The Heating Installer Awards has announced its 2023 regional winners as well as the finalists for its Rising Star and Most Sustainable Installer categories.
The shortlists have been decided by a panel of experts including representatives from the awards’ partners CIPHE, Danfoss, LG, Stelrad and Polypipe Building Products, who recently scored all of the entries on technical expertise, problem-solving, product knowledge and outstanding work.
The panel was also joined by representatives from Installer and the 2022 Heating Installer Awards national winner, John Cruickshank, from Cruickshank Plumbing and Heating Ltd.
The industry judges explained the entries received this year were of an exceptionally high standard and made selecting the winners no easy task.
The regional winners are:
- North West: Nick Irlam
- North East: Craig Gilhome
- East Midlands: Glen Wakeling
- West Midlands: James Bowen
- Yorkshire: Damon Blakemore
- East of England: Tyson Louis
- Scotland: Daniel Gordon
- Wales & Northern Ireland: Craig Walters
- South West: Dominic Nicholls
- South West Highly Commended: Kye Fennell
- South East: Mark Hall
- South East Highly Commended: Michael Paini
Rising Star shortlist:
- Ruben Duggan
- Soph Maguire
Most Sustainable Installer shortlist:
- Dominic Nicholls
- Liam Barry
- Max Smith
The regional winners and category finalists will now go through to the next stage of the awards which involves a technical challenge and a public vote, with some money-can’t-buy prizes up for grabs for the winners.
To get behind an installer and vote for them to be crowned the National Winner, Rising Star or the Most Sustainable installer, customers and members of the public can visit the Heating Installer Awards website and cast a vote.
The public vote will make up a quarter of the overall scores, alongside the judges’ scores and the scores from a technical challenge.
The winners will be announced at InstallerSHOW on 28 June 2023, register for your free visitor pass.
