One of the country鈥檚 biggest suppliers of sand for sports, horse riding, landscaping and industrial work has been named Nottinghamshire Live鈥檚 2021 Company of the Year.
Mansfield Sand, which has been quarrying sand in north Notts for almost 200 years, picked up the top prize at the 2021 Business Awards last night.
The black tie event, hosted in association with , was held at the , and was concrete proof that Nottingham and the wider county are well and truly open for business.
Mansfield Sand is one of the 海角视频鈥檚 leading providers of silica sand based products for the whole sports turf industry 鈥 including major sporting venues and stadiums such as Nottingham Forest and Leicester City FC.
Mansfield Town FC head groundsman Michael Merriman recently revealed how its products had contributed to a 鈥榤assive improvement鈥 to the pitch at the One Call Stadium.
The 2021 awards鈥 other winners included Nottingham wealth management specialist The RU Group which was named SME Business of the Year, while TTK Confectionary was named Business Entrepreneur of the Year.
Based on Nottingham鈥檚 Robin Hood Industrial Estate, TTK is a family-owned business headed up by Martin Barnett, supplying food gift packs which are sold through outlets including Sainsbury鈥檚, Morrisons, Moonpig and WHSmith.
It specialises in well designed, edible gifts based around trending flavours, prints and packaging, and has a team of designers to help it provide products to major retailers all over the world.
This year鈥檚 Customer Service Excellence Award went to BMI The Park Hospital, which offers private treatments and services to patients in Nottingham, Grantham and Newark, while the Sales & Marketing Award was presented to the team at Doughnotts.
Doughnotts was founded in 2015 by Wade Smith and Megan Scaddan, after the pair decided to start making doughnuts with a borrowed 拢10.
It now has three stores in the Midlands 鈥 a flagship store in Nottingham, as well as outlets in Lincoln and Leicester city centre.
And the 2021 Nottinghamshire Live Business Awards winners are...
Company of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 Mansfield Sand
SME Business of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 The RU Group
Start-Up Business of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 Works Social
Business Entrepreneur of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 TTK Confectionary
Employer of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 Primary Integrated Community Services
Customer Service Excellence Award | Sponsored by 鈥 BMI The Park Hospital
Professional Services | Sponsored by 鈥 Air IT
Excellence in Innovation Award | Sponsored by 鈥 Luxfer Gas Cylinders
Contribution to the Community Award | Sponsored by 鈥 Spenbeck
Family Business of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 海角视频 Meds
Sales & Marketing Award| Sponsored by 鈥 Doughnotts
Apprentice Employer of the Year | Sponsored by 鈥 Motus Commercials
Excellence in Industry | Sponsored by 鈥 Design Haus
Digital & Technology Award | Sponsored by 鈥 HeX Productions
Not-for-Profit-Organisation Award | Sponsored by 鈥 Maggie's Nottingham
Nottinghamshire Live editor Natalie Fahy said it was a pleasure to be involved in celebrating the best businesses across the county.
She said: 鈥淢any of the businesses represented at the awards and the people working within them have shown real fortitude in the face of all the adversities that the last two years have thrown at them.
鈥淥ne issue after another has tried to batter the 海角视频 economy, but companies across our region have fought back.
鈥淢any of these awards have been presented because of those efforts.
鈥淲e are proud of the work they do and the teams involved, and those people have every reason to be proud of themselves.
鈥淭he awards are evidence that the East Midlands is thriving and a great place to live and work.
鈥淢y congratulations go to each and every business that has been recognised.鈥
