdHighly Commended - Building Product Solutions and D R Baling
Harsco Steelphalt Business Growth Award
Winner - Building Product Solutions
Highly Commended - Airmaster and Palmer Construction
Charity of the Year Award, in association with DuoCall Communications
Winner - SAFE@LAST
Highly Commended - Barnsley Hospice and Rotherham Hospice
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Rotherham Commissioner Julie Kenny CBE DL (right) presenting Team Katalyst’s Richard Codd and Lisa Beebe-Brown with The Rotherham Together Partnership Business Community Impact Award
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Helen Jagger (right) presenting the Berneslai Homes Digital and Creative Award to Steve Biggs, Director of Gala Tent.
Biz awards SAFE@LAST Charity of the Year:
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Hide AdPhil Coley of Duocall (right) presenting the Charity of the Year award to Tracy Haycox and Mark Smith of SAFE@LAST
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Mike Brook of Brook Corporate Developments (left) presenting Manufacturing Excellence award to Ryan Taylor, Director; Sarah Hardy, General Manager; Shaun Palmer, director of Oracle Precision Engineering.
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(left) Dean Raynor Commercial Manager of SteelPhalt presenting Business growth Awards to Lynne Darwin Sales Director (Middle) and Ian Harrison Managing Director (Right) of Building Product Solutions.