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Our awards
Here at The Specials Laboratory, we’re quite a quiet bunch. We just get on with things and deliver a first-class service to all of our customers.
Saying that, over the past few years we’ve gained some external recognition for our hard work from various acclaimed industry and regional bodies. This has in-turn led to a number of prestigious award nominations, award wins and acknowledgement of high standards.
It’s fair to say our trophy cabinet is certainly more impressive than our local ‘big’ football club down the road in Newcastle…although that’s not necessarily a massive achievement! Anyway, please see below for the list of awards and standards we are very proud to have been awarded -
2010
- North East Business Awards - Company of the Year for Tyneside and Northumberland – Winner (March 2010)
- North East Business Awards - Manufacturer of the Year for Tyneside and Northumberland – Winner (March 2010)
- North East Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Awards 2010 – shortlisted for the Developing People Award (February 2010)
2009
- Customer is King Awards 2010 - shortlisted as one of the top 40 companies in the UK (February 2010)
- Cels Business for Life Awards 2009 – shortlisted for Outstanding Growth Award (November 2009)
- Northumberland Business Awards 2009 – shortlisted for Employer of the Year Award (October 2009)
- Northumberland Business Awards 2009 – shortlisted for Employer of the Year Award (October 2009)
- Future Manufacturing Awards 2009 – runner-up for the Business Growth Award - North East November 2009)
- Fastest 50 Awards 2009 – named the North-East’s 15th fastest growing company (October 2009)
- Investors in People - awarded Silver status (September 2009)
- Jack Charlton Young Employee of the Year Award for 2009 - Gail Johnson of The Specials Laboratory (August 2009)
- Sunday Times Best Companies to work for 2009 – commended as ‘One to Watch’ (December 2008)
Pre-2008
- International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Awards – winner (November 2007)
- National Training Award – North East Winner (October 2007)
- NEPIC Young Achiever of the Year Award for the Pharmaceutical Sector - winner Sharon Griffiths MD of The Specials Laboratory (2007)
- Sunday Time Fast Track 100 – 78th fastest growing company in the UK
- Tyneside and Northumberland Business of the Year 2004 – small business winner (April 2004)
- North East Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards – winner Fiona Cruickshank MD of The Specials Laboratory (2003)
- North East Small Business of the Year – winner (2003)
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