Derbyshire’s Ward is the Midlands’ top family business
Derbyshire-based metal and waste recycling company, Ward, has been crowned Family Business of the Year 2018, and the Fastest Growing Family Business, in the region’s flagship awards for family businesses – the Midlands Family Business Awards.
Established in 1940, Ward is a fourth-generation family business specialising in metal recycling and waste management.
It was announced winner of the Midlands Family Business Awards’ headline award, sponsored by local firm OrderWise, at a black-tie ceremony at Leicester’s Athena.
Now in their ninth year, the not-for-profit Midlands Family Business Awards are backed and run by The Wilson Organisation, a Nottingham third-generation family business. The Awards are the region’s only independent, not-for-profit initiative dedicated to celebrating and recognising the success, achievements and innovations of family run and owned businesses.
This year’s ceremony was attended by over 300 guests from the awards’ finalists, independent judges and sponsors, including headline sponsor and former Family Business of the Year titleholder OrderWise.
Individual category sponsors of this year’s Awards are Buckles Solicitors, Goldfish Luxury Travel, John Pye Auctions, Morningside Pharmaceuticals, PwC, Shakespeare Martineau, Streets Chartered Accountants, The Wilson Organisation and V Formation. The Drinks Reception was sponsored by NIG Insurance.
TheBusinessDesk.com is the Awards’ media partner.
The full line-up of Winners and Highly Commended in the 2018 Awards, are:
Family Business of the Year – sponsored by OrderWise
Winner – Ward (Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – J-Flex (Retford)
Highly Commended – WB Power Services (Derbyshire)
Best Small Family Business – sponsored by John Pye Auctions
Winner – Bright Side Vets (Swadlincote, Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – H20 Hygiene (Walsall)
Highly Commended – Nick Young Tractor Parts (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire)
Corporate Social Responsibility – sponsored by V Formation
Winner – David Manners (Birmingham)
Highly Commended – Bumble Hole Eggs (Bromsgrove, Worcestershire)
Highly Commended – Owen Taylor & Sons (Derbyshire)
Director of the Year – sponsored by Goldfish Luxury Travel
Winner – Matthew Ballard, Ballards Removals (Retford)
Highly Commended – Richard Broadhead, Oldrids & Downtown (Boston, Lincolnshire)
Highly Commended – Emma Brealey, Petwood Hotel (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire)
Employer of the Year – sponsored by Buckles Solicitors
Winner – David Manners (Birmingham)
Highly Commended – Morley Hayes Leisure (Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – Swiftool Precision Engineering (Nottinghamshire)
Fastest Growing Family Business – sponsored by PwC
Winner – Ward (Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – Travelworld Motorhomes (Telford)
Highly Commended – Nick Young Tractor Parts (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire)
Innovation – sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals
Winner – HSG UK (Derby)
Highly Commended – Southall Associates (Solihull, Birmingham)
Highly Commended – Streets Heaver Healthcare (Lincoln)
Manufacturing Excellence – sponsored by The Wilson Organisation
Winner – Owen Taylor & Sons (Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – A1 Flue Systems (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
Highly Commended – James T Blakeman & Co (Staffordshire)
Retail Excellence
Winner – Rutland Cycling (Rutland)
Highly Commended – GemPort Jewellery (Birmingham)
Highly Commended – The Internet Gardener (Nottinghamshire)
Service Excellence – sponsored by Shakespeare Martineau LLP
Winner – Premier Care (Mansfield)
Highly Commended – Bright Side Vets (Swadlincote, Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – Fairlawns Hotel (Walsall)
People’s Choice – sponsored by Streets Chartered Accountants
Winner – Oldrids & Downtown (Lincolnshire)
Highly Commended Bright Side Vets (Swadlincote, Derbyshire)
Highly Commended – Fairlawns Hotel (Walsall)
To read more about the winners and finalists, click here.
