On 23 October, the manufacturers’ organisation Make UK named Simply Doughnuts as the runner up in two categories of its annual Manufacturing Awards.
We had actually been shortlisted in three categories of the 2025 regional awards programme:
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Developing Future Talent
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Business Growth and Strategy
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The Manufacturing Impact Award
At the the North West regional dinner, which was held at Crow Wood Hotel & Spa Resort in Burnley, we were declared the runner up in both the ‘Developing Future Talent’ and the ‘Business Growth and Strategy’ categories.
Ahead of the finals, the organisers wrote to all the shortlisted candidates, stating:
“Our judges have scoured hundreds of brilliant applications… Competition to make the next stage has been fierce, and the quality of the entries has been higher than ever.”
Pictured is our chair, Mike Wilson, collecting one of the two runners-up trophies.
Unusually for us, this was the same night as the finals of the Baking Industry Awards in London, where we were short-listed in the ‘Team of the Year’ category.
In the 2024 Make UK Awards, we were a runner up in the Innovation category.
More details of the 2025 event can be found on the Make UK awards website.
