Highly commended green business

Last night Christopher and I attended the Lambeth Business Awards 2009 at the Oval cricket ground. It was a great occasion and gave us a chance to meet some really interesting people and find out about more businesses in our borough.

We were nominated in the ‘Best Green Business’ category along with five other businesses:

• Fusion Glass – Architectural glass manufacturer
• Ganesha – Fair trade retailer
• Okido Studio - Magazine publisher
• Solar Century – Solar panel company
• Waterloo Quarter – Business development Alliance

Highly Commended Green Business

Three awards in ascending order were given in each category; commended, highly commended and winner. Top honours in the Green Business category went to Solar Century, a deserving winner since they have been ‘green’ since their inception in 1998. Their win was inspiring for us because they are pioneering company that have thrived not only in the Lambeth/London area but all across Europe. Solar Century also went on to win Lambeth 2009 Business of the Year to complete a great night for them.

We picked up the highly commended award, which we were really happy about. It also gives us a goal for next year to go one better. Fusion Glass got the commended award – another great company with a really interesting product.

So it was good night for Pli with nice food, good conversation and speeches with a good balance between humour and celebration. We would like to thank Lambeth Council and South London Business for putting together the awards and the London Development Agency for sponsoring the Best Green Business award.

The view from Table 12 at the Lambeth Business Awards dinner