28 . Glasgow Business December 2016
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARDS RESULTS
Winner: Fergus Moore, Co-Founding Director, Revive Eco, presented by Michelle Nicol, Senior Manager of SME Marketing, ScottishPower
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARD FOR GREEN CHAMPION SPONSORED BY SCOTTISHPOWER WINNER: REVIVE ECO
Fergus Moore, one of the founders of Revive Eco, who are described as a waste rejuvenation ‘eco-prise’, collecting used coffee grounds from cafés and restaurants and extracting the oils for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and biofuels, said: “It’s amazing. We are a young business. We graduated from Strathclyde University last year. We all studied at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship. We all went to the same primary school, high school and university. We’re still at an early stage with the business. It’s recognition like this that will give us the drive to push forward. We hope it will help us with further financing too. It’s difficult to build a reputation and Awards like these definitely help.” Finalists: Glasgow Theatres; Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel; Ideeas Ltd; MMK Water Solutions Ltd; SPV Energy
with his table companions at the ceremony, pointing out they all began as apprentices and worked their way up the scale. “We’re over the moon to have won an award. Training is at the heart of everything we do. Most of the guys in the team around our table tonight have been apprentices and worked their way up. This is what City Building is all about. Tonight we’ve got joiners and modern apprentice administration staff. When we go back tomorrow we will send a message out on the intranet to tell all the employees. This is a really big thing for all of us.” Finalists: After Digital (AD); Barrhead Travel; B-DACS Air Conditioning Services; Glasgow Clyde College; Pursuit Marketing
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS SPONSORED BY CONNECT WINNER: GOLDEN CHARTER LTD
Winner: Shirley Aitken, Operations Manager, St. Enoch Centre, presented by Brian Lironi, Director of External Communications, Scottish Water
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARD FOR YOUNG BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE WINNER: CRAIG CHAMBERS, TBR GLOBAL LTD
St. Enoch Centre. “We spend a lot of time and effort on sustainable issues, whether it is waste recycling or low energy. We also have a lot of other initiatives including bee-hives on the roof. A lot of this is driven by the team, so I’m thrilled to bits with this. It reflects on everyone who works at the centre.” Finalists: Campbell & Kennedy; City Building LLP; Clyde Shopping Centre; Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel; Ideeas Ltd
Winner: Gordon Swan, Director of Communications, Golden Charter Ltd, presented by Alan Ramsay, Managing Director, Connect
Winner: Jamie Nelson, Apprentice Joiner, City Building LLP, presented by Neal Juster, Senior Vice Principal & Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARD FOR PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT WINNER: CITY BUILDING LLP
Alan Burns, Deputy Director of City Building (Glasgow) LLP, was delighted to share the award
The leading UK provider of pre-paid funeral plans, Golden Charter, long-standing supporters of The Glasgow Business Awards, deservedly picked up the Award for Excellence in Communications. Gordon Swan, the Director of Communications at Golden Charter, said: “We’re delighted to be winners this evening. We appreciate that funeral direction is often a difficult industry for people to understand and they retract from it a little bit. For us, it is all about being open and that people understand we provide a respectful service that the world needs.” Commendation: The Body Toolkit Finalists: Curves Paisley; Excel Vending Ltd; Shapes of Things; Trakke Ltd
THE GLASGOW BUSINESS AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SPONSORED BY SCOTTISH WATER WINNER: ST. ENOCH CENTRE
“We’re absolutely delighted with this award” said Anne Ledgerwood, General Manager of the
Winner: Craig Chambers, Group CEO, TBR Global Ltd, presented by Roy Gardner, Corporate Development Director, City of Glasgow College
Craig Chambers of chauffeuring business TBR Global Ltd was taken aback by his success at the Awards. “I’m really delighted to win the award over some really tough competition. It’s a great achievement. It will raise the profile of the company. We are very much in a niche market so winning this award gives us new kinds of exposure. There’s going to be a good night ahead,” he said. Finalists: Iain Brown, Ashurst; James Campbell, Skyform Group; Will Craig, Digital Impact; Sarah Drummond, Snook; Brian Toward, Wholesale Domestic
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