Equestrian businesses recognised at BETA awards

Equilibrium Products won the UKTI Export Award.

Outstanding contributions to the equestrian manufacture inwards Great Britain were marked at finally weekend’s  2013 BETA Business Awards inwards Birmingham.

More than 450 guests enjoyed a champagne reception – consummate amongst balloon modellers – on arrival, as well as this year’s raffle, inwards assistance of Riding for the Disabled, featured a line-up of exciting prizes. They included a Kate Scurfield hunting print, a illustration of champagne from BETA, position unit of measurement membership for the Royal lnternational Horse Show as well as 2 hospitality tickets for the Queen’s Polo semi-finals at Guards Polo Club. Everyone was inwards a generous mood as well as raised £1600 to boost the charity’s coffers.

“The BETA Business Awards are a existent high betoken of the equestrian trade’s twelvemonth as well as the measure of achievement is ever extremely high,” said BETA executive manager Claire Williams. “Everyone who was nominated should experience justifiably proud.”

Award winners were:

 

HAYGAIN NUTRITIONAL HELPLINE AWARD 

Winner: Allen & Page, Thetford, Norfolk

Runner-up: TopSpec Equine, Thirsk, North Yorkshire 

With an increasing amount of feeds as well as supplements on the market, giving the merchandise as well as consumers to a greater extent than selection than ever, BETA wished to highlight the importance of reliable as well as accessible nutritional advice.

Nominations were invited from retailers as well as consumers, as well as the finally judging was based on these as well as mystery callers posing questions designed to challenge each helpline.

One nominator said: “Allen & Page is a fantastic fellowship to bargain with. They heed intently to your requirements as well as give a diverseness of options as well as detailed advice on what’s best for your horse.”

A gauge added: “I was pleased to have a pack of information inwards the post, along amongst a money-off voucher as well as samples to construct certain the horses likes it earlier I cause got to invest inwards a whole bag!”

 

EQUINE CAREERS SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

Winner: Marilyn Hawley, Agent for Edward Sinclair, Showquest, Kanyon Outdoors as well as others.

Runner-up: Heather Stephenson, Westgate EFI, Romney Marsh, Kent

This award, presented past times Equine Careers, recognises excellence inwards production knowledge as well as service to retail customers. Nominations received from retailers were followed past times interviews amongst the finalists.

One nominator said: “She is the most thorough agent around. If you lot withdraw an agent who volition endure passionate well-nigh your production as well as construct certain your customers know well-nigh everything you lot sell, Marilyn is the person!”

A gauge added: “A actually practiced as well as forward-thinking somebody to cause got inwards our trade. I am certain that she could give a lot of practiced advice to novel people entering the industry.”

 

HARRY HALL RETAIL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Winner: Andrea Leavis, Countrywide Farmers

Runner-up: Julie Walton, Speedgate, Longfield, Kent

This abide by is given to the retail employee showing initiative, excellence inwards client service, practiced production knowledge as well as a commitment to retailing.

One nomination stated: “She is passionate well-nigh client service as well as is ever receiving comments on the friendly advice she offers. Andrea also strives to attain what is best for the  company.” 

A gauge concluded: “I would experience happy to leave of absence the store inwards her care, knowing that it would endure professionally run spell I was gone.”

 

JOULES EQUESTRIAN EVENT OF THE YEAR

Winner: Bramham International Horse Trials

This abide by acknowledges the lawsuit (at which tradestands are present) that best industrial plant amongst its exhibitors as well as takes their requirements as well as views fully into consideration.

Nominators said: “They are the friendliest, most helpful organisers ever as well as zero is besides much trouble. When in that location was as well as therefore much problem amongst the atmospheric condition finally year, they helped us on as well as off the showground inwards terrible conditions as well as kept us informed throughout the show. They did non panic as well as kept everything running real smoothly for us.”

 

BLACKS SOLICITORS TRADE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Trilanco, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire

Runner-up: Shires Equestrian Products, Leominster, Herefordshire

Judged past times the retail trade, this abide by goes to a manufacturer, distributor or wholesaler that offers the best delivery, client service, production knowledge as well as awareness of retailer requirements.

Judges as well as nominators stated: “Their client service is minute to none. They maintain you lot informed of stock availability, delivery is fantabulous as well as they ship out monthly emails as well as a newsletter to maintain their customers informed of special offers, prices as well as news.”

 

SEIB RETAILER OF THE YEAR

This abide by is divided into 4 categories – large, medium, pocket-size as well as postal service order/Internet retailers. It is presented to those retailers that offering outstanding client service. Final judging took suppliers’ votes into account, equally good equally visits past times mystery shoppers.

