Chesterfield manufacturer awarded Business of the Year accolade
The Business of the Year accolade at last night’s East Midlands Chamber Derbyshire 2016 Awards was shared between Penny Hydraulics and HUUB Design.
Chesterfield-based Penny Hydraulics is a UK manufacturer of lifting equipment, with its own purpose-built premises housing a manufacturing and assembly plant.
It carries out all design, manufacturing, quality control, aftersales support and nationwide service operation from a central base.
The company entered the awards because it believed that by putting itself forward it would reap benefits and value beyond the trophy and title if lucky enough to win.
It said that being announced as a finalist had given the firm an immediate boost to workplace morale, which gave the company the ideal opportunity to recognise employees for their contribution to the business.
The firms were among 11 to win awards at the gala dinner at Derby’s Roundhouse where the Chamber celebrated the strength and successes of businesses across Derby and Derbyshire. Three other Chesterfield business were recognised at the event with Cathelco being awarded Excellence in International Trade, Banner Jones being awarded Excellence in Customer Service and Northern Lights being awarded Manufacturer of the Year.
Jean Mountain, Chamber President, said:-
“The Chamber’s congratulations go to all of this year’s winners. We had some really good entries and the judging process was extremely tough, but all of the winning businesses thoroughly deserve their success.
“The standard of competition was extremely high, which clearly shows that despite the surprise of the exit vote at the EU Referendum, we have some real success stories of Derbyshire businesses doing well. All of the finalists also deserve recognition for their success.
“Over the past 12 months, businesses in Derbyshire have been busy investing, innovating, exporting and growing and these awards are testament to the quality of businesses we have in this city and county.”
