2015 Award Winners

Winner Best Website – Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond – Sarah Nicholson, Executive Director

Please could you briefly explain what your business does? The Orange Tree Theatre is a registered charity (number 266128), Richmond’s only producing theatre, and London’s only permanent theatre-in-the-round.  We produce new work and neglected plays of outstanding quality.  In 2015, we were awarded 9 industry awards for our work, attracted 50,000 audience members to Richmond, …

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Winner Best Customer Service – The Maris Practice

We were thrilled to win the Best Customer Service category at the recent 2015 Richmond Business Awards held in November 2016. Customer service is the bedrock upon which our business is based and the whole team were overjoyed and extremely grateful to have their success recognised. We have proudly placed our awards within our reception …

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Highly Commended Best Charity/Social Enterprise – United Response

We’re absolutely thrilled to have been awarded Highly Commended in the Best Charity/Social Enterprise category at the Richmond Business Awards 2015. It is a huge achievement and wonderful recognition of the hard-work of our dedicated staff. The real benefit is the boost it will give to the people we support. United Response is a national …

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Commended Best Exporter and Highly Commended Best Business for Innovation – Minesoft – Ann Chapman, Co Founder & Director

We were shortlisted for two Richmond Business Awards in 2015 – Best Exporter and Best Business for Innovation – and we were thrilled to receive a Commended and Highly Commended Award respectively in those categories. Minesoft has been in business in Richmond Borough since Ann Chapman and husband Ophir Daniel set up the company over …

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Winner Best Business for Innovation – Foehn – Rafael Cortes, Head of Marketing

  What it feels like to have won We were pleased enough to be Highly Commended as Best Business in 2014, but to pick up three awards in 2015 is fantastic.  Once again we are delighted to be recognised as one of the Best Businesses in Richmond and we are thrilled also to be regarded …

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Winner Best New Start-Up – Brilliant Play Solutions, Claire Chapman

What it feels like to have won? Setting up and running any new business is seriously hard work so we were absolutely thrilled to have this acknowledged in winning this award. After being commended in the ‘Best Charity/Social enterprise’ category last year this shows that the blend of business and charitable objectives that is social …

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Winner Best Charity or Social Enterprise 2015 – Richmond Borough Mind, Val Farmer, Chief Executive

Richmond Borough Mind (RBMind) is thrilled to have been awarded Best Charity award by Richmond CVS and we are hugely grateful to both RCVS for sponsoring this award and for the Chamber for the work it does to recognise the importance of the local voluntary sector. The award will help us demonstrate the quality and …

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Winner Best Professional Practice 2015 – Tech Division Ltd, Mark Lilleyman, Managing Director

  When my name was called out for the award of ‘Best Professional Practice’, I couldn’t believe it.  It brought home to me a real sense of accomplishment: starting a business is one of the hardest things I’ve ever faced. Running a micro-business is difficult, mainly because you’re the ‘jack of all trades’.  You’re the …

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Winner Best Business 2015 – Butterworth Laboratories – David Hawkins, COO

What it feels like to have won: We have worked hard over the last 40 to provide a successful and happy place of work providing good science and service to our clients.  As the company has grown we have been largely modest about our success and only really celebrated it internally.   Richmond has a flourishing …

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