Ribble Valley Business Awards 2015 scoop for Whalley Hydro

Whalley Community Hydro scooped three awards at the Ribble Valley Business Awards 2015 last night.

“To win three awards shows great confidence in clean, green energy in Ribble Valley,” said
Graham Sowter, Whalley Community Hydro chair, who received the awards at the ceremony.

The top award, the Bowland BioEnergy Award celebrates the ‘best of the best’ as the judges’ criteria says. The winner of this category is ‘a local business that is the most inspiring entry across all categories this year’.

The winner of the Community Business Award is for a social enterprise that has implemented and used innovative practices and approaches to meet community and public service objectives in the past year. Social purpose is at the very heart of their organisation

The winner of the New Business Award is the most successful Ribble Valley business that has started trading since April 2014 demonstrating performance against their initial policy objectives, sound business marketing and financial planning; success in overcoming challenges to drive forward their plans and a team ethos and motivation to meet their business objectives.