The CleanEvent Services annual conference, held on 18th October at Birmingham City Football Club, was kicked off by our CEO Tomas Gronager, sharing the company vision and our focus on entrepreneurial spirit.
The entrepreneurial theme was continued by our keynote speaker, Edin Basic, who shared how he had embraced opportunity on his journey from refugee to millionaire. Edin spoke little English when he fled the Balkan conflict in 1992, but after working in restaurants, set up the first branch of the pizza company Firezza with his business partner. The business was sold to Pizza Express in February, with Edin continuing as MD – what an inspirational story.
In the afternoon, everyone participated in a workshop session to help shape the future of CleanEvent Services in its key markets of sports, leisure, entertainment and retail venues.
Our annual awards ceremony concluded the business day, with a social dinner in the evening.
Our award winners included:
Event of the Year: Joint winners Grand National 2016 and Le Tournoi (French Open at Roland Garros)
Large Venue of the Year: Arsenal Football Club
Medium Venue of the Year: Lilywhite House
Team of the Year: Haydock Park
Venue Centre Manage of the Year: Rod Callender, Eastgate Shopping Centre
Employee of the Year: Tania Santos, Worcester Racecourse
Supervisor of the Year: Laxmi Limbu, Wembley Stadium
Second in command of the Year: Darren Bastian, Arsenal Football Club
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the conference and congratulations to all our winners.
