Story Decorating Group achieved a third success for The Haymarket Project last Tuesday 2nd September at the prestigious 2025 Construction News Specialists Awards in London.
The CN Specialists Awards represent the UK’s best specialist contractors, celebrating extraordinary talent, innovation and expertise driving the specialist contracting sector. The shortlisting’s from over 200 entries took place in July following a rigorous judging process of detailed submissions and a presentation to a select judging panel in London attended by our Managing Director, Rob Story and Senior Contracts Manager, Adam Lee.
We were shortlisted for the ‘Project of the Year by a Specialist Contractor (subcontract from £2m to £5m)’ category, for our work at Haymarket Square B4/B5 in Edinburgh, before being awarded the ‘Highly Commended’ prize at a glitzy ceremony at The Royal Lancaster in London.
The Haymarket project, in collaboration with main contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine and client, Quartermile included the painting and decoration of two state-of-the-art, 8 storey office blocks plus an impressive central atrium, totalling some 110,000 square feet. Many highly specialised works and finishes were required to create the stylish and bold vision, achieving a spectacular end result.
Commenting on Story Decorating Group’s entry, the judges said “The panel was impressed by the presenters’ personable and passionate approach, commitment to local employment and sustainability solutions, and pride in delivering high-quality work on a high-profile project. The clear desire to innovate through digital solutions was noted.”
Rob Story, Managing Director of Story Decorating Group commented, “Having already picked up two other significant accolades for the project earlier this year, the recognition from the CN Specialists awards further solidifies what we accomplished at Haymarket Square. The team involved are rightly proud of the project and it has meant a great deal to receive such positive feedback.
To be selected not only within the decorating industry, but across the wider UK construction industry will hopefully raise the profile of the hard work we do and attract people to work both for us and with us.”