Tony Banks credits Balhousie Care staff for top Courier Business Award

Courier Business Awards trophies have returned to Balhousie Care Group’s headquarters in Perth to the delight of staff.

The company won our top Business of the Year prize on Saturday night after earlier winning for Resilience and Recovery.

Meanwhile founder Tony Banks, who founded and led the group for more than 30 years, was recognised with our Business Leader award.

Starting with a single care home in Angus in 1991 the group now has 26 facilities in six regions of Scotland.

Tony’s award was collected by his sister Terry on Saturday night but today he was quick to praise the Balhousie workforce for the firm’s success.

He said: “I’m delighted to have this recognition for Balhousie and its staff, especially at the end of three decades in business.

“I have always said that buildings don’t deliver care, people do.

“I am thankful to have had such a dedicated, talented workforce come on this journey with me to create not just a major force in social care, but a major Scottish employer.”

Courier Business Award ‘means the world’

Balhousie was selected for the Business of the Year award by our judging panel due to consistently investing in raising the standards in the sector. It also noted the group’s strong leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy chief executive John Kirk said: “These awards are for our staff.

“They have worked tirelessly throughout the most challenging years the care sector has ever seen.

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“We are grateful to the Courier Business Awards for introducing the new Resilience and Recovery category.

“This recognises how difficult the pandemic has been for the whole business community.

“Being recognised as Business of the Year among such strong contenders means the world to us and our staff.”

A total of 19 awards were presented at the Courier Business Awards, held in association with Henderson Loggie.

Balhousie Care Group was recently acquired by Belgian company AcalisCare. Mr Banks remains an investor in Balhousie and will concentrate on his other business ventures, including Tayside Aviation.