Sara Phillips of Majestic Trees landed the MorePeople sales professional of the year at last month’s annual Grower of the Year Awards.
Phillips joined the company seven years ago and proved a “pivotal” figure in the growth of the commercial tree nursery.
MorePeople sponsored the award for the fifth year in a row and congratulated Phillips on the win. It also paid tribute to the National Farmers’ Union-sponsored Young Grower of the Year award, Paul Simmonds of Cornerways Nursery, who the company helped on to the ladder.
In a statement, MorePeople said: “One of the perennial questions we have been asked ever since we started our business in 2000 is - where is all the bright young talent that the industry needs for a healthy future going to come from?
“Ever since we placed Paul as a raw graduate in December 2004 we have known that if we could clone a few like him every year we would have had a ready-made answer to that annual query
“So congratulations to Paul on his success and also well done to Nigel Bartle at Cornerways for recognising that, just like the plants they produce, even the brightest young talents can’t reach their potential without some nurturing and investment. So could it also be coincidental that Paul has just completed the class-leading MorePerformance Leadership Development Programme?”
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