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transforming the company’s strongest markets. Its exponential international growth meant the UK was
Mrs D. Hawkins JP LLB, His Majesty’s Lord- Lieutenant of Greater Manchester (North England)
HARTLEY BOTANIC HONOURED WITH QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE
Glasshouse and greenhouse manufacturer HARTLEY BOTANIC received its Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the exponential growth of its global sales over a three- year period. The Lancashire-based (North of England), 85-year-old business was honoured with an in-person factory visit from Mrs D. Hawkins JP LLB, His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, who presented their prestigious award to Hartley Botanic’s Chairman, Martin Toogood.
Hartley Botanic is England’s most historic and
respected glasshouse and greenhouse manufacturer, specialising in luxury, bespoke and handmade structures. Operating from the same factory in Greenfield, Lancashire since 1938, the business has been selling its glasshouses internationally for over 20 years and has enjoyed a strong following in the US, Germany and Scandinavia, but between 2017 and 2020, its global trade built significantly. Since 2017, international sales grew by 144 percent,
replaced by the US as Hartley Botanic’s dominant market, as American customers fell for both the businesses’ quintessentially English-looking Victorian Glasshouses and its contemporary Modern Horticulture range which has proved particularly popular in the state of California. The next strongest markets for the business became Germany, Italy, Ireland and Portugal. The company also broke into completely new international markets, namely Italy, Norway, Slovakia and Estonia. Hartley Botanic wins the Queen’s Award for International Trade for Outstanding Short-Term Growth in overseas sales over three years. Of the visit and award presentation by the Lord- Lieutenant, Martin Toogood, Chairman of Hartley Botanic said: “It has been an incredibly proud week for our Hartley Botanic team here in Saddleworth, Lancashire and around the world. We are overwhelmed that our work has been recognised at the highest level – a work ethic and ambition which has been present in the business throughout its 85-year-old history. Our Glasshouses and Greenhouses represent the very best in English engineering, design and manufacture and it is a privilege to share this with the rest of the world.” Mrs Diane Hawkins JP LLB, His Majesty’s Lord- Lieutenant of Greater Manchester said: “It gave me great pleasure to present Hartley Botanic with their Queen’s Award. We are proud of their achievements and their outstanding example of a Greater Manchester-based business reaching across the world. They continue to go from strength to strength maintaining their strong commitment to making ‘the finest Glasshouses money can buy’ for nearly a century. Their glasshouses are rightly recognised worldwide as an outstanding British made product and I know how much difference a Queen’s Award makes in terms of recognition of excellence. This Award is richly deserved by the whole company.”
HMG PAINTS RENEWS TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH PRODRIVE
After a decade of success, HMG PAINTS, one of the UK’s leading independent paint manufacturers, has renewed its Technical Partnership with Prodrive, one of the world’s largest and most successful motorsport and technology businesses based in Banbury, UK. The partnership, which began in 2013, has seen
HMG’s range of paints and coatings appear on a number of iconic cars built and run by Prodrive in several global racing series and FIA World Championships. The most prestigious of which was the team’s win at 88th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance event in 2020 with Aston Martin Racing. The team’s cars use HMG’s Acrythane 4GTE paint system, and a colour developed by the HMG Advanced Colour Design Team. “We’re delighted to be renewing our technical partnership with Prodrive,” comments Paddy Dyson, HMG Marketing Manager. “The last decade has created some very special memories and we’ve been so proud to see our paints at such iconic events including 24 Hours of Le Mans, Six Hours of Spa and even the X-Games.” Even though Prodrive is renowned for running successful global motorsport programmes, including leading the 2023 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) with its Bahrain Raid Xtreme Team, and winning the 1995 World Rally [Drivers’] Championship with Colin McRae behind the wheel of the iconic blue Subaru Impreza 555, the new partnership will also see HMG support Prodrive in other areas of its business. For almost four decades the Prodrive group
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of technology and design companies has also showcased its skills and agile approach to developing innovative engineering solutions in the automotive, aerospace, defence, and marine sectors alongside the design and manufacture of advanced lightweight composites. “Prodrive’s enduring success has been based upon long term partnerships across all aspects of our business, and we are therefore delighted to be entering a second decade of collaboration with HMG who, for the last 10 years, have supported not only our motorsport programmes but also the development of our facilities. We look forward to many more years of success together,” adds Richard Taylor, Business Development Director (Motorsport) at Prodrive.
WHITEFURZE RECEIVES QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Plastics manufacturer WHITEFURZE welcomed the West Midlands Lord – Lieutenant to its Coventry head offices for the formal presentation of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, awarded for growth and commercial success in international trade, after beginning their journey to export success in 2017.
The 2022 winners celebrated the achievement, following a three-year period of outstanding growth in export markets including Ireland, Canada, Europe, USA, South America and South Africa. Whitefurze has grown from selling a small range of plastic consumer products to servicing multi-national markets with their compr ehensive ranges covering Food Storage and Preparation, Gardening, General Storage, Housewares and Pet products. The export business is on track to make up in excess of 12% of Whitefurze’ revenue this coming year despite unique challenges both nationally and globally that many businesses have faced since Brexit and the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Philip Lanni, Owner and Managing Director at Whitefurze, comments: “This is a very proud moment for both myself and the company as this award is one of the highest accolades that can be bestowed on a UK business”. He continues: “over the years we have invested in people, machinery, moulds etc – for example we currently have a range of over 1000 live products which we manufacture 100% in the UK and supply at competitive pricing.”
“This event celebrates our company’s Queens Award for Enterprise and is recognition of the hard work that everyone has put into the business. As for future plans our future is looking bright! We are still moving forward and are committed to export growth.”
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