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Hazlewoods were delighted to sponsor the Cotswold Life Family Business Awards, dedicated to celebrating family businesses.

With the Family Business Awards now in their 4th year, the 2016 best family run companies across the Cotswolds have been announced.

Family businesses form the backbone of the British economy and we are lucky enough to have hundreds of them here in the heart of our region. As businesses get bigger to meet increasingly global competition, you might think family businesses are in decline, but we find no evidence of this as our list of great Cotswold family businesses continues to grow.  

Regardless of industry or size of the business, these awards celebrate family companies, their enterprise, success and the people working within them. Nicky Godding, Cotswold Life Business Editor commented, ‘Family run companies are at the forefront of the local economy and we are proud to be celebrating the huge and unique contribution they make to the Cotswold economy’. 

Entry numbers, this year, were the highest ever had. At the judging meeting, partner Ruth Dooley and the others from the selected expert panel debated long and hard to reach the final outcome, with one category so tough judges decided upon two winners. 

The winners below will be recognised in the September issue of Cotswold Life, and will be celebrated at the Family Business Awards winner’s presentation lunch sponsored by ourselves in early September. 

2016 Winners 

Best Start up Family Business 

Fastest Growing Family Business 

Employee of the Year

Family Business Apprentice

Next Generation Family Achiever 

Family Business Long Service Award

Retail Excellence 

Food & Farming Excellence     

Family Business Exporter of the Year  

Family Business Longevity Award

Corporate Social Responsibility

Outstanding Contribution to the local or national economy

Editor's Choice Award

Family Business of the Year 

Severn Valley Woodworks

2016 Judges