| Bryan Glastonbury will now compete in the EY's UK Entrepreneur of the Year awards helpd in October |
Bryan Glastonbury, Managing Director of Integral UK was named an award winner in the business services category at EY’s London & South Entrepreneur of the Year awards recently. Bryan will go on to compete as a finalist in the National awards in October.
Bryan confirmed that by recognising the turnaround and growth in the business the judges were rewarding the whole Integral team. He stated that “the judges acknowledged the fact that we had developed a very strong management team to manage a workforce of nearly 3,000 staff and they could see a robust succession plan”.
Integral is one of the UK’s leading technical services providers delivering bespoke solutions for 24/7 planned and reactive building maintenance. The judges were impressed with Bryan’s business background and said he “dramatically raised service standards and turned a loss-making business around to achieve sustainable long-term growth.”
Richard Jones, EY’s senior partner in Bristol said “Bryan has turned his business around from loss-making into profit and successfully carried out a management buy-out. He was then able to further develop his business through managed acquisitions and organic growth.”
Bryan Glastonbury now joins 12 other finalists from the evening who will compete, along with the winners of other regional heats held previously in Scotland, the North and Midlands, to become EY’s UK Entrepreneur of the Year awards to be held in October.
Other winners on the night at the London & South awards included:
- Lloyd Dorfman of Travelex – named London & South Overall Entrepreneur of the Year 2013
- Charles Rolls and Tim Warrillow of Fever Tree
- Mark Howling of Pulsant
- Alex Chesterman of Zoopla Property Group
- Jenny Holloway of Fashion Enter
- Rebecca Clarke of Astley Clarke
- Jose Neves of Farfetch
- Joe Murray and Richard Tucker of Worldstores
- Andrew Lynch of SPP
- Ross Williams of Global Personals
- Robin Grant and Nathan McDonald of We are Social
- Bill Collis of The Foundry
The independent judging panel in London & South for 2013 comprised of: Richard Moon, Chairman of Acal Plc; Rosaleen Blair, Chief Executive Officer of Alexander Mann Solutions; Alan Howarth, Chairman of Cerillion Technologies; Nick Jenkins, Found of Moonpig.com; Ian Jones, Partner at Apax Partners; Robin Klein, Venture Partner at Index Ventures; David Levin, Chief Executive of UBM plc; Jonathan McKay, Chairman of Justgiving; Stephen Murphy, Chairman of The Garden Centre Group, Jumeirah Group and The Learning Clinic Ltd; Sara Murray, Chief Executive Officer of Buddhi.
The EY Entrepreneur of the Year programme, sponsored by Credit Suisse, celebrates leading entrepreneurs across the UK, who have demonstrated the innovation, creativity and tenacity to succeed despite the tough economic environment.