Weekly Roundup – Week 12
Aycliffe Business Park – Make Your Mark Awards
The shortlists for this years Aycliffe Business Park Make Your Mark Awards have been announced this week. As a proud category sponsor we’d like to congratulate everyone on being shortlisted and we can’t wait until the awards night on the 9th May.
We’d also like to extend our hearty congratulations to Kyle Bartle who has been nominated for Apprentice of the Year. Kyle currently works at Husqvarna as a Line Leader and is currently undertaking an apprentice with GEM Partnership.
The full shortlists are as below:
Newcomer of the Year: Armitage and Wilson Furniture, Forest Park School
Small Business of the Year: Excelpoint, C&A Embroidery and Print, NC Group
Apprentice of the Year: Liam Fisher, Abi Sayer, Kyle Bartle
Community Champions: Palram, Pioneering Care Partnership, ManHealth CIC
Innovation Award: TBOX Tech, Excelpoint, Husqvarna
Service Business of the Year: Aycliffe Dairy, Aycliffe Pyhsiotherapy, Digital Edge
Environment Award: Husqvarna, BTS Facades & Fabrications
Engineering & Manufacturing: Viper RF, Durham Precision Engineering, TBOX Tech
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ronnie Nicholson, Phil Atkinson, Caraline Robinson
Company of the Year: Senstronics, BTS Facades & Fabrications, Husqvarna, Primex Plastics
Businessperson of the Year: Andy Reed, Marcia Atkinson, Graham Marsh
Supervisor – Seaham (Permanent)
Warehouse Administrator – Peterlee
Counterbalance FLT Driver – Peterlee
Quality & Compliance Manager – Gateshead (Permanent)
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