Let\u2019s be honest, 2020 was not a year anyone expected. We all faced unprecedented challenges that impacted every person, community and business. As a result the RBA team had to make some tough decisions over the year about how, and even if, there would be an awards year. We realised that many businesses would have more pressing priorities than entering an awards programme, however as the year played out it became apparent that rural was well placed to cope; a resilient and innovative bunch that were open for business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, the RBAs went digital! Our awards entry system allowed for online entries and remote online judging, meaning that all we needed was an online final to announce the winners.\u00a0We even found that we were able to talk to and feature more of our finalists,\u00a0releasing videos across social media\u00a0introducing these companies. In a first for us, our online\u00a0National Final\u00a0featured interviews with all of those shortlisted in the Triumph over Adversity category \u2013 allowing us to share some truly inspiring stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are so thankful that all our entrants took the time to take part in our Awards this year. A big thank you also to our sponsors who backed us all the way and made it possible for us to continue. And not forgetting our compere, Jules Hudson, who did a fantastic job of hosting the online ceremony!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well done for hosting the awards under such difficult circumstances. It has been a very difficult year for us so this makes the award even more special. We are still reeling at winning your first every Sustainability and Environmental Impact Award! So very proud and excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tim Maw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oak Barn, Frame Farm<\/p>\n\n\n\n The online Awards were such a joy and inspiration to watch this year. We were absolutely thrilled to win as it means so very much to all of us here as well as our customers. It has been so heart warming the support from everyone congratulating us on our Awards and we have already enjoyed a spike in sales as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kristina Boulden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Romney Marsh Wools<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are all in a state of shock (in the nicest possible way)! Well done to your team for putting on such a professional online awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ellen Musgrove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Musgrove Willows<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch the National Final where we\u00a0announce our National winners and runners-up across our 13 award categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Find out more about our amazing finalists in the National Final 2021 programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click on the programme to the right to view it in full screen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s be honest, 2020 was not a year anyone expected. We all faced unprecedented challenges that impacted every person, community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruralbusinessawards.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}National Final Presentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n