ROCCO 2012 Winners Announced
Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce 9th Annual Business Awards
The annual business awards of Renfrewshire Chamber, The ROCCOs, now in their 9th year, took place at the Cosmopolitan Normandy Hotel on Friday 16th November. The sell-out crowd of 480 witnessed 15 ROCCO awards presented on the night and helped raised over £11K for charities and good causes. Hosted by Fred MacAulay, the ROCCOs are known as a positive, feel good event and regarded as one of the best corporate events in Scotland.
The Winners from ROCCO 2012 were:
1) ROCCO Award for Employer of the Year sponsored by Rolls Royce – Phoenix Car Company
2) ROCCO Award for Invest in Renfrewshire sponsored by Renfrewshire Council – Fission Creative
3) ROCCO Award for Third Sector Recognition sponsored by Engage Renfrewshire & The Royal Bank of Scotland – The Star Project
4) ROCCO Award for Most Promising New Business sponsored by Renfrewshire Council – Meso
5) ROCCO Award for Excellence in Manufacturing sponsored by the Scottish Leather Group – Life Technologies
6) ROCCO Award for International Trade sponsored by Glasgow Airport – Chivas Brothers
7) ROCCO Award for Family Business of the Year sponsored by The Malcolm Group – Gillies Gas Services
8) ROCCO Award for Young Business Person of the Year sponsored by Reid Kerr College – Nick Cohen, PCR Business
9) ROCCO Award for Excellence in Customer Service sponsored by Braehead – Glasgow Airport
10) ROCCO Award for Journey to Zero Waste sponsored by The William Tracey Group – Scottish Leather Group
11) ROCCO Award for Innovation & Technology sponsored by Hillington Park Innovation Centre – Meso
12) ROCCO Award for Outstanding Performing Business >25 employees sponsored by Phoenix Car – The Malcolm Group
13) ROCCO Award for Outstanding Performing Business
14) ROCCO Award for Business Leader of the Year sponsored by Diageo – Iain McFadyen, MD Scottish Leather Group
15) Special ROCCO Award to Colin Neill Chamber Director and Supply Chain Director with Diageo retiring after 30+ years’ service
Commenting on the event chamber president Tom Johnston said “thank you again to all our sponsors and members for supporting our 9th ROCCO Awards. We have received some great feedback, which is great to hear – as ROCCO is a year in the making by the Chamber team. Anyone involved in large events such as the quality of ROCCO knows how much work and effort goes into making it a great night”.
Bob Davidson, chamber chief exec’ further commented “I encourage all winners to maximise the positive PR from winning a prestigious ROCCO. We had our highest ever number of entries and competition was extremely tough, so reaching the final and winning is a great achievement”
“….for ROCCO 2012 we made a number of changes; we refreshed and updated all the categories and increased the number of awards from 11 to 14. We also commissioned a brand new ROCCO award trophy designed and manufactured in Renfrewshire by chamber members and ROCCO winners – Meso”
All the pics from the event can be viewed on the Renfrewshire Chamber facebook page
