Business of the Year (Medium/Large)

Portable Space won the Business of the Year (Medium/Large) Award at the Bury Free Press West Suffolk Business Awards 2023

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00:00 I'm joined by Mark Dolman from Portable Space, winner of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

00:07 Medium to Large Business of the Year award. Has it sunk in yet Mark?

00:12 No, not yet. Obviously we were in a really strong category with three other really great

00:17 companies, so it was unexpected.

00:20 Tell us a bit more about Portable Space and what it is exactly that you do.

00:23 So Portable Space is a family owned business. It was formed in 2002. Our mission is to provide

00:31 portable accommodation and storage for everybody throughout the whole of the UK.

00:36 Like who exactly? Who are your customers?

00:38 So we trade with lots of national brands, people like Tesla, Rolls Royce, Countryside

00:45 Homes, the Vestry Group, the Royal Family. We've delivered product to Buckingham Palace.

00:52 So we're very lucky we get to work with some really exciting and talented brands.

00:56 You've grown massively since you were founded in 2002. Tell us more about that journey.

01:02 In 2002 through to 2012 Portable Space was part of a farming business and then our founder

01:09 and chairman Mark Black took the business and took it out of the family ownership and

01:14 run it from 2012 to now and we've grown significantly. We've done that by diversifying our product

01:19 range, recruiting really good people, talented people and just offering our customers a really

01:26 good service.

01:27 Now you've got the award in your hand you can relax, enjoy the rest of your evening.

01:31 What have you made of tonight's event?

01:32 It's brilliant. We've attended a few of these awards but this is one of our favourites.

01:36 It feels very personal, it feels very focused on West Suffolk and Suffolk based businesses

01:41 so yeah we really enjoy it.

01:42 Well congratulations, well done.

01:44 Thanks very much.

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