G14 Award winners announced at glitzy gala event in London’s Park Lane
Twelve worthy winners stood on stage at the G14 Awards Presentation & Gala Dinner in November, in addition to this year’s recipient of the Derek Bonnard Award for Excellence. While the event is all about innovation, development and commitment within glass and glazing industry, it is not all serious – it was hosted by the entertaining Kevin Bridges who brought his unique humour to the proceedings.
Tony Higgin, organiser of the G-Awards, spoke about this year’s winners calling them all “outstanding”. He continued: “After eleven years, the G-Awards are still going strong thanks to the continuously excellent standard of entries we receive. Each year I wonder how we can beat the previous one, but it happens every time. All our finalists should be extremely proud, and our winners represent everything to which we all aspire in terms of commitment, dedication and passion. This is what makes our industry great.”
The G14 Award winners are:
Commercial Project of the Year: Pilkington UK for the Stonehenge Visitor Centre
Component Supplier of the Year: ERA
Conservatory Installer of the Year: T&K Home Improvements
Customer Care Initiative of the Year: Emplas Window Systems Ltd
Environmental Initiative of the Year: Glassolutions Saint-Gobain for Salford Energy House
Fabricator of the Year: Polyframe
Glass Company of the Year: Ravensby Glass
Installer of the Year: The Window Company (Contracts)
New Product of the Year: Ultraframe for LivinROOF
Promotional Campaign of the Year – Retail: Eclectic Systems for Your Residence 9
Promotional Campaign of the Year – Trade: Reynaers Ltd for Reynaers At Home
Training & Development Initiative of the Year: Quickslide for their in-house training & development programme
The Derek Bonnard Award for Excellence was presented to Gary Morton from GM Fundraising to recognise not just his contribution to the glazing industry, but also for his extraordinary leadership in raising over £1 million for Hope House Children’s Hospice. Joe Hague, managing director of Award sponsor Promac Group, comments, “Gary was the perfect choice for the Derek Bonnard Award this year. Promac was an early supporter of GM Fundraising and we have watched in amazement at his energy and effort in raising such a huge amount of money for children with life-limiting illnesses. It is an astonishing achievement.”
Higgin concludes, “I want to offer my thanks to everyone who entered, all our judges and everyone who attended the G14 Awards Presentation & Gala Dinner. My sincere congratulations go to all our winners. We will be here again on Friday 27 November 2015 for what I’m sure will be another year of outstanding results.”
