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Springfield Properties honoured by Moray Chamber

ELGIN-BASED Springfield Properties has been honoured by Moray Chamber of Commerce for its investment in the Moray economy.

On Friday (September 18) at Elgin’s Mansefield Hotel Springfield chairman Sandy Adam will accept the 2009 Moray Chamber Business Award at a special dinner of business leaders.

The award, an intricately crafted model of a copper pagoda produced by Moray coppersmiths and fabricators Forsyths of Rothes and sponsored by Moray Council, is the sixth Moray Business Award presented by the Chamber.

It will be handed over my Moray Council Deputy Convener Councillor Allan Wright.

Previous local business winners have included Elgin drinks company Gordon & MacPhail, Baxters of Fochabers, Walkers of Aberlour and Forsyths of Rothes.

Accepting the award Sandy Adam said: "We have worked hard to build Springfield Properties from modest beginnings and are proud to be based and work in the heart of the county bringing employment and new construction to the North of Scotland."

Mr Adam says Springfield is the product of his vision to develop a locally-based company through dedicated investment that promoted Moray. Since he took over the 52-year-old family business, initially as managing director from his late father, Mr Duncan Adam, in 1991 he has built up a record of successful investments that has led to Springfield’s current total of more than 200 directly employed staff in addition to a substantial number of sub-contractors.

Springfield Properties has received a string of major awards in recognition of its quality construction and dynamic management.

Most recently it won a hat-trick of accolades in the face of national competition at the annual Scottish Homes Awards with outright wins for Conversion of the Year, House of the Year and Apartment of the Year.

Springfield’s growth from a small house construction company to today’s major construction player that has seen turnover rise seven-fold to around £30 million since 2002.

Current managing director, Mr John Main, joined the company in 1996 and moved the firm into housebuilding in 1998.

Responding to the Moray Chamber Business Award he said: "This reflects the company’s core philosophy of a team working to the highest standards at every level," he said. "It is tremendous to have won such a prestigious local business award – an accolade that reflects on everyone who works at or for Springfield Properties."