December - Somerset Chamber of Commerce

Somerset Business Awards
extremely difficult year for us and this means the world
to me and the 17 guys back at work.”
THE RUNNERS UP WERE UNWIN SAFETY SYSTEMS
AND SCM HANDLING LTD.
The Albert Goodman Family Business
Award
Sponsored by the Somerset Business Awards main
sponsor Albert Goodman.
The winner of the award was Monkton Elm
Garden & Pet Centre and David Bellman
collected the award. He comments, “This is
wonderful and after a
life-long dedication to
Somerset and our garden
centre, I am now handing over
to my son in law, Mike.” Mike
Lind said, “It is absolutely
wonderful to be involved with
this business. It is a well
established business, which
has been running for 30 years
and employs more than 100
people. We are proud to be a
Somerset business, there is no where better to be
based.”
THE RUNNERS UP WERE SOUTH WEST PENINSULAR
TRAINING AND GADSBY.
recognise that BAM Construction is actively involved in
this.”
RUNNERS UP WERE 3 DIMENSIONS CARE LTD AND
ADPR LIMITED.
Charity of the Year Award
Sponsored by Clarke Willmott LLP.
The winner was Stand Against
Violence and Adam Fouracre said,
“I am really pleased to accept this
award and want to thank everyone
within the charity, including the
volunteers and charity trustees, We
started as small campaign six years
ago and have been on a fantastic
journey, working in collaboration
with great businesses, locally and
nationally. Our work has reached thousands and our
educational work has improved behaviour and reduced
violence and offending. It has been an exhilarating
experience and we have all worked very hard to get
here. We have great aims for the future and are excited
for the expansion of the charity and being able to
deliver new community projects. This award means we
have credibility and will increase our awareness.”
THE RUNNERS UP WERE ST JOHN AMBULANCE AND
DORSET AND SOMERSET AIR AMBULANCE.
Skills for Growth Award
Sponsored by Somerset Employment
& Skills Board.
The award was presented to BAM
Construction Ltd. Lorna Lewis
accepted the award and said, “We
are delighted to win this award. The
timing is perfect as we, today,
launched our Skills Academy,
which came about from working
with fantastic Bridgwater schools. It
will provide work experience for
young people, support schools with
curriculum activities and ensure jobs are advertised
locally. We want to be a part of up-skilling the vast
supply chain in Somerset. Winning this award helps
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Collaborative Innovation Award
Sponsored by the Open
Innovation Initiative.
The award was presented
to Gary Gabriel
Associates. Duncan
Clayton and Daniel
Kennard accepted the
award and commented,
“We really didn’t expect to
win this award, but we are
honoured to win and it means an awful lot to us.
Collaboration is something that is at the heart of the
business and it has really helped us grow through
these very difficult times. If you collaborate properly,
with the great companies around you, the innovation
comes naturally.”