Moray Chamber Awards: Mackenzie and Cruickshank wins Social Corporate Responsibility Award
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A FORRES business has received recognition for expansion works that were both sustainable and local.
Mackenzie and Cruickshank built an extension for £750,000 and kept everything local while doing so.
At the Moray Chamber Business Awards on Wednesday, December 6, at The Seafield Arms in Cullen, the company received recognition.
Peter Wilson, owner, said: "We collected this award because when we did the £750,000 extension we took the view of only using people from Moray," he said.
"It achieves so many objectives. It keeps local people employed, stops lorries coming from all over the country and it's money that goes back into the local economy.
"The great thing about Moray is that it has a certain self-sufficiency. We are so far away from things that we have to do things ourselves. I think we proved that we can do it."
Mackenzie and Cruickshank came to Forres 20 years ago when it took over an old call centre.
The business was not the only one celebrated at the awards. The Humble Burger, in Elgin, won Most Promising Enterprise and Small-Medium Enterprise of the Year went to the Seafield Arms Hotel.
RAF Lossiemouth received a special recognition and Lynda Robertson – of Buckie's Pozzi Newsagents – was presented with a surprise Lifetime Achievement Award.
Moray Chamber's CEO Sarah Medcraf was delighted for all five winners, and pleased with the night's success overall.
She said: “We have had a really special evening, and I am delighted we were able to shine the spotlight on so much success across Moray.
"In really difficult times businesses are showing time and time again they can overcome hurdles and flourish."
