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CHOOSES NOBU FOR ANNIVERSARY
TTJ AWARDS
The annual TTJ Awards celebrates 25 years on September 17 with a new venue and guest speaker now confirmed. Stephen Powney reports
The long-running TTJ Awards celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, with the Nobu Portman Square in the heart of central London providing the backdrop for the event. After running as a virtual event last year because of Covid-19, the timber industry’s leading awards event returns as a physical, in-person gathering in central London on September 17, with the addition of digital live streaming to a wider audience. The host and guest speaker will be top sports presenter Jason Mohammad, the host of BBC’s Final Score and co-host (with football pundit Robbie Savage) of the popular Radio 5Live football phone-in, 606. Online voting for this year’s Awards remains open until July 22 – and can be accessed on the TTJ Awards web hub at
https://awards-ttj.ttjonline.com. A wide range of timber trade customers, including merchants, joinery manufacturers, structural timber systems suppliers, architects, building contractors, garden product producers and
furniture makers can register their votes for their best-performing timber suppliers. Timber suppliers are welcome to notify their customers of the voting link. Sponsors for 2021 include Timber Development UK (TDUK), which has been created out of the merger between the Timber Trade Federation and TRADA. TDUK is sponsoring the top award – the Timber Trader of the Year. Other sponsors include West Fraser, Hubtex, Lonza Wood Protection, W Howard, James Latham, Hubtex, Koppers, Landguard Point Group, Composite Prime and Glennon Brothers.
NOBU PORTMAN SQUARE TTJ has signed up to Nobu’s new flagship London hotel for this year’s Awards. The Nobu brand of hotels is making waves globally for its modern luxury and minimal Japanese design. World-renowned chef Nobu Matsuhisa, actor Robert De Niro and Meir Teper are the driving force behind the
Nobu hotel empire, with the Portman Square property (formerly the Radisson Blu) its latest project.
The hotel’s spaces are beautifully conceptualised by London-based architecture and interior design firm, David Collins Studio, in conjunction with Make Architects. The comprehensive refurbishment includes a grand entrance and double-height lobby. Close to Marble Arch, the hotel is walking distance from the shops of Oxford Street and pubs and restaurants of Marylebone and Mayfair.
Every year the Awards celebrates achievements in the timber trade across different trading categories and is a large and popular gathering point for the timber products supply chain. “In 2020 the TTJ Awards went virtual for the first time in its history,” said TTJ editor Stephen Powney.
“It was a different experience necessitated by the pandemic restrictions, but proved a
Right and Centre: The Nobu Portman Square has undergone a multi-million pound refit
Far right: TTJ Awards 2021 host Jason Mohammad
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