Clacton Pier has made it a hat-trick of awards for 2024.
The attraction collected its third accolade of the year when it picked up an industry safety award in Blackpool.
A team – including Managing Director Billy Ball – travelled north last week for an annual conference staged by ADIPS (Amusement Device Inspection Procedures Scheme).
During the conference Mr Ball was presented with a trophy by ADIPS General Manager Carl Hagemann.
It was the inaugural ADIPS Safety Award for the Pursuit of Excellence which was launched as part of an ongoing campaign to raise the profile of safety and health in the amusements industry.
Mr Ball said he was very grateful that the pier’s ongoing efforts in this field had been recognised.
“We felt honoured to receive the award and thank Carl and ADIPS for their support in helping us progress our ambitions in this very important aspect of our business,” he added.
“It has been a pleasure to work more closely with them over the last year to ensure that we continually improve our safety standards.
“I’ve always felt that ADIPS is a good scheme which serves the needs of our industry very well.”
Mr Ball, Commercial Manager Karl Zabroski and Technical Services Manager Alex Lester got the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach Resort while they were at the conference.
“It was also a chance to experience the various food and drinks offerings, discover what other seaside resorts are doing and consider what we could bring back to the pier,” he added.
Mr Hagemann said that it had been evident from engaging with the pier’s team on inspections and training that it was an example of an organisation that took safety very seriously.
“It’s a family-run firm and there is a clear and very healthy, positive safety culture. We were delighted to present the Safety Award for Pursuit of Excellence to such a deserving recipient,” he added.
The pier recently won the Hospitality and Visitor Attraction category in the third Tendring4Growth Business Awards.
The attraction also scooped the Muddy Stilettos Best Family Attraction in Essex award for the first time earlier in the year.
Main photo: Tim Walsh
