Family Business Awards 2015 Winners Presentation

PUBLISHED: 09:57 08 January 2016 | UPDATED: 09:57 08 January 2016

Photographs by Carl Hewlett/TWM

The awards ready to be handed over to the winners

Out of over 300 across the region, last year 16 family businesses were presented with awards by Cotswold Life’s commercial director, Tim Thurston

Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the Cotswold Economy Award

Howard Tenens, Gloucestershire winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the Cotswold Economy Award

Carl Reeve of Data Plastics, Oxfordshire winner of the Next Generation Family Achiever

Paul Bence of George Bence Group, Gloucestershire winner of the Next Generation Family Achiever Award, collected by Matt Bence

Millets Farm, Oxfordshire winner of the Rural Family Business Award

Cotswold Farm Park, Gloucestershire winner of the Rural Family Business Award

Symm, Oxfordshire winner of the Longevity Award

G A Baker, Gloucestershire winner of the Longevity Award

Tibbetts, Oxfordshire winner of the Exporter of the Year Award

Robert Welch, Gloucestershire winner of the Exporter of the Year Award

Aston & James, Oxfordshire winner of the Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Peter Hickman, Gloucestershire winner of the Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Poeton, Gloucestershire winner of the Innovation and Enterprise Award

Salter's Steamers, Oxfordshire winner of the Family Business of the Year Award

Badham Pharmacy, Gloucestershire winner of the Family Business of the Year Award

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