Wild Thang nominated for two categories for the Liverpool Chamber Innovation in Business Awards 2022!
Wild Thang nominated for two categories for the Liverpool Chamber Innovation in Business Awards 2022!

Wild Thang are incredibly proud to announce that we have been nominated for not only one category but two categories as finalists for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Innovation in Business Awards 2022.

As for many businesses, it has been an exciting time as we slowly have returned to an almost ‘normal’ business setting, post-pandemic, restrictions and the impact of Brexit. Our team have worked so hard to return bigger and better this year, and we truly feel we have.

WILD THANG ARE FINALISTS! VOTE FOR US!

Having Wild Thang as finalists for two categories this year, is truly something incredibly special for us.

- Business of the Year (Over 30 employees)

- International Business

It is fantastic to have our determination and hard work recognised as our team has grown alongside our World Class HQ developments.

We feel we have overcome the obstacles COVID and Brexit have thrown at us, and we feel we have only come out even stronger than ever.

WILD THANG, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS 2021

If you have followed our journey, you may remember that last year we won this category. The fact we have been nominated again this year, truly is another fantastic moment in our journey.

WILD THANG TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

This year we announced our long term Irish and European expansion plans, as we formed our Irish Wild Thang assisting with the ease of trading and distribution between Ireland and the rest of Europe.

 

WILD THANG HQ DEVELOPEMENT

Our Wild Thang HQ development has experienced some of its final touches over the last few months, and we are so excited to celebrate our long-awaited building launch with you all.

Voting closes on the 1st September 2022 and the awards take place on the 17th November 2022.

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Wild Thang Win the Chamber of Commerce International Award 2021!
Wild Thang Win the Chamber of Commerce International Award 2021!

Wild Thang are incredibly proud as a team to have won the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award 2021, which took place at the Innside Hotel by Melia Liverpool on the 18th November. As for many businesses 2020/21 has been a rollercoaster ride and the most challenging year in our 25 year history, so when we found out we had won this high profile award it really did fill our team with pride. 

Celebrating the award as a team its the Wild Thang Way. 

This was part public vote and part expert business panel vote which gives a really balanced vote for a deserving winner, this time it happened to be world class Wild Thang!

Andrew Dwerryhouse, Wild Thang MD commented: “It was a fantastic evening and to win the International Award is super special, it made me think back to what was a perfect storm, I clearly remember when the pandemic hit and sales fell off a cliff for many areas of our business, but we were determined as a team that we would not be defined as a company by our incomplete development, covid or Brexit so we adapted quickly to ensure we could not only survive, but also thrive as a team and company, so makes this is an incredibly special moment because its recognition at the highest level in the Liverpool city region.

Wild Thang International Award Winner 2021. 

The first thing Wild Thang want to say is a big thank you to those who voted but especially the commitment shown by our team, clients and suppliers, all of who made this award possible because we know a companies real success is never built by one individual or one dept, but truly by a team effort. The chamber did an incredible job delivering this important awards dinner to showcase the best businesses the LCR has to offer.

Paul Cherpeau Liverpool Chamber Of Commerce Chief Executive welcomes guests. 

Big congratulations to all the winners and category nominees & what was just as fantastic to see were lots of clients we deal with nominated and winning awards which is a reminder of how we are the leading company in our sector in the Liverpool City Region, hopefully there will be many more awards to come in 2022.

Carrie Dwerryhouse Business Quality Co-ordinator, Andrew Dwerryhouse MD, Chris Dwerryhouse Operations Director.

We are proud to have retained all of our staff throughout this challenging time and have now already added 8 new staff to our team over the past month in preparation for that projected growth.Export growth was highlighted in the supporting finalist evidence and our plans to grow turnover and our exports by 20-25% in 2022, so we have never been more excited about the future as a team.

Andrew Dwerryhouse MD, Chris Dwerryhouse Operations Director take to the stage to accept the award.

Wild Thang also recently participated in a LCC video that highlighted our Brexit challenge and highlighted how we have adapted as a company and team, we genuinely hope this will help inspire other businesses. I may have collected the award on the evening along with Operations Director Chris Dwerryhouse, but whoever collects the awards is only ever doing so on behalf of the entire Wild Thang team."

 

The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce commented : “The Chamber is delighted to have recognised the achievements of Wild Thang at our Innovation in Business Awards. Our independent judging panel highlighted the company's success in international business development alongside its broader response to the pandemic.”

You can read about our Brexit journey or If you would like some further information about Wild Thang and the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce please see links.

WT Brexit Journey Get In Touch Liverpool Chamber

Wild Thang Nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award!
Wild Thang Nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award!

Wild Thang Nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award! We are incredibly proud as a team to announce that we have been nominated as a finalist for the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce International Award. As for many businesses 2020/21 has been a rollercoaster ride and probably the most challenging year in our 25 year history so when we found out we were a finalist it really did make the teams year so far. When the pandemic hit sales fell off a cliff for many areas of our business but we were determined as a team that we would not be defined as a company by the development, covid or Brexit so we adapted quickly to ensure we could not only survive, but also thrive as a team and company, so this is a very special moment.

Photo's of the newly redeveloped world class Wild Thang HQ distributing across europe & globally

Andrew Dwerryhouse Wild Thang MD commented “It certainly has been the perfect storm with the ongoing £2m development of our HQ nearing final completion and the unique challenges that brings, plus add a global pandemic and the troubles Brexit has brought, we got three huge challenges for the price of one!”

Wild Thang's senior team finally get the opportunity to resume normal meetings and discuss the opportunities that will come from opening the new Dublin office

“We are so proud as a team we have hopefully now come through that storm with flying colours by adapting to create a unique offer, so now we have never been more excited about the future and Wild Thang’s export growth potential which we highlighted in the supporting finalist evidence we provided about our plans to grow turnover and our exports by 20-25% in 2022.” “We are proud to have retained all staff throughout this challenging time & have already added 4 new staff to our team over the past month in preparation for that projected growth."

25 year ago Wild Thang started with a small princes trust loan here is a photo of one of the very early premises 

"I also recently participated in an LCC video which I will share as soon as available that highlighted our Brexit challenge story of how we have adapted as a company and Team, and personally thanked the Chamber of commerce for their support navigating pre and post Brexit.” “It would never be right without acknowledging everyone involved so big thanks to our team, clients, suppliers and everyone else who has supported Wild Thang.”

Photo of part of Team Wild Thang always aiming to deliver our one world class solution promise for creative branding clothing, merchandise & print  

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