Product category:
Lifts and Stairlifts
News Release from: Pickerings Lifts Europe
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 April 2005
Pickerings Lifts Wins 'Business of the
Year'
Pickerings Lifts Wins 'Business of the Year' at Tees Valley Business Awards and is praised for excellence in innovation and service.
Leading independent UK lift manufacturer, Pickerings Lifts, has been named Tees Valley 'Business of the Year', taking the top honour at the latest North East Business Awards, held recently at Yarm, Cleveland The company will now go on to the grand final of the North East Business Awards later this year
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This award, sponsored by Deloitte, follows chairman, Donald Fothergill's success as Tees Valley Business Executive of the Year last year and, he believes, "reflects the company's ongoing commitment to the UK lift industry and growth of the business nationally".
One of the first companies in the UK to manufacture lifts, Pickerings Lifts was praised in particular for its 'technological innovation, excellence in production and service and pioneering new markets throughout its 150-year history'.
Most recently, Pickerings Lifts launched Unilift Control, a patented 'world first' in lift control technology which delivers significant cost savings, enhanced system reliability and outstanding ride quality.
In the wake of the Disability Discrimination Act, the company has also established a new Access and Mobility Group.
This provides comprehensive design, installation and nationwide maintenance support solutions to meet the growing demand for a complete service to solve access problems in new and existing buildings.
In accepting the Business of the Year Award, Fothergill said it reflected the excellent progress Pickerings Lifts had made in recent years, "and is testament to the efforts and professionalism of all our staff.".
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