Awards
Nursery World Awards - 2008
Date: 21st November 2008
Relevant Policies: All Child Care Policies
Attending by: Jerry Beere, Genevieve Lowings and Alex Meazzini
Morton Michel wins Best of Borough Award for Best Employer
Date: 20th November 2008
Attending by: Entire Company
Location: Addington Palace, Croydon
Morton Michel has won Best Employer at the Croydon 's Best of Borough Awards 2008. The judges said: "Being a relatively small company it is, at times, not easy to find the time or money to invest in your staff. It is clear though that Morton Michel have done this whilst keeping the family feel the company evidently prides itself on. All in all, a good company who knows what they are up to!"
Nursery Management Today Awards, 2006
Jerry Beere of Morton Michel presents Nursery Business Development of the Year 2006 to Sharon Alexander of Rosy Apple Childcare.
Jerry’s mum, Kathy Beere, winning one of the two games of 'Heads and Tails' played in aid of the night's nominated charity 'Dreams Come True'.
Best of Borough Best Family Business Award
Morton Michel has won Best Family Business in Croydon’s Best of Borough Awards 2006. Judges were looking for a family-run company that was committed to and could demonstrate high levels of customer service, value for money, innovation and flexibility. The accolade for this was awarded to childcare insurance specialist, Morton Michel.
Established more than 40 years ago, Morton Michel is a family firm that has become the UK’s market leader and pioneer in childcare insurance. Its policies cover everything from nurseries, childminders, out of school clubs to mobile crèches and toy libraries. Its general insurance department also offers motoring and household cover, including a popular high worth household policy.
Over 400 people attended the glittering awards ceremony at Croydon’s Addington Palace. Footballer-turned-TV presenter, Ian Wright, and former Royal correspondent, Jennie Bond, presented the Best Family Business award to Morton Michel partners, Samantha, Nick and Jerry Beere. “We were thrilled to receive this award,” said Samantha. “It is testament to all the hard work put in by our family over the years.”
Samantha’s parents, David and Kathy Beere, founded the business in 1964 when Kathy, who was working at a playgroup, discovered that public liability insurance for playgroups didn’t exist. Coincidentally, David worked in the insurance industry and he, together with Sterling Insurance (then call Welfare Insurance Company), wrote a policy specifically for Kathy’s playgroup. Before long, other playgroups approached David for insurance and the business was born.
The fledgling company, which now has over 30 employees, was a family enterprise from the outset. Nick, Jerry and Samantha earned pocket money by helping their parents on Saturdays. “The business was, and still is, an integral part of our family life,” said Samantha. “We have enormous pride in our company and what our family of five has achieved over the last 40 years.”
Last year, Morton Michel moved to new premises: a three-storey building, Alhambra House in Croydon town centre. “We feel that receiving this award has cemented our recent move to the heart of the borough,” concludes Samantha
Staff and Partners of Morton Michel at the recent Best of Borough Awards where Morton Michel scooped the Best Family Business award.
Insurance Age Schemes Intermediary of the Year Award
We are delighted to announce that Morton Michel has been voted Schemes Intermediary of the Year in the 2006 UK Broker Awards.
Over 500 people attended the UK Broker awards ceremony, which took place in The Brewery in the City of London. Morton Michel was presented with the award by Irish comedian, Ed Byrne, who said, "Schemes Intermediary of the Year is always a popular category in these awards with a large number of superior entries. The winner (Morton Michel) was extolled as a real gem by the judges and it has dominated an important sector of the market (childcare insurance)."
Morton Michel partner, Samantha Beere, received the award with her two brothers and partners, Nick Beere and Jerry Beere. "We are just thrilled to receive this award," said Samantha, "it is wonderful to have this recognition from our peers for all the hard work that we have put in over the years."
For the category Schemes Intermediary of the Year, the judges were looking for a company that could demonstrate a commitment to meeting customer needs and to delivering a high quality of service across all its activities. This had to be coupled with a proven track record of successful and innovative expansion into new or existing markets.
Insurance Age received over a hundred entries for its awards with a particularly high number of entries for the Scheme Intermediary of the Year. "This is one of the most hard fought of all the categories," said editor of Insurance Age, Michelle Worvell. "Furthermore, the quality of the entrants was exceptionally high this year and there were some real top players competing for this particular award.
Samantha Beere with the Schemes Intermediary of the Year Award.
Award Sponsorship
We know what a valuable job childcarers do, whatever particular area of childcare they work in, and we try to support these unsung heroines wherever we can, by sponsoring awards. In the past we have sponsored the Kids' Clubs Network Playworker of the Year award in 2003, the EYE Childminder of the Year award in 2003 and 2004, Nursery Management Today Nursery Business Development Award 2004 and the Professional Nanny Award, 2004.
Previous Winners Photo Gallery
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Nursery Management Today Awards 2005 Jeremy Beere presents Morton Michel's sponsored award at the Nursery Management Today Awards, 2005
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Nursery Management Today Nursery Awards, 2004. Jerry Beere (right) with the winner of the Morton Michel sponsored award category, Nursery Business Development Award 2004, Robin Karkeek (centre), and Brian Conley (left). |
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Nursery Management Today Nursery Awards, 2004. Jerry Beere presenting the Morton Michel sponsored award category, Nursery Business Development Award, 2004. Our congratulations go to the winner, Robin Karkeek. |
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Early Year Educator Awards, 2004 Samantha Beere (centre) with Zoe Sykes (right) the winner of the EYE Childminder of the Year Award, 2004, and Julie Collins, the runner up (left). |
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PANN Professional Nanny of the Year Award, 2004 Samantha Beere congratulates Louise Kirk, winner of the PANN Professional Nanny of the Year Award, 2004 |
Please don't email us to ask for award entry forms! We only sponsor the awards - they are run completely independently by the appropriate bodies, and contact details are given above.
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