Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited, one of the Midlands' leading construction companies, has been announced as the Midlands Family Business of the Year in the region's only Awards initiative to recognise family businesses and their leaders.
Now in their second year, the Awards are run by The Wilson Organisation and are a not-for-profit venture, with all proceeds going to charities supporting young enterprise and young people - The Children's Society and The Willow Foundation.
Nottinghamshire-based Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited is a fourth generation family business founded 103 years ago. It was unveiled as the winner of the 2011 headline Award at a prestigious dinner at Birmingham's Town Hall on the 17th November. A further nine category winners and runners-up were announced on the night, in front of an audience of more than 300 guests.
Baggaley's Managing Director Ian Baggaley accepted the Award from Chris Taylor of Smith Cooper, headline sponsor of the 2011 Awards, and Charlotte Perkins, managing director of Wilsons.
Judges for the headline category were Chris Taylor, Mark Samworth of Leicestershire family business Samworth Brothers and Wilsons' Gary Cormack and Annabel Prow, who commented: "Thirty-two businesses entered the Family Business of the Year Award and it was an extremely hard-fought category, which specifically seeks to recognise established family businesses that can demonstrate success across their businesses.
"Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited was able to show sound financial measures and evidence of good governance, service excellence, innovative processes and a commitment to its community, along with exemplary family values and a clear vision for the future. Baggaley is a worthwhile winner of this year's headline Award and a leading light in the family business sector in the region."
Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited was founded in 1908 by the great grandfather of current MD Ian Baggaley. It is one of Mansfield's oldest companies and an integral part of the local business community, with an excellent reputation as a good family firm and for its craftsmanship quality. It consists of three divisions - Baggaley Construct, Baggaley Projects and Baggaley Maintain - working for private and public sector clients including Topps Tiles, Midlands Co-operative Society, St Modwen Developments, Slimming World and Ragdale Hall.
Runners-up in the Midlands Family Business of the Year headline Award were Derbyshire's C W Sellors and Salts Healthcare of Aston, Birmingham.
C W Sellors has been producing handcrafted, high quality jewellery for over thirty years from its Derbyshire base. Now in its second generation, the family business currently employs 82 staff at its workshop and across its network of retail boutiques. The company has its own team of in-house designers and craftsmen, including highly-skilled specialists in stone cutting and shaping.
Salts Healthcare is one of the oldest family owned businesses in the UK. Its current directors are tenth generation Salts family. It has two production facilities in Birmingham, and is the original manufacturer and provider of stoma and orthotic products, which it supplies worldwide, to over twenty countries.
In addition to scooping the headline Award, Baggaley Group Chairman Howard Baggaley OBE was joint winner of the Outstanding Contribution award category in recognition of his 'lifetime commitment to the construction industry on a local, regional and national level', according to judges Dr Gwenllian Williams of deWinton-Williams Consulting, Ron Lynch of the Institute of Directors, Mary Hendry of category sponsors Key Personnel and Wilsons' Annabel Prow.
For more information, a full list of the winners and runners-up in the Awards' ten categories and a gallery of images from the Awards Dinner, visit: www.familybusinessawards.co.uk/2011-winners
