We are thrilled to announce that Warwick Music Ltd have won the Nectar Business Small Business Awards 2013 for Innovation.
The biggest selling trombone of 2012 – pBone, has helped us to beat hundreds of small businesses to win the Innovation of the Year prize and we could not be happier.
The judging panel included star of BBC1’s The Apprentice, Karren Brady. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to receive business advice directly from Karren Brady, at the Nectar Business Round Table event today, which formed part of the Awards ceremony. Karren Brady stated:
“The originality of the pBone really made Warwick Music stand out. What a fantastically fun product that allows more people to afford to learn a musical instrument; no wonder it has already turned into a global brand with further potential for both short- and long-term growth.”
For those of you who don’t know, we manufacture pBone – the world’s first plastic trombone. We have won the award for the sheer originality of its product. pBone was the biggest selling trombone of 2012 and we have sold 90,000 pBones to date.
The prize money and Nectar points will be used to help launch a new stream of pBone educational workshops in schools throughout the UK, as well as helping to reduce international travel cost with Nectar travel partners.
The judging panel included business experts; Karren Brady, Nectar Marketing Director, James Frost, Brakes Marketing Director, David Hughes and Chris Li, founder of Luxury For Less and winner of the Nectar Business Small Business of the Year Award 2012.
We have recently been announced finalist in this year’s National Business Awards and just this week for two categories in the Birmingham Post Business Awards – which we are thrilled about - so to go on to win the Nectar Business Award is such an honour.
We have to wait a bit longer to find out about the National Business Awards and the Post Business Awards 2013 which will take place later this year.
