Posted on 27th January 2025
By Billy Langsworthy

Fuse’s Pete Cartlidge, Kevin Gillon, Lucas Tyler and Tim Rowe were awarded the prestigious I.D.I.O.T. Award at this year’s UK Toy Inventors’ Dinner, hosted at the HMS Belfast.
I.D.I.O.T. stands for International Designