The Fluid team hosted their first ever virtual event on the evening of Tuesday 15th September. The event took a slightly different approach due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was hosted virtually via video conferencing. It would usually be a traditional awards evening to thank their supplier friends after the East of England Merchandise Show which had to be cancelled this year due to the current restrictions on business events.
This year’s virtual event was hosted via Zoom and the Fluid team sent out a pack to all attendees ahead of the event so that they could enjoy some nibbles and bubbles as the evening progressed. There were over 60 attendees and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Paul Maye of Xindao comments “Thanks very much for the awards evening. It was nice to have something entertaining and cheerful when everything else is cancelled, so well done to the team for organising this in difficult and very unusual circumstances.” Toby Pache of Sharon Lee adds “Just wanted to say well done to the Fluid team for the virtual awards last night. I thought it went very well and definitely enjoyed the nibbles and bubbles – thank you.” Cathy Anderson of Adco Products also commented “Just a quick message to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for all our treats and thanks for a great night. It was just so nice to see real people again!”
The whole Fluid team had voted on several categories to thank their suppliers, the categories and award winners are listed below:
Supplier of the Year
Winner – Xindao
Highly Commended – Pinpoint / PF Concept / DTB Europe
Specialist Supplier of the Year
Winner – Pinpoint
Highly Commended – The Big Display Company / DTB Europe / Juniper Products
Customer Service Team of the Year
Winner – Xindao
Highly Commended – Pinpoint/ DTB Europe
Account Manager of the Year
Winner – Darren Fuller – Pinpoint
Highly Commended – Sophie Kelembeck – Xindao / Chris Nelson – Laltex Promo
Personality of the Year
Winner – Ryan Brown – The Umbrella Company
Highly Commended – Emily Carpenter – PF Concept / Darren Fuller – Pinpoint
Unsung Hero
Winner – Joe Murphy – Big Display Company
Highly Commended – Leah McDonald – Xindao / Kyra Lawrence – DTB Europe
Best Supplier Visuals
Winner – Xindao
Highly Commended – PF Concept / Big Display Company / The Sweet People
Deadline Champion
Winner – Xindao
Highly Commended – Laltex Promo / DTB Europe / Big Display Company
Fluid Futures Leader – thinks beyond profit to support projects and make a meaningful contribution to the wider community and environment
Winner – CHX / Juniper Products
Highly Commended – Senator / BIC Graphic Europe / The Sweet People / Xindao
Finance Team of the Year
Winner – Laltex Group
Highly Commended – PF Concept / DTB Europe / FleQs
Overall Product/Range of the Year
Winner – Mood Bottle – Snap Products
Highly Commended – Bobby Backpack Range – Xindao / Hygiene Hook Keyring – CHX / Americano Pure – PF Concept
Sustainable Product/Range of the Year
Winner – Mr Bio – Desktop Ideas
Highly Commended – Watersave Umbrellas – The Umbrella Company / Bio Pens – Senator
Best Marketing Support
Winner – Big Display Company
Highly Commended – PF Concept / Xindao / The Sweet People / CHX
Most Dependable Fluid Friend – Lowest Problem Order Rate
Winner – WCM&A
Highly Commended – Senator / Pinpoint
Bronte Creary, Fluid’s Supplier Relationship Manager comments “At Fluid we really value our long term supplier partnerships and I’m so delighted that even in these difficult times we could take a moment to reward and say thank you to our supplier friends for all of their hard work”.
Miles Lovegrove Fluid’s Managing Director adds “It was a great evening and thanks to all our supplier friends for investing their personal time in being part of our virtual awards. We are living in very strange times, and it was a shame that we couldn’t be together in person, but we still wanted to show our appreciation and further build our partnerships in a positive way. So, a massive well done to all the winners and thank you for supporting us over the last 12 months, which I am sure will be a year we never forget!”
Published on: September 21st, 2020
