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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

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