Hutton Stone have been named Manufacturer of the Year at the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards.

The firm also received a Highly Commended in the SME of the Year Category at the flagship awards event, sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland and organised by the Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce for the fifth successive year.

The awards aims to promote and celebrate the best of Borders business, championing the diversity and achievement of those who operate within the region.

Marcus Paine, Managing Director said: "We were just so excited and extremely proud and honoured to win the Manufacturer of the Year award and also be Highly Commended in SME of the Year Category at the SBCC Business Excellence Awards.


"We are simply so proud to do what we do here in Berwickshire and the Scottish Borders, we are thrilled each time our material from within the Borders is delivered to important projects across the UK.

"We applaud SBCC for an excellent awards ceremony and we are proud to live and work amongst other fabulous businesses in the Scottish Borders."

New chairman of the Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce, Moira Wilson said: "Business Excellence Awards continue to go from strength to strength every year and the Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce are very proud to be associated with them.

"As one of the largest geographical regions in the UK, with one of the smallest populations, our business community is dispersed, which can impact on that feeling of critical mass. However, this community is diverse and innovative and hugely successful, as these awards show. The Scottish Borders certainly knows how to 'do business'."

(MH/JG)