Hive awards has business buzzing
The best and brightest in the Blackburn with Darwen area came together to celebrate the area’s success.
The annual business awards ceremony, held at King George’s Hall, was hosted this year by Good Morning Britain presenter Ranvir Singh.
Ian Brown, who chairs event organiser the Hive Ambassadors Network, said: “Everyone who was both a finalist and a winner should be rightly proud of what they’ve achieved for both their company but also the positive impact they’d had on the Blackburn with Darwen area.”
“We’ve had some great entries this year and some categories, in particular, were incredibly hard to judge. Our judges certainly had a tough job and the scoring has been really close.”
The winners in this year’s awards were:
The Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Award
In Di Go Dedicated Care & Support CIC
The Retail Business Award
Tom Wood Artisan Butchers
The Environmental Business Award
The Bee Centre
The Creative and Digital Award
21Digital
The Manufacturing Excellence Award
Tensar
The Family Business Award
Ewood Foods
The Buzz Award
Blackburn Festival of Light
The Commitment to Blackburn and Darwen Award
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
The Investing in Future Skills Award
WEC Group
The Growth Business Award
Sales Geek
The New Business Award (less than 3 years old)
Piemezzanae
The HIVE Business School Award
Blackburn Youth Zone
Highly commended: The Acme Facilities Group
The HIVE Entrepreneur of the Year
Lisa Edge - Lancashare
The HIVE Rising Star Award (under 30 years old)
Jonathan Finch - Sales Geek
HIVE Micro Business of the Year (10 or less full-time employees)
Stevenson Memorials
HIVE Small Business of the Year (11 - 25 full time employees)
Greenview Nursery
HIVE Medium Business of the Year (26 - 50 full time employees)
H&T Industrial
HIVE Large Business of the Year (51+ full time employees)
Rosslee Construction
There were also two special awards on the night:
The Arte Et Labore Award
This award recognises a long-term commitment by an individual to making Blackburn and Darwen a more prosperous borough and a better place to live, learn, work, visit and invest. The winner this year was Harry Catherall, in honour of his many years as chief executive of the Blackburn with Darwen Council.
The Hive Chairman’s Award
This year the winner was Peter Street, founder of the Cardboard Box Company, in acknowledgement of his unerring support towards good local causes such as the Youth Zone, The National Festival of Making and The East Lancashire Hospice.
