Friday, 18th December 2020 1:10 pm
Did you spot us on national television earlier this week? We were absolutely delighted to welcome BBC Breakfast to Playdale HQ on Monday 14th December. The outside broadcast business news film crew arrived as dawn was breaking over Haverthwaite, South Cumbria which meant a 5am start for some members of #Team Playdale. Live broadcasts from […]
Read moreLast night in Durham, International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP presented Playdale’s MD Barry Leahey with a BOFTA (Board Of Trade) award which is in recognition of our excellence in international trade, our innovation, creativity and entrepreneurialism. The Department of International Trade’s BOFTAs have been launched as a series of regional competitions around the […]
Read morePlaydale Playgrounds’ Managing Director, Barry Leahey MBE has been awarded Director of the Year in the global category at the Institute of Directors (IoD) North West Awards. The event took place last night at the Midland Hotel in Manchester and was hosted by a familiar face to many – BBC sports presenter and anchor of […]
Read moreOur Managing Director Barry Leahey is in London this week attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM). This event brings together representatives and leaders from the worlds of business, civil society and government to address the shared global challenges Commonwealth countries face. Actions are then formed and agreed on, to create a better […]
Read moreEarlier this year we announced that Barry Leahey, Playdale’s Managing Director, had been named on the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List to receive an MBE for ‘Services to UK Trade & Investment and Exports’. The definition of MBE is Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Barry has been the driving force […]
Read moreWe are proud to announce that our Managing Director, Barry Leahey has been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2017 and will receive an MBE for services to UK trade & investment and exports. Barry has been the driving force behind our growth strategy and has successfully formed distribution agreements in 46 countries in […]
Read moreWelcome to the city…the remodelled, refreshed & renewed Big City Plus range of stainless steel modular tower units. This brand new range completely replaces the previous Big City range. Play has been taken to astonishing new heights and each unit is jam-packed with exciting new features. With more modules than ever before these units are […]
Read moreThe opening of a brand new playground at the Olympic Park site in Beijing, China was recently filmed for a news broadcast on CCTV; China’s equivalent of the national BBC news. Our Chinese distributor worked hard on this project to ensure everything was ready for the official opening of the site, which took place on […]
Read moreAround 2pm on the afternoon of Thursday 19th May, Playdale’s Managing Director Barry Leahey was ordering a taxi at a hotel reception desk…something he does in many hotels, in many countries around the world on a regular basis. But when asked his destination and Barry replied “Buckingham Palace please” it soon became a very extraordinary […]
Read more Did you spot us on the local news last week? We had a phone call last Wednesday morning from ITV Border News asking if they could call in to Playdale head office in Haverthwaite, to do some filming which would be included in a news article to be broadcast that same evening. We were […]
Read moreLast night in London, Playdale were announced the winner of the National Business Exporter of the Year Award at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Worldpay UK Business Awards. The event was held at the QEII Conference Centre, just outside the Houses of Parliament. There were approximately 1000 SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) that […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that we have recently reached the category finals of three separate business awards. The awards and categories are as follows: The Family Business United’s Family Business of the Year Award for the north of England and Northern Ireland. The Family Business United is a membership organisation and unique platform to […]
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