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Green Doors founder Joseph Holman has received the King’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development, accepting the honour while standing in a skip.
The Luton entrepreneur who built a £2 million business from discarded doors was presented with the King’s Award by the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Mrs Susan Lousada on Friday April 29th.
In a nod to the company’s origins, he accepted the King’s award while inside a skip. Holman explains: “I started 11 years ago with a set of doors I found in a skip. Now, I’ve received an award from the King. Being in a skip to receive this award felt like the most honest way to tell that story.”
Green Doors rescues discarded and mismeasured doors and windows and gives them a second life.
Holman added: “Winning the King’s Award was huge for our business. We worked long and hard at our warehouse in Luton and this was a massive boost for all of us. But more importantly, it shone a light on a bigger issue. Perfectly reusable doors and windows were being thrown away every day. There’s a better way and we’ve proven it works.”
