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DFI scoops High Sheriff’s Award for Enterprise

More than 300 guests gathered at Chester Racecourse to celebrate the High Sheriff of Cheshire Enterprise Awards, hosted by the High Sheriff of Cheshire, Kathy Cowell, and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Chester, Professor Tim Wheeler. The guest speaker was New York Times best-selling author, consultant, educator, broadcaster, former NBA star, and elite psychologist, John Amaechi OBE.

Direct Food Ingredients scooped the overall prize High Sheriff’s Award for Enterprise 2016/17, sponsored by Cheshire and Warrington LEP, LDF and O2. Judges were looking for an organisation that had achieved outstanding commercial success and sustainable growth for this prestigious award.

Direct Food Ingredients is located in Macclesfield and is an established leader in the import and distribution of food and nutritional ingredients. Steve Loake, Managing Director of Direct FoodIngredients, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have won the High Sheriff’s Award for Enterprise, particularly after our record year in 2016. It is fantastic recognition for all the hard work and dedication that our staff provide to our customers on a day-to-day basis and the award will certainly take pride of place in our reception.”

Direct Food Ingredients wins a place on the University of Chester’s MBA programme, for an appropriately qualified member of staff, worth £10,000.

Kathy Cowell, the High Sheriff of Cheshire, said: “It was a delight to host these business awards and to see the range of companies who entered – we had entries from a range of businesses who are geographically dispersed across the county and of varying sizes. Despite fundamental differences in these companies, there were some clear recurring themes throughout the companies, such as standards, quality, total focus on the customer and passion and it was lovely to celebrate these businesses.”

For more information on Direct Food Ingredients go to www.directfood.net

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