Buxton scoops industry's top honour in the PrintWeek Awards

Buxton Press scooped the biggest award in print last night, when the Derbyshire-based company secured the coveted Company of the Year crown at the PrintWeek Awards.

"We’re absolutely over the moon," said Buxton chairman and chief executive Bernard Galloway.

One of the night’s other big winners was First 4 Print Finishing, which was named SME of the Year for an unprecedented second year running.

"I’ll be honest, we’re absolutely delighted and shocked – we couldn’t have done it without the support of our staff and very loyal customer base. It’s was a shock last year to win and winning again this year was just incredible," said First 4 managing director David Nestor.

However, in terms of the biggest trophy hauls, Park Communications and Pureprint Group topped the rankings, both scoring impressive doubles with the former securing Environmental Company of the Year and Customer Service Team of the Year and the latter Fine Art Printer of the Year and Brochure Printer of the Year.

More than 900 industry luminaries attended the glittering event at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, which was hosted by top comedian Fred MacAulay. As part of the celebrations, The Printing Charity raised over £6,400 in its annual prize draw.

For more details on the 24 category winners, click on the links below:

Company of the Year

SME of the Year 

Cross-media Company of the Year 

Environmental Company of the Year 

Customer Service Team of the Year 

Trainee of the Year 

Post-press Company of the Year 

Catalogue Printer of the Year 

Packaging Printer of the Year 

Digital Printer of the Year 

Fine Art Printer of the Year 

Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year

Report & Accounts Printer of the Year 

Brochure Printer of the Year 

Creative Repro Company of the Year 

Book Printer of the Year 

Direct Mail Printer of the Year 

Business Magazine Printer of the Year 

Label Printer of the Year 

Point-of-Purchase Printer of the Year 

Customer Magazine Printer of the Year 

Newspaper Printer of the Year 

Poster Printer of the Year 

Social Stationery Printer of the Year