Edward Naylor wins prestigious award at The Yorkshire Business Awards 2023

11th December 2023

The Queens Hotel, Leeds recently hosted The Yorkshire Business Awards 2023 organised by Yorkshire Children’s Charity in support of its work.

This prestigious event saw Edward Naylor, CEO of Barnsley based Naylor Industries named as The Business Leader of the Year.

He said: “I’m absolutely thrilled to accept this award on behalf of our fantastic team. Not many family businesses make it into the fourth generation and it’s thanks to a huge team effort that we have reached our 133rd year whilst still growing and prospering. We’re really grateful to the judges for acknowledging all our hard work.”

The event was compered by Isabel Webster of GB News while speakers included Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins star Jason Fox and BBC’s The Apprentice star and business mogul, Linda Plant.

Over £182,000 was raised from the event and this money will go towards supporting the work of the charity, which has seen a 300 increase in applications for its Christmas Campaign this year.

Charlotte Farrington, CEO at Yorkshire Children’s Charity said: “Yorkshire is the third worst region in the UK for child poverty, and the cost-of-living crisis is only making things even more difficult for families in our area.