We were really thrilled to have been named as runners-up in the Best SME category of the Business for Calderdale Awards.

There’s nothing quite like a bit of recognition on your home turf – we’re super-proud to be a Yorkshire company and a little bit of extra proud to be from such a wonderful place as beautiful, innovative, resilient Calderdale.

For those of you who don’t know our neighbourhood, we’re in the stunning South Pennines, surrounded by an amazing landscape and one of the warmest communities you could ever wish to find yourself among. Good job, too, because the weather up here isn’t known for being terribly welcoming (although it does provide excellent testing ground for our products, of course!).

We’ve grown substantially over the past few years and we’re really proud of all we’ve achieved, so it was a real thrill to be named as finalists for these prestigious awards, along with two other well-established businesses. A couple of our recent highlights were our collaboration with The Piece Hall (winners of the Promotion of Calderdale award) and the commissioning of our full life cycle analysis – the first to be produced by any company in our sector.

We made the most of the evening’s entertainment at the awards ceremony – we felt like winners by having made it that far and we certainly weren’t going to miss the chance of a “bit of a do”! The top spot was awarded to Sidall and Hilton Products Ltd, and they were awarded Business of the Year as well, so huge congratulations go out to them.

Big thanks to all at Business for Calderdale for honouring us as finalists and for hosting a thoroughly lovely evening at the awards ceremony.