A COMPANY supplying architectural metalwork has been recognised for overcoming the impact of the recession.
Liversedge-based AS Fabrications (UK) Ltd is the latest winner of the Business of the Month Award run by Huddersfield law firm Eaton Smith in association with the Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce and Business Link.
The firm was formed less than two years ago by management of Glentworth Architectural Metalwork, which went into liquidation in May last year – leaving the directors and 40 staff out of work.
Instead of giving up, the management team took over the business just four weeks after their redundancy and by obtaining financial support from HSBC and Yorkshire Forward were able to re-employ 18 of the Glentworth staff.
AS Fabrications have gone from strength to strength – having received massive support from previous suppliers and customers. It has expanded its workforce from 18 to 39 in just 12 months and has introduced its own in-house training schemes.
Mick Fortune, managing director of AS Fabrications, said: “We could not have achieved our present level of success without the confidence and support of our customers, suppliers and funders.
“We consider the Eaton Smith Award to be acknowledgement of all the hard work our management and employees have put in, which has enabled us to achieve our current level of success.”
For details of the award, visit www.eatonsmith.co.uk or contact Ian Greenwood on 01484 821389
