BALPPA recently held its inaugural FEC Excellence Awards at Drayton Manor Hotel.
This event celebrated excellence within the leisure industry for FEC and Indoor Play operators, providing an opportunity for BALPPA Members and non-Members to nominate others or self nominate their business across seven categories of awards.
The winners
Food and Beverage – Safari MK (Gold); Time Twisters (Silver); Hickory Dickory Playhouse (Bronze)
Attraction under 6,000 square feet – The Bubbles Factory (Gold)
Attraction 6,000 square feet – 12,000 square feet – Head Over Heels, Chorlton (Gold);
Cheeky Monkeys (Silver); ScallyWags (Bronze)
Attraction over 12,000 square feet – Hobbledown (Gold); Kidspace Croydon (Silver); Brean Play (Bronze)
Employee of Excellence – Claire Morton, Web Adventure (Gold); Jazmine Harris, Partyman World (Silver); Mark Brooks, West Midlands Safari Park (Bronze)
FEC Trade Supplier – Teddy Mountain (Gold); Regency Purchasing (Silver); Vimto (Bronze)
One to Watch (non BALPPA Member) – Jungleland (Gold); Kidzplay (Silver); Chucklebutties (Bronze)
More than 200 people attended the Awards at Drayton Manor, with BALPPA CEO, Paul Kelly in charge of the proceedings welcoming up the sponsor of each category to present the bronze, silver and gold awards to the winners.