On Thursday 15^th June, the PAGE group hosted their annual conference, exhibition and awards dinner at the Delta Warwick Hotel.

 

During the tabletop exhibition in the afternoon over 50 suppliers took full advantage, networking with PAGE members. The exhibition had to be brought to an end at 17:30 so that the room could be transformed to the dinning room.

 

Due to the sad passing of industry icon George Hayward, the awards dinner took on a more commemorative tone this year. Before dinner, his son Brian said a few heartfelt sentiments and recollections about George to a standing ovation. These thoughts were later echoed by LSi distributor Lloyd Simpson, who spoke fondly of George and remarked on how he shall be missed. A champagne toast was raised in George’s name.

 

All the awards presented at the conference recognise an exemplar level of quality, service, and efficiency from both distributors and suppliers.

 

Scores for supplier service and efficiency are taken from the PAGE members’ monthly and annual surveys to determine the winners.  The winners of the silver awards were: Preseli, The Umbrella Company and Laltex. The winner for the third year in a row of the Gold Supplier of the Year Award was WCM&A Ltd.

 

The winners of the distributors silver awards were: BH1, Navillus and Allwag and the winners of the gold awards were: Boosters, Steel City and LSi.

 

After the awards were given out, guests enjoyed a humorous performance from local comedian Matt Bragg, which brought some light hearted jest to the evening, followed by the musical talents of The Haze Band who were very well received by all and ended the night on a high.

 

Networking continued in the bar into the small hours.

Published on: June 19th, 2023