Business Action August / September 2019

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Tom Bond with his Devon and Cornwall Care Home Manager Silver Award
Tom Bond, manager of West
Heanton, the Buckland Filleigh
care home providing sheltered
housing and domiciliary home
care, has won the Devon and
Cornwall Care Home Manager
Silver Award 2019.
Tom and his wife Hayley
attended the awards ceremony
knowing only that a member
of staff had nominated him for
the award.
“I’m overjoyed to receive
this accolade,” says Tom. “None
of it would be possible without
the great team supporting me
at West Heanton.”
Established by Tom’s
grandparents, Syd and Phyllis
Martin, he now runs the
business with great aplomb,
innovation and vision.
Administration manager
Mindy Duly explains that their
services assist 60+ families in
the area, including residential
and domiciliary care (care in
the community services), meals
on wheels and day care centre.
Future plans include
increasing rooms from 23 to 26
and building a new all‐purpose
reception and activities hall.
They continue to train and
develop their staff with Acacia
Training and Development and
are always looking to increase
their team of 100.
Acacia’s programme
manager, Sue Lynne, recently
enrolled three more members
of staff on to apprenticeships.
She is delighted for the team,
saying: “There is always a warm
welcome at West Heanton, with
smiling happy staff and content
clients. It is a pleasure to work
with Tom and his team, a very
supportive employer of his
staff and Acacia as a training
provider. We have worked with
Tom and his team since 2014
and have seen the company
develop over the years.”
The team recently received
CQC Good for its domiciliary
care services and a 5-star environmental
health rating.
Professor Jim Norton, one
of Applegate’s non-executive
directors, has been awarded an
OBE for services to engineering
and the digital economy.
Jim Norton says: “I am
delighted by the national
recognition for my contributions
to the digital economy
and am continuing to support
that work through the innovation
in e-Procurement being
pioneered by Applegate.”
Among many other roles,
Jim was for 18 years an
external member of the Board
of the UK Parliament’s Office
of Science and Technology
and is a Fellow of the UK
Royal Academy of Engineering
– bringing a wealth
of knowledge and experience
to the board of Applegate as a
technology business.
Kelly Williams, sales and
marketing director at Savona
Foodservice in Ilfracombe, has
been shortlisted as a finalist
in one of the national IGD
Awards categories.
The awards celebrate the
biggest and best achievements
in the UK FMCG industry
and the national winners will
be announced at the awards
ceremony at London’s Tobacco
Dock, London on 7 November.
Kelly is one of four finalists
from across the country in
the Leading Light category as
someone who’s made a real
difference within her role over
the past year. Her recent key
Applegate chief executive
Stuart Brocklehurst
commented: “Jim’s OBE is
richly deserved. Few people
have done more for the
engineering sector and the
UK’s digital ecosystem. His
contributions to our Board are
invaluable, we’re delighted to
have him working with us.”
achievements include: sustainability
and managing route
consolidation to reduce the
company’s carbon footprint,
securing major contracts, exhibition
relocation success, online
ordering and re-branding.
Kelly has made a measurable
difference to the business,
consumers and the wider
industry, and has plans to grow
the company in the future.
Judges looked for evidence
of: how candidates performed
over and above their normal
job role, desirable behaviours
and / or use of their skills, and
how their achievements have
made a difference.
20 business action | August / September 2019 | business-action.co.uk