Edward Naylor Wins National Award

A local businessman has been named a British manufacturing champion after scooping a prestigious national business award at the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards held in London last week. Edward Naylor, CEO at Barnsley-based manufacturer Naylor Industries, took gold in the Leadership Award, sponsored by Liberty House Group, which celebrates the achievements of outstanding manufacturing leaders and the significant contribution they make to their business and to UK manufacturing. Edward, who has worked in manufacturing since 1993, was selected by a panel of judges drawn from business leaders, industry experts and academics. He was up against tough competition from other outstanding leaders from a range of dynamic businesses, small and large, from across the UK. Judges were impressed with the way Edward restructured the family business to look to the future by leading from the front. Naylor Industries is a manufacturer of construction materials- primarily clay and plastic pipes. Edward Naylor, CEO at Naylor Industries, says: “I am truly honoured to have been recognised in this way by my peers. However, this award is as much one for the fantastic team that I work with at Naylor Industries. It’s as much about their efforts as it is about my own and it feels like a huge endorsement of what we have built together.” Douglas Dawson, CEO of Liberty Industries Group, says: “Strong, dynamic and inspiring leadership is at the heart of every successful business. Edward embodies this – he has steered his company to great achievement and demonstrates the skills that enable companies like his to be the driving force of manufacturing and the wider economy. This award is very justly deserved.” For more information about the awards visit: www.eef.org.uk/awards/.