 

Large Retailer

Winner: Aivly Country Store, Ringwood, Hampshire

Runner-up: Speedgate Enterprises, Longfield, Kent

Nominators as well as judges agreed: “The staff are as well as therefore helpful as well as good informed, as well as actually exit of their agency to assist you. The store also has an extensive make of stock.”

 

Medium Retailer

Winner: Tower Farm, Rugby, Warwickshire

Runner-up: R B Equestrian, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Nominators as well as judges agreed: “This is a fantastic family-run work organisation amongst an fantabulous make of products.”

 

Small Retailer

Winner: Alan’s Ark, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Runner-up: Patchetts Equestrian, Watford, Hertfordshire

A gauge who was extremely impressed amongst his shopping experience at Alan’s Ark said: “The grade of service was genuinely special as well as the store was manifestly a real well-regarded as well as pop venue. All inwards all, it was a remarkable experience – Alan’s Ark should run seminars on how to do courteous as well as helpful service to customers nether pressured circumstances.”

 

Mail Order/Internet Retailer

Winner: Supplement Solutions, Preston, Lancashire

Runner-up: Utterly Horses, Black Notley, Essex

This is abide by has been won past times Supplement  Solutions for the tertiary twelvemonth inwards a row. Judges as well as nominators agreed: “Staff are knowledgable as well as helpful. There is a huge selection of products as well as prices are kept equally depression equally possible. The website is tardily to navigate as well as the search facility makes it tardily to position production past times type, construct or company.  Service as well as advice are minute to none as well as delivery is prompt, amongst that special personal touch.”

 

TSM RIDER AWARD

Winner: Sophie Wells

This abide by acknowledges sponsored riders who construct the greatest contribution to the merchandise as well as piece of work difficult for their sponsors. An independent panel of judges selected Sophie Wells equally this year’s winner.

She was nominated past times Black Country Saddles, which said: “Working amongst riders that empathize sponsorship makes the human relationship stronger as well as Sophie is fantabulous at talking well-nigh the make as well as our fellowship ethos as well as philosophy. She represents the construct at the highest grade as well as is ever willing to cause got percentage inwards whatever promotional piece of work as well as activeness that nosotros inquire her to do.”

 

UKTI EXPORT AWARD

Winner: Equilibrium Products, Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

This abide by recognises a fellowship that has generated a substantial as well as sustained increase inwards export activeness over a menses of at to the lowest degree 3 years.

The judges were extremely impressed amongst the professionalism shown as well as said: “Equilibrium was driven past times a clear laid of objectives, which, incidentally, placed equine welfare equally the starting point. It showed attending to item inwards aspects of business, equally good equally a recognition of the withdraw to maintain learning as well as adapting, which underpinned its expansion as well as development.”

 

BETA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Recipient: Stewart Hastie

This abide by is presented past times BETA to score an outstanding as well as pregnant contribution to the equestrian manufacture over a long menses of time. This year, it went to Stewart Hastie, a veterinarian surgeon whose piece of work has left its score inwards many aspects of the trade. He has written seminal industrial plant for equine students as well as had major input into the preparation as well as evolution of the modern saddle fitter.

Born inwards Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, inwards 1922, he went on to graduate from Glasgow University Veterinary School. He moved to Buckingham inwards 1958 as well as laid his ain practice, specialising inwards the equine sector. At to a greater extent than or less this time, he met John McTimoney as well as began a long-standing human relationship amongst alternative medicine as well as equine chiropractics.

Stewart has written for publications such equally the BHS Veterinary Manual as well as Horselopaedia: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Complete Guide to Horsecare, equally good equally conference papers.  He has also appeared equally a speaker at the British Equine Veterinary Association’s annual conference as well as provided years of service to the Society of Master Saddlers equally its veterinarian consultant.

He continues to endure involved inwards inquiry surrounding the agency inwards which abnormal motion such equally lameness affects the surgical operation of the horse’s back, equally good equally the application of complementary disciplines inwards association amongst chartered physiotherapists, chiropractors as well as osteopaths.

Stewart has contributed a huge amount to our agreement of the Equus caballus inwards today’s environment. He has been at the forefront of intensive studies carried out on the effects on the Equus caballus of saddles as well as girths using terra firma of the fine art trace per unit of measurement area testing. His past times as well as continuing contribution to the equestrian globe should endure an inspiration for all of us involved amongst horses.

 

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