Winter 2023
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News<br />
BOUGHTON SHORTLISTED &<br />
SPONSOR FOR AWARDS<br />
February 2nd 2024 is set to be a<br />
busy day for the team at Boughton<br />
– a leading UK natural growing<br />
media supplier – as they attend the<br />
2024 Society of Garden Designers<br />
(SGD) Awards as both sponsors and<br />
finalists.<br />
SOLAR PV CATEGORY ADDED TO UK ROOFING AWARDS AS<br />
ENTRIES OPEN FOR 2024 AWARDS EVENT<br />
NFRC (National Federation of Roofing<br />
Contractors) has announced entries<br />
are now open and tickets are available<br />
to purchase for the UK Roofing<br />
Awards 2024, which returns to the<br />
Intercontinental London – the O2, on<br />
Friday 10th May 2024.<br />
This finalist status marks an exciting<br />
era for both Boughton and the SGD<br />
awards, with the award in question –<br />
Sustainable Product of the Year – an<br />
entirely new category introduced<br />
exclusively for the 2024 awards.<br />
Open to affiliated business partners<br />
only, the award looks to celebrate<br />
“known or innovative products<br />
manufactured with renewable<br />
or largely recycled or reused<br />
materials, which minimise or reverse<br />
detrimental environmental impact<br />
during production, and consider the<br />
product’s entire life cycle including<br />
how it is recycled / repurposed at the<br />
end of its life.”<br />
Boughton’s BLS Plus Topsoil has been<br />
submitted and has clearly resonated<br />
with the judging panel.<br />
Simon Hedley, Managing Director<br />
at Boughton, said: “It’s a pleasure<br />
to confirm our finalist status at the<br />
forthcoming SGD awards. To be<br />
shortlisted during the category’s<br />
inaugural year is an honour, but<br />
more importantly, the recognition of<br />
our efforts to bring to market soils<br />
that never deviate from our firm<br />
sustainability ethos is heartening to<br />
say the least.”<br />
Having previously sponsored the<br />
‘Fresh Designer Landscapes &<br />
Gardens’ category at the 2022 edition<br />
of the SGD awards, the Boughton<br />
team will return once again to show<br />
its support with the sponsorship of<br />
the UK Commercial or Community<br />
Landscapes & Gardens award.<br />
www.boughton.co.uk<br />
Entries are invited for the 2024 Awards<br />
in the following project categories, which<br />
includes the new Solar PV category and<br />
the always hotly contested Green Roofs<br />
category:<br />
• Bituminous Hot Applied Liquid<br />
Waterproofing<br />
• Cold Applied Liquid Waterproofing<br />
• Fully Supported Metal<br />
• Green Roofs<br />
• Heritage Roofing<br />
• Leadwork<br />
• Multi-discipline Project (over £250k)<br />
• Rainscreen Facades<br />
• Reinforced Bitumen Membranes<br />
• Roof Slating<br />
• Roof Tiling<br />
• Sheeting & Cladding<br />
• Single Ply Roofing<br />
• Small Scale Project (Under £25k)<br />
• Solar PV – New category for 2024!<br />
In addition to these awards, one project<br />
chosen from the winners in each of the<br />
categories will win the Roof of the Year<br />
Award. The whole industry will also get<br />
the chance to vote for their winner from<br />
the shortlisted projects online in the<br />
Industry Choice Award.<br />
Individuals will also be recognised for<br />
their contributions to the industry via<br />
two additional categories:<br />
• Young Roofer of the Year<br />
• Health and Safety Individual of the<br />
Above: LRL Roofing Solutions and Bauder<br />
won the Green Roof award at the UK<br />
Roofing Awards <strong>2023</strong> for the stunning<br />
project at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre.<br />
Year Award.<br />
Firms can enter now via the dedicated<br />
Awards platform.<br />
As well as roofing and cladding<br />
contractors, NFRC encourages<br />
manufacturers, architects and others in<br />
the supply chain to enter projects.<br />
James Talman, NFRC CEO, said: “We<br />
are delighted to announce that the UK<br />
Roofing Awards will return for 2024, on<br />
Friday 10th May.<br />
“In addition to the well-established<br />
award categories, we are pleased to<br />
announce the launch of our new Solar<br />
PV classification, which in addition to<br />
the existing Green Roofing category will<br />
see firms recognised for innovative and<br />
well-executed use of green technologies.<br />
This change reflects the fact that roofs<br />
play a crucial part of the UK’s transition<br />
to net zero.<br />
“As ever, the Awards is a brilliant<br />
opportunity for hardworking teams<br />
to have their efforts recognised. We<br />
look forward to welcoming colleagues<br />
from across the industry to the<br />
Intercontinental London – The O2, to<br />
reunite with old friends, network, and<br />
above all celebrate excellence in roofing<br />
and cladding.”<br />
Find out more: https://nfrc.<br />
awardsplatform.com/<br />
8 GREENSCAPE WINTER <strong>2023</strong> • www.greenscapemag.co.uk