Each year, we hold our 'Inspire Awards' event, which is just one of the many ways we say thank you to our employees for their hard work and dedication. As well as recognising the loyalty of our long serving people, we also champion those who go above and beyond. This year, we welcomed 200 guests to Mytton Fold Hotel for a fantastic evening of fun, food, and music.

Every quarter, we nominate an outstanding employee from each site to be ‘Employee of the Quarter’. The nominees are presented with a certificate and bottle of champagne at our special winners’ day, which includes a celebratory lunch with the MD. They automatically become finalists for the prestigious Employee of the Year Award, which this year was announced as Matt Parker from Logistics.

Internal Sales were crowned ‘Team of the Year’, made up of Emma Higgins, Natalie Price, Michelle Lock, Nicola Berry, Keeley Roberts and Louise Pye.

We had joint winners for Apprentice of the Year, Harvey Bateman from Seating Production and Blake Townsend from Machine Shop.

The Bright Idea of the Year winner was Lesley Ann McMullan, who suggested an improvement to reduce the number of rejects when sewing covers. Her idea was simple, but brilliant - to add twine, to give sewers a linear guide while sewing. The twine can also be used by upholsterers, who can pull it to reduce any creases. Our Bright Ideas Scheme rewards suggestions that make us more productive, efficient, sustainable, or improve our quality. Winners receive vouchers up to the value of £500, and the Platinum winner gets a holiday!

Keeping our people safe is paramount, which is why we like to officially recognise Health & Safety at our Inspire Awards. Reece Eccles from our Teal division was announced as the winner, for his diligence and dedication.

As a family owned business, we like to recognise significant workplace milestones and honour our employees' incredible dedication and loyalty. As well as giving awards to those with 10 and 15 years’ continuous service, we also celebrated eight people who reached their 25 year milestone!

Congratulations to all our finalists, and the deserving winners!

 

Apprentice of the Year – Joint Winners

Harvey Bateman, Seating Production

Blake Townsend, Machine Shop

 

H&S Rep of the Year

Reece Eccles, Teal

 

Bright Idea of the Year

Lesley Ann McMullan, Sewing

 

Team of the Year

Internal Sales:

Nic Berry        

Michelle Lock

Emma Higgins

Natalie Price

Keeley Roberts

 

Employee of the Year

Matt Parker, Logistics

 

10 Years Service

Dean Sisson, Machine Shop

Andrea Lakeland, Recycling

Sam Heyes, Sales office

Rebecca Harriman, Sales Team

Ozcan Yalcinkaya, Teal Logistics

 

15 Years Service

Andrew Gooch, Health & Safety

Ben Hamilton, Machine Shop

Paul Schaefer, Desking Production

Russell Snape, Logistics

Ian McKnight, Engineering & Design

John Gallagher, Engineering & Design

Mark Sumner, M Stores

Michael Aiton, Quality

Janet Leather, Sales Office

David Boys, Sales Office

Peter Moore, Seating

Angela Walsh, Seating Production

Daniel Rushton, Engineering & Design

Steven Lee, Soft Seating

Zenon Korecki, Teal

Beata Korecki, Teal

John Harrison, Technical Upholstery

Marc Hargreaves, Logistics

 

25 Years Service

Fiona Aspin, Accounts

Andy Calverley, Install

David Woodcock, Install

Derek Hayhurst, Machine Shop

Louise Pye, Sales Office

Andrea Flood, Soft Seating

Sean Gallagher, Teal

David Hughes, Desking