In the run-up to the Rutland & Stamford Mercury Business Awards 2024, we are introducing you to the finalists in each of our categories. The awards are being held on Friday, September 27, at Rutland Hall Hotel, sponsored by Hegarty, when finalists in 10 categories will discover who has won. This week we’re featuring the finalists in the Team of the Year category, sponsored by PVS.

Look out for other finalists over the coming weeks. Going head to head will be Stamford firms Bluebird Care; Matthew Cox Limited and Nisa Northfields. Bluebird Care works with customers and their families to offer tailored care in their own homes from check-in visits, personal care, domestic and medication support right through to, night care, live in care to full 24 hour support and specialist care such as dementia, stroke, Parkinsons and more.

Couple Leisa MacKenzie and Tim Carey opened the Stamford and Rutland office in Stamford in 2011, and ultimate recognition of the high standard of care they provide, achieving an “outstanding” rating overall by the Care Quality Commission in 2018. Leisa said: “Working to the highest of standards and with customer, care and team work at the core of the values and work that they do. We feel every member of our team deserve an award every day as they are just fantastic.

To be a finalist in the category of Employee/Team of the Year in the Mercury Business Awards is just fabulous. “Being part of these important local business awards, is very important to.