Ipswich-based insurance broker Pound Gates has won the 2015 East Anglian Daily Times Business Award for Community Involvement.

The award was made in recognition of the company’s support for local charities and the enthusiastic involvement of its staff.

The judges said they were impressed by the way Pound Gates had developed its involvement in the local community and by the inspirational leadership of its senior management.

“We are really pleased that our ‘Doing Good’ ethos as we call it has been recognised in this way,” said Pound Gates’ Director Rob Thacker. “The award reinforces our approach to balance our desire for business success with the needs of the wider community.  It acknowledges the efforts of all our team and the wide variety of causes we have supported during the last 12 months.”

Pound Gates was founded in 1988 and specialises in insurance products for a number of sectors including the removals and storage industry.

Photo:  Rob Thacker and Del Sharman, Directors of Pound Gates, accepting the award from Emma Hibbert from Adnams PLC, the awards sponsors.