Integra Announces 2022 Award Winners
Integra is delighted to announce its ‘Member Award’ winners for 2022, who were all presented with their awards during the ‘Strength Through Unity’ National Conference held at the Hilton Hotel, St George’s Park, on 17th November. Congratulations to Integra’s 2022 ‘Member of the Year’ Awards winners:
Alliance Division: Pentland Format Office Supplies
Directory Division: Ace Office
Gold Division: Bishops
Over 200 industry colleagues joined Integra at a black-tie Gala dinner to celebrate the winning members together with the group’s 25th Anniversary.
Legendary footballer, Kevin Keegan, joined Aidan McDonough, Integra’s CEO, to present the prestigious awards at what was, a spectacular evening of entertainment and celebration.
Aidan McDonough comments “Our 2022 member award winners have all demonstrated exceptional service to customers and outstanding support to the group including the Initiative own brand and our key partners, most of whom joined us to congratulate them on the night.
It is a pleasure to be able to present these awards to recognise members and their teams who work so hard to make their businesses a success.”
ACCO Brands Announced Manufacturer of the Year
Integra Business Solutions has announced ACCO Brands as the group’s ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ at its ‘Strength Through Unity’ National Conference held at The Hilton, St George’s Park. The award, voted for by members, was presented to the team by Aidan McDonough, Integra’s CEO, and sporting legend, Kevin Keegan.
Over 200 industry colleagues joined together to celebrate Integra’s award winners and the group’s 25 year anniversary in what was a fantastic evening of entertainment and celebration.
Other nominees for this award were DAMS and Henkel who both scored highly for innovative products and great service.
Mark Wilkinson, ACCO Brands’ Regional Vice President for UK & Ireland, comments “The Integra Conference was a fantastic day and evening at an inspirational venue. It was great to see so many dealers and faces from the industry supporting Integra and its members.
Events like this show that the dealer channel is still in good health and that with the support of Integra and vendors alike, we hope they will continue to be in good health for many years to come.
Thanks to the Integra team for hosting the event and to members for ACCO Brands ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ award.”
Aidan McDonough adds “This is a fantastic achievement for the team at ACCO Brands who continue to provide members with an innovative product range together with excellent service and fantastic marketing solutions. Thank you on behalf of the group for your ongoing support.”
JGBM Announced Distributor of the Year
Integra Business Solutions has awarded JGBM with the ‘Distributor of the Year’ award at the recent ‘Strength Through Unity’ National Conference held at the Hilton Hotel, St George’s Park, on 17th November.
John George, JGBM’s Managing Director, comments “We’re delighted to have been awarded ‘Distributor of the Year’ for 2022 by Integra. It’s particularly meaningful for us because it’s voted for by members and as such is a lovely testament to the team we have at JGBM”
Aidan McDonough adds “JGBM provides members with a fantastic product and service proposition that continually evolves to align with market trends and the challenges dealers are facing. Congratulations to the team at JGBM on your hard work and dedication, and as well-deserved winners of this award.”
JGBM celebrated with over 200 industry colleagues at the ‘Strength Through Unity’ Gala Dinner, receiving this prestigious award from Aidan McDonough and special guest, Kevin Keegan. During the evening Integra and guests raised a fantastic £2500 for Unicef during a Charity Raffle.
Rocketbook voted product of the Show
Integra was delighted to present Kristian Danielson, Key Account Manager at BIC, with its 2022 ‘Product of the Show’ Award for the ‘Rocketbook’. Members visiting exhibitors during the ‘Strength Through Unity’ National Conference were asked to vote for the best product featured on the day with BIC beating fierce competition!
Kristian comments “The exhibition was fantastic and extremely well attended by proactive dealers who were keen to see new product innovation and engage with suppliers.
It was a pleasure to demonstrate the ‘Rocketbook’, an eco-futuristic product due for launch in January 2023, and I am extremely happy to accept this award on behalf of the team at BIC. Thank you to everyone who voted.”
Aidan McDonough, Integra’s CEO, adds “The ‘Rocketbook’ received an overwhelming response from members with Kris going above and beyond to show its many features and benefits. We look forward to its arrival in January and wish BIC every success. As a sustainable alternative, it is another exciting sales and margin opportunity for members.”
Kristian received the ‘Product of the Show’ award, kindly sponsored by VOW, from Aidan and special guest, Kevin Keegan, at Integra’s ‘Strength Through Unity’ Gala Dinner.
Wendy Goodman, Beeswift, Announced Account Manager of the Year
Wendy Goodman, Business Development Manager at Beeswift, has been awarded Account Manager of the Year Award by Integra.
Wendy was presented with her award by Integra’s CEO, Aidan McDonough, and sport legend, Kevin Keegan, at the group’s recent ‘Strength Through Unity’ National Conference and comments:
“Thank you so much, I really am delighted to have received this. It was a truly fabulous event, the engagement of members during the exhibition was really encouraging. Darren’s PPE session also went down well and led to conversations about starting relationships with Beeswift – which is what it was all about! Together with the fun and games on Wednesday night, and the amazing Gala Dinner and Awards evening, we really couldn’t have asked for a better 2 days. I can’t wait for next years!”
Allison Fishlock, Integra’s Purchasing Director, adds “Wendy has been instrumental in making our partnership with Beeswift already such a great success. It has exceeded expectations and this is primarily down to Wendy’s proactive approach with members. Thank you to Wendy and the team at Beeswift for all your hard work in supporting our members.”
