Plan Bee reach top ten of Radio 4 awards

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Plan Bee are buzzing (oh no!!!) after finishing in the Top Ten out of 5,000 entrants into the BBC’s prestigious Food and Farming Awards 2014.

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Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards

Warren Bader, company CEO and chief beekeeper said:

“We’re delighted to have been recognised by the renowned judges in this prestigious competition. For a company in its infancy this is a stunning result. There is a real buzz around what we’re trying to achieve. It’s amazing that so many individuals, so many businesses and so many communities are so interested in taking a proactive stance, not just to give something back to the planet, but to put something into its survival in the first place.”

The BBC Food and Farming Awards were first launched 14 years ago to mark the 20th anniversary of Radio 4’s The Food Programme. The awards now comprise 10 categories ranging from Best Street Food or Takeaway to Outstanding Farmer of the Year.

Plan Bee is already being recognised for its pioneering environmental work and has scooped a number of prestigious awards including the Start Up Awards 2013 and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce ‘Green Champion’ Award ; and was a finalist in the Growing Business Awards, Herald Society Awards and Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards.

It is a Legacy 2014 Commonwealth Games accredited project and has EU Commission recognition. Plan Bee’s clients include civil engineering giants Balfour Beatty and Bam Nuttall; Highland Spring, Glasgow City Council, North Lanarkshire Council and the acclaimed Stobo and Royal Troon Hotels.

Warren Bader concluded:

“It’s been an amazing year so far but we’re not ones to rest on our laurels, we’re busy bees with our next project being a massive crowd-funding scheme to inject fresh investment into the company. The launch of this shares scheme is truly innovative. Movie makers are more and more using crowd-funding to launch independent film productions. But, we want to use it to generate vital funding to play an essential part in protecting the planet and promoting the benefits of bees.”

Further information about Plan Bee Ltd at buzz@planbeeltd.com.

Emma

Emma

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I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.

I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.

We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.

Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.    

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