EMPD 2024 Event Highlights
The best of the East Midlands' property sector was celebrated at Insider's annual awards evening. A dozen projects, people and businesses were crowned winners at the East Midlands Property Dinner. The event, in its 24th year, was attended by more than 400 people at East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham.
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00:00Hello, I'm Ian Griffin, Deputy Editor of Midlands Business Insider, and tonight I'm at the East
00:13Midlands property dinner here in Nottingham. It's in its 24th year, it's a complete sell-out
00:19once again, and we've got 12 fantastic awards to give out. It's going to be a great night.
00:26In the East Midlands we have a central location in the UK and great communication links. We've
00:31got a diverse economy and a history of manufacturing in a wide range of industries, and some highly
00:36ranked and progressive universities. All of this creates opportunities for the property
00:40industry, and the industry continues to evolve along with changes in consumer behaviour, shifts
00:47in preferences for where people want to work and live, and also more focus on things such
00:52as ESG. So this year in the awards entries, we saw examples of how the region's developers,
00:58contractors and consultants use the latest skills in design, engineering and construction
01:04methodology to produce industry-leading projects. All in all, another great year for the region.
01:10It's been great to be part of the judging panel again this year, and have the opportunity
01:14to read some really brilliant submissions for the various different categories that
01:18we see. It's fair to say I think that the challenges that we have as a region, to actually
01:24get schemes that are not only high quality and sustainable but also viable, is ever increasing.
01:32So again, it is a real pleasure to see the quality of the submissions and the award winners
01:37tonight.
01:38Hello, I'm David Cockcroft, I'm Regional Director of Harworth Group, and we are delighted to
01:44have won tonight the Developer of the Year Award. For us, it's been a long slog, but
01:50it's been a really rewarding prospect. We've worked with local authorities who want to
01:55create development, and we are delighted to be here tonight and celebrating the fact that
02:00we've actually won Developer of the Year, and it shows that our efforts have been successful.
02:06Hi Ian, I'm Josh Dickerson, Director of Place at BWE Consulting. It's a real privilege to
02:11win the Emerging Property Person of the Year at the East Midlands Property Dinner tonight.
02:14I'd just like to say thank you to all the people that nominated me at BWBE, and for
02:18bringing me forward to this award.
02:20Hi, I'm Liz Cartwright from Cartwright Communications. I'm thrilled to bits to win the Outstanding
02:28Achievement Award. I think that the East Midlands is a fantastic place, it's where I built my
02:37business, and I think I'm really chuffed also, not just for me but my team, and also for
02:44the marketing professionals out there, because we're so often in the background, we're the
02:50backroom boys, or girls, and it's brilliant to be noted in this way.