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Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards Ceremony 2008
Six QPA staff and Gwil Neal from the BLA attended the Trade Association
Forum Best Practice Awards on Thursday 24 July at the Intercontinental
Hotel, Park Lane.
The Award ceremony came on the back of some serious work which
had gone into preparing the BLA's website to be judged by the
five strong panel. Sandi Toksvig, who has appeared on several
current affairs and comedy programmes, hosted the event.
The QPA applied for seven awards for which three of the entries
were shortlisted and reached the final, they included; the Electronic
Communications Award, the Environmental Initiative Award and the
BLA's entry for the Best Website of the Year Award.
Despite losing out to the Recruitment and Employment Federation
in the Best Website of the Year Award, the BLA remain overjoyed
with the standing quality of the site and the fact that its monthly
visitor numbers have increased by 100% since its initial launch
in May. Both the QPA and BLA have agreed to come back in 2009
determined to win more awards to add to the already impressive
collection.
QPA Showcase 08 - Spotlight on an Essential Industry
The QPA Showcase and Restoration Awards, which took place on
3 July at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, has received excellent
feedback. Over 470 guests from the industry and key stakeholders
attended. This issues-driven event, hosted by Krishnan Guru-Murthy
focussed on hot topics such as sustainable construction, responsible
sourcing and QPA's new industry-wide biodiversity initiative.
Features included filmed interviews with figureheads from key
sectors and the QPA team; live presentations by the QPA Chairman
and the Chief Executive of the RSPB; as well as the Newsround
- a whirlwind tour of the latest activities on the ground. Hanson's
Otley Quarry walked away with the first prize in the Restoration
Awards, for creating a first-class nature reserve, and Eton Aggregates
won the Chairman's Trophy for their restoration project to create
Dorney Lake - an Olympic standard rowing lake.
Another highlight was the launch of a new eductaional video by
QPA, starring none other than Keith Chegwin, which is designed
to raise awareness amongst tomorrows generation of the essential
role played by quarry products in daily life. To watch the video,
click below:
Keith
Chegwin - Product Focus.
Ecobuild
Over 24,000 visitors, 500 exhibitors and 500 speakers participated in Ecobuild 2008, the world’s biggest event dedicated to sustainable design, construction and the built environment. The event provided over a dozen new attractions – practical, hands on experience and expert advice on numerous construction products and their sustainable values.
Representatives from the BLA were exhibiting at the event, promoting Singleton Birch’s British made Natural Hydraulic Lime, Tarmac Ltd and Tradical® Hemcrete® - a company that is comprised of Lhoist, Lime Technology, Castle Cement and Hemcore.
Hear what the members had to say about Ecobuild:
Steve Foster - Lime Sales Manager, Singleton Birch
“Ecobuild seems to be growing in popularity year on year. Singleton Birch were supporting Ty-Mawr, who are one of our major stockholders for Natural Hydraulic Lime, lime putty, lime mortars and limewash. The market demand for environmentally responsible building is increasing rapidly and this is reflected in the fact that attendee numbers were excellent and Singleton Birch / Ty- Mawr received a large number of visitors and enquiries.”
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