Fife Business Awards – Medium Sized Business Award

We were delighted to pick up the Medium Sized Business Award on Friday night at the Fife Business Awards 2024. This award is a testament to the hard work the team have put in over the past year and we’re delighted to receive recognition of this.

CEO & Founder Alistair commented; “We are absolutely delighted to win the Medium Business Award and it’s tremendous recognition for the team over the last 12 months.  We have invested in our people, expanded the size of our team and moved into new office space.  We work with some amazing businesses across  the country and the team have helped create a positive workplace culture. They deserve this recognition.”

We’d also like to highlight the other three nominees, who are all, individually, great businesses:

The Real Fresh Chip Company

Jessop Jewellers

Furniture Plus

We’re sure to see them at future award ceremonies!

This award win highlights the growth of The HR Booth as a business. Back in 2021, we won the Small Business Award at the Courier Business Awards. Fast forward three years and we have won the Medium Business Award at the Fife Business Awards.

To our team;

Every single one of you has played your part this in award.  I am grateful to have such a brilliant team and genuinely good people working in our business.  You all have our clients best interests at heart along with The HR Booth and I appreciate all that you do.  You all deserve this award.

We could not have done it without all your support, which moves us on nicely to our final point.

To our clients;

Thank you for all your support and trusting us to look after your people needs.  We have loved working with every single one of you and we’re excited to see what the future holds!

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