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RED ROSE AWARDS SPECIAL REPORT
RESILIENCE GETS ITS REWARD
It was a night of fun, reflection and celebration, an opportunity to celebrate the resilience and innovation of Lancashire’s business community.
The Red Rose Awards returned to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool with the pandemic, and the efforts of companies in all sectors to meet its challenges, a central theme of the evening.
The world has changed dramatically since the last Red Rose Awards extravaganza, held on the eve of the first national lockdown. But Lancashire businesses’ ability to come together and celebrate excellence remains.
A total of 21 winners took to the stage before a record audience of nearly 1,200 guests, gathered for a glittering evening that had been postponed from its usual March date because of Covid-19 and its impact. The evening was hosted by TV presenter Emma Jesson.
The biggest winner on the night was Process Instruments of Burnley - the only company to take home two awards, triumphing in both the innovation and export categories.
Process Instruments designs and supplies devices that analyse water quality and control the dosing of chemicals.
Its innovative firmware, which features self-interrogating diagnostics, cloud-stored data and remote access, proved especially useful to customers - from the Outer Hebrides to rural USA - whose travel was restricted by Covid-19 laws.
Mike Riding, managing director of Process Instruments, spoke of the efforts of his team to counter the impacts of Covid, Brexit and supply chain issues. He said: “It has been a very good night. To have this recognition of what the team has done is really important to us.”
He added: “We now sell in more than 60 countries; we’ve just got our first order in Japan and there is definitely more scope for growth. There are always opportunities.”
Other winners included Samlesbury pet treats firm T Forrest, which capitalised on the large increase in pet ownership over the last 18 months and Blackpool’s Barcadia Media, which took its in-person events programme online within weeks of the first lockdown.
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