Two people were inducted onto the Jean Emile Serisier Roll of Honour at the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2017 Rhino Awards, with organisers taking the unusual step of bestowing the honour on a couple.
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Les and Pam Picton, of Picton Bros Panelspan, were given the honour just a day after the business celebrated its 25th birthday, in a move that was met with rapturous applause from assembled members of Dubbo’s business community.
Both were shocked; Pam had made sure Les was in attendance to receive the honour, only to be shocked when her name was on there, too.
“As you can see there’s a lot of honesty here,” Les joked.
“Toni really sucked me in with that one!” Pam added, referring to DCCI executive officer Toni Beatty.
The business celebrated its 25th birthday last Thursday with “a couple of chocolate cakes” from ALDI during smoko.
All jokes aside, the Pictons have been hailed as worthy additions to the honour roll.
They said it was a “privilege” to receive an award that “means so much to the Dubbo community”, and dedicated the “wonderful” honour to their “amazing”, hard-working and loyal staff.
“We talk about the criteria that’s behind this and that’s pretty well what oozes out of our staff,” Les said.
“We’ve been very lucky to have people that have contributed back into the business and on a regular basis.
“We really think the world of our staff.”
“The team that we’ve got, we couldn’t do it without them,” Pam added. “They’re just amazing.”
“We’ve got people who have retired that haven’t! They just want to keep on working with us.
“The work ethic that they instil in the younger people … we can’t do without it.”
“The Dubbo community … has been so good to us,” Les said. “Both of us, and our family, have really grown up with the town.”
Named after Dubbo’s founder, the Jean Emile Serisier Roll of Honour recognises those who demonstrate outstanding entrepreneurial spirit, strategic business direction and innovative ideas, whilst providing inspiration to a new generation of upcoming business leaders.