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Another win for John Pye Auctions


John Pye Auctions has been crowned Asset Valuer/Auctioneer of the Year at the 2016 TRI Awards, which took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 19 October. John Pye Business Assets department – servicing UK Recovery


Practitioners, the Insolvency Service, Banks and Lenders – has been recognised for realisation work of assets across a wide spectrum of industries, encompassing plant, machinery, retail, aviation and property for clients. The awards were independently judged by a panel of leading industry


professionals in which John Pye Auctions was recognised for the realisation work of assets across a wide spectrum of industries, encompassing plant, machinery, retail, aviation and property for clients. Among John Pye Auction’s 26,000 asset management instructions, case


studies judged and approved included the sale of a large commercial unit in Nottingham instructed by a Midlands-based IP firm, substantially in excess of the asking price of £235k, realising £338k. The company was also recognised for the sale of assets of The Bikeworks


Project on the instruction of a Midlands-based IP firm, which encouraged environmentally-friendly transport into the city of Derby. The project allowed free bike parking and on the instruction to value and dispose of the remaining stock, there was no disruption to this service and the bikes achieved approximately 77% of recommended retail price. John Pye Auctions is the first valuers and auctioneers to win the Asset Valuer/Auctioneer of the Year award for two consecutive years.


L-R: Sales Director at Shard Financial Media Vicki Clubley, Business Development Director at John Pye, Sheldon Miller, Associate Director and Head of Business Assets at John Pye Charles Loakes, Head of Property at John Pye, Richard Reed and TRI Awards host, Daisy McAndrew


Food for thought at House of Commons


Samworth Brothers has celebrated the innovation, heritage and diversity of Leicestershire’s food and drink sector at a high profile event in Westminster, London. It was one of 13 Leicestershire


Nottingham Trent University’s Pavilion building on Clifton campus University goes for gold


Independent auditors have awarded Nottingham Trent University a gold award for sustainability – making it the only University in the country to receive the honour. Auditors for The Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) Index


carried out a thorough inspection across all aspects of university life, including teaching, research, waste management and transport. Awards are presented to educational institutions that meet high


sustainability standards set by the LiFE index, which is run by The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC). The result comes two years ahead of the University’s goal to


achieve gold rating by 2018/19. Auditors were impressed with the progress made to embed sustainability within the curriculum.


businesses that took part in the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership-sponsored House of Commons event, showcasing the heritage and diversity of the Leicestershire food and drink sector. Dickinson & Morris, whose bakery


and retail outlet, Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe, was bought and refurbished by Samworth Brothers in 1992, exhibited at ‘The Global Flavours of Leicestershire’ event with Managing Director Stephen Hallam and Brand Manager Sunita Bala participating as brand ambassadors.


L-R: Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, with Stephen Hallam of Dickinson & Morris


Sunita Bala said: “The event was


a success for the Dickinson & Morris brand – we had a unique opportunity to showcase our heritage, expertise and passion to key influencers in politics.”


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