We're Bowled Over
ScotAsh celebrated a hat-trick of prestigious awards in June. Managing Director Peter Quinn collected two Big Ticks at the Scottish Business in the Community Awards in Glasgow on 5th June. The following week, on Friday 13th June, the company received a Queen's Award for Enterprise, in the Sustainable Development category, from Her Majesty the Queen's representative, Mrs Margaret Dean, the Lord-Lieutenant of Fife.
Special occasion: ScotAsh Managing Director Peter Quinn receives the Queen's Award for Enterprise crystal bowl and certificate from the Lord-Lieutenant of Fife, Mrs Margaret Dean
ScotAsh staff and their guests enjoyed a magical day on 13th June to celebrate their Queen's Award. The Award, the only one in the Sustainable Development category to be given in Scotland this year, was presented to ScotAsh Managing Director Peter Quinn by Mrs Margaret Dean, the Lord- Lieutenant of Fife.
Also attending on the day were more than 60 invited guests including Lord Charles Bruce, Dunfermline and West Fife MP Willie Rennie, representatives from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, key customers and senior managers from ScotAsh's parent companies, ScottishPower and Lafarge Cement UK.
The company was also delighted to welcome Carlos Fernandez Briones, Iberdrola's Head of Environment, from Madrid and research and development partners including representatives from Proficio Technology and the Contaminated Land Assessment and Research Centre. Piper Gordon Bruce from the world-class ScottishPower Pipe Band was on hand to pipe guests into the marquee, providing a rousing start to the day.
ScotAsh Managing Director Peter Quinn welcomed guests and gave a short presentation, outlining some of the company's key achievements, which include selling more than 3.5 million tonnes of products in the last five years - and breaking through the million tonne sales barrier for the first time last year. Peter explained what makes ScotAsh products sustainable - they conserve primary aggregates, save CO2 emissions and avoid the need to dispose of ash to landfill.
Safe pair of hands: Stuart Jackson with ScotAsh's 2005 and 2008 Queen's Award bowls
In the last five years, he said, ScotAsh had saved 3.5 million tonnes of primary aggregates, 180,000 tonnes of CO2 and avoided the need to landfill more than three million tonnes of ash.
He added that as well as creating environmental benefits, ScotAsh was financially successful - the company makes money and supports jobs.
In the period from 2003 to 2007 Peter said that ScotAsh's turnover had doubled, profit had quadrupled and sales volumes had increased by 500%. Since 1999, when ScotAsh was formed, the workforce had trebled.
Peter also gave an outline of some of the projects ScotAsh has supplied products to during the last few years.
These included Black Law and Whitelee windfarms, the Glendoe hydro-electric project, various wastewater treatment plants, a Tesco distribution centre at Bathgate and a tunnel project for United Utilities at Barrow in Furness.
Peter's presentation was followed by a short film, in which staff spoke from the heart about how ScotAsh combines a continual quest for excellence and good results with a great team spirit, a caring family atmosphere, opportunities for personal development and inspirational leadership.
Staff and their guests then enjoyed lunch, provided by Airth Castle Hotel, with music played by talented harpist Helen McLeod before the ceremonial part of the day.
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