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MD Darren Crookes scoops up two awards at the East Midlands IoD award ceremony​ in Nottingham last week, including the top prize of Director of the Year.

We were very proud to collect the Mid Market award last week at the East Mids IoD award ceremony on behalf of our MD Darren Crookes, who set up the business over 19 years ago.  We were then even more honoured to go on and collect the overall prize on his behalf too, what an achievement!  Thank you to all of the judges who voted for Darren, it is thoroughly deserved.

List of Winners:

Mid Market: Darren Crookes, Managing Director of Acorn Partitions and Storage Systems Ltd of Lincoln.

Public/Third Sector: Malcolm Barham, Chief Executive, YMCA Lincolnshire of Lincoln.

SME Small: Cuan Forrest,Managing Director, Ellipse Energy Ltd, Leicester.

Family Business Joint Winners: Becky Valentine, Chief Operating Officer, Spenbeck, Nottingham and Steve Miller, Managing Director, The Workplace Depot, Bingham, Notts.

Corporate Governance: Abhai Rajguru, CFO,DBV Finance Ltd, Milton Keynes Business Centre.

SME Medium: Shahid Sheikh OBE, Managing Director, Clifton Packaging Group Ltd, Leicester.

  •  Chris Trigg, Managing Director, Crucis Consultants Ltd, Lincoln.

Young Director: Marc Wileman, Director, Sublime Science, Leicester.