Outstanding contributions to the business by teams and individuals were recognised in the 2022 Recognition Awards. There was an incredible response to the open nominations for the six awards.
Managing Director Dave Barber said: "We received over 150 individual nominees from all across the business and for people in all areas, which shows how much respect there is between our teams.
"There were so many outstanding nominations and really strong candidates for all awards so it was really hard to pick the winners."
Here are all the winners, finalists and nominees.
Hit The Ground Running Award
Winner: Tom Nash
Nominator comments: Tom has a responsive, mature approach to problems and a fresh attitude. He looks at opportunities and is good with customers
Finalists: Tom Nash, Kelly Beazer, Joe Hartshorne, Abigail Rimmington, Ivan Adzic, Natalie Buckingham.
All nominees: Prasad Satheesh, Shardee Manzouri; Triona McHugh, Kyle Davies, Alan Pattison, Sharon Brown, Megan Radburn, Tom Nash, Nichola Andrews, Dylan Whisby, Richard Sawyers, Joe Hartshorne, Daniel French, Abigail Rimmington, Rachel Parrott, Amanda Branagan, Ollie Chater, Kelly Beazer, Mustafa Rahman, Aiden Cowling, Stuart Bedford, Rowland Duggan, Simon Fell, Thomas Elston, John Andrews, Harry Vaughan, Ivan Adzic, Chris Clark, Brian Capon, Danielle Hughes, Darren Fisher, Natalie Buckingham, Bradley Pascall, Kyle Davies, Samuel Cassidy, Stephen Neville, Louise Vedat, Liam Pryszlak, Holly Simmons, Stephen Neville, Holly Hackett, Laura Hogarth, Andrew Green, Danielle Hughes, Lee Thompson, Jodie Gardiner, Mathew Edwards, Andrew Batey, Jack Davies, Matthew Edwards.
UK Outstanding Achiever Award
Winner: Ash Burtoft
Nominator comments: Ash is always on top of his work and eager to win more. His results speak for themselves and he always makes time to support others. A top bloke and toilet selling legend!
Finalists: Ash Burtoft, Darron Brown, Holly Hackett, Mustafa Rahman, Rachel Watson, Julian Williams
All nominees: Stacey Seagrave, Rachel Watson, Sal Moss, Dave Brown, Ash Burtoft, Brian Capon, Jo Edwards, Emily Forde, William Walker, Jane Hepworth, Ollie Chater, Matt Bell, Mandy Ledger, Sabrina Wells-Burr, Lee Thompson, Adam Evans, Victoria Baird, Sandra Rogers, Paddy Greene, Tom Nash, Ivan Adzic, Holly Hackett, Yiota Toumba, Amanda Branagan, Mike Smelt, Darron Brown, Chris Golding, Natalie Buckingham, Liam Ansell, Sharon Carson, Alan Pattison, Dave Larreta, Liam Pryszlak, Mustafa Rahman, Sue O’Reilly, Sharon Brown, Julian Williams, Paul James, Simon Fell, Richard Holmes, Alex Hooley, Debbie Chorlton, Melissa Boyce.
Ireland Outstanding Achiever
Winner: Triona McHugh
Nominator comments: Triona is always on the ball and has an excellent understanding of the market and products. She’s a great team player and strives for excellence. She has mountains of knowledge that she is able to demonstrate to such a high standard.
Finalists: Triona McHugh, Ronan Mythen, Rowland Duggan, Thomas Elston, Will Walker
All nominees: Triona McHugh, Rowland Duggan, Ronan Mythen, Vanessa Kingston, John Andrews, Thomas Elston, Gerard Crane, Nichola Andrews, Emily Forde.
Team Player Award
Winner: Melissa Boyce
Nominator comments: Melissa is very professional and helpful at all times. Her reports are accurate and timely, and she is always happy to help. I always feel that I can ask for support, even at short notice and she will always work hard to get things completed.
Finalists: Melissa Boyce, Chris Pearson, Lewis Naylor, Steve Wilkinson, Sal Moss, Sharon Brown
All nominees: Chris Pearson, Sal Moss, Melissa Boyce, Sharon Brown, Steve Young, Thomas Elston, Donna Watts, Chris Ahern, Sabrina Wells-Burr, Abigail Rimmington, Brian Capon, Lewis Naylor, Scott Taylor, Diane Baseley, Shani Kenny, Jamie Maguire, Stacey Seagrave, John Andrews, Rachel Watson, Eamonn Marrinan, Silvia Antunano, Justine Bird, Jeff Williams, Patrick Green, Rachel Parrott, Anil Madan, Natalie Buckingham, Liam Ansell, Chris Golding, Holly Hackett, Ruth Myatt, Tom Nash, Mike Klodzinski, Kerry Jessop, Pat Quinn, Alex Hooley, Steve Wilkinson, Lee Thompson, Nick Walker, Richard Holmes, Tom Ball.
Team Of The Year Award
Winner: The Ireland Team
Nominator comments: A 30% sales increase on 2021, overachieved their AOP by €2m with great drive and dedication from the team and everyone involved played a major part in that achievement. The team are focused, determined and have positive attitudes.
Finalists: The Ireland Team, Customer Care, Non Res Sales, Finance, Independents Sales, Marketing
All nominees: Aftersales and Product Information, Armitage Office Services Team, Bid Team, Ceramics engineering, Commercial Team, Customer Care, DIY & Ecommerce, External Retail Sales Team, Finance, HR, Independents, Internal Sales, The Ireland Team, LDSC Team/Marketing Team, Non-Residential & High Rise, Order Fulfilment – Independents, Production, Residential estimating team, Retail Team, Service Engineers, Supply Chain, Trade and Residential, Transport Planning, Warehouse.
Above And Beyond Award
Joint winners: Sabrina Wells Burr and Brian Capon
Nominator comments: Sabrina is an absolutely integral part of what we do on a daily basis. She is consistently going above what is expected in terms of producing info we require or thinking about and suggesting new ways of viewing and analysing data.
Brian will do anything to make sure you understand how to do something, how to resolve an upsetting situation, how to respond with the correct approach and so much more. He literally goes above and beyond for anybody, and not just Customer Care.
Finalists: Sabrina Wells Burr, Brian Capon, Phil Hodson, Simon Fell, Colette Jones, Lee Thompson
All nominees: Terry Moss, Phil Hodson, Sabrina Well-Burr, Rachel Watson, Sharon Brown, Armitage Office Services Team, Chris Pearson, Thomas Elston, Liam (Warehouse Spares Picker in Armitage), William Walker, Amanda Branagan, Shani Kenny, Matt Bell, Lewis Naylor, Simon Fell, Leanne Martin, Sandra Rogers, Phil Hodson, Ronan Mythen, Eamonn Marrinan, Fergus Hayes, Sharon Brown, Lindsey Sevier-White, Brian Capon, Mandy Ledger, Sal Moss, Phil Hodson, Rachel Watson, Dawn Cripps, Melissa Boyce, Richard Holmes, Sharon Brown, Lee Thompson, Rachel Parrott, Colette Jones, Harriet Dixon.