Manufacturer shortlisted in four categories at top business awards
One of West Yorkshire’s oldest manufacturing companies has been shortlisted in four categories at one of the region’s most prestigious business awards events.
Founded in 1875, Christeyns UK Limited focuses on the supply of detergents and providing chemicals and engineering expertise for the commercial laundry sector across the UK.
It has received the most nominations in the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Means Business Awards which takes place on July 6, at the Aagrah Midpoint, in Thornbury.
It has been nominated for the Manufacturer of the Year, Employer of the Year and Business or Technical Innovation of the Year awards and its boss, managing director Nick Garthwaite (pictured, above), is shortlisted for Business Personality of the Year.
Christeyns also manufactures chemicals for the construction sector.
The company invests heavily in its employees and four years ago introduced an apprenticeship programme.
Now it is looking towards sustainable growth and its focus is on the export market.
The Bradford Means Business Awards, to be hosted by Yorkshire Media Partners director Perry Austin-Clarke, features 30 nominations in the ten award categories, with one of the winners also receiving the Winner of Winners award for the greatest contribution to business in the district over the last 12 months.
The full list of nominees is:
New Business of the Year
Edward Street Bakery
The Underground
Sunbridge Wells
Retail, Leisure or Hospitality Business of the Year
Casa Espresso
Pennine Cycles
Love Brownies
Small or Medium Enterprise of the Year
Tong Garden Centre
Approach PR
ECSC Group limited
Manufacturer of the Year
Christeyns UK Limited
BASF
Luxury Fabrics
Job Creator of the Year
ECSC Group limited
Enable2 CIC
Naylor Wintersgill
Woman in Business
Janine Dutton – Belle Lingerie Ltd
Jess King – King’s Pet Palace
Sandra Corcoran – Pennine Cycles
Employer of the Year
Accent Group (customer contact centre)
Eclipse Legal Systems
Christeyns UK Limited
Apprentice of the Year
Kieran Heptonstall – Brownberry (now NDW Ltd)
Mohammed Haroon Khan – Bradford College
Ryan Aveyard – J W Crowther
Business Personality of the Year
Nasser Malik – Yorkshire Enterprise Network
Nick Garthwaite – Christeyns UK Limited
Suzanne Watson – Approach PR
Business or Technical Innovation of the Year
Enable2 CIC
Christeyns UK Limited
Exa Networks
