Family Business of the Year Award Winners at Business Eye Awards

AG are extremely proud to have received the ‘highly commended’ award in the overall Family Business of the Year category at the NIE Business Eye Family Business Awards.

The awards ceremony that took place at Culloden Estate & Spa on Thursday 19^th May, hosted over 13 categories covering areas such as Manufacturing, Tourism & Hospitality, Retail and Emerging Business.

Stephen Acheson, AG CEO, said the award was fitting recognition of the work the entire team had put in over recent years to develop new products, grow sales, and build key relationships:

“We are delighted to have been acknowledged by Business Eye at its Family Business of the Year awards. As a third generation Acheson myself, I am very proud of this award and it only further highlights the amazing work everyone at the company does and that our core family values are still evident 60 years on.”

From a single quarry-based outlet back in 1960, AG now employs more than 230 people across eight locations in the UK and Ireland and has an annual turnover of over £27m. Our core values are fundamental to our business and these behaviours are demonstrated by our team across our sites and we are focused on continuously improving each and every core value. Since being established, the Acheson family has worked on the basis that top levels of quality and service are paramount in any successful business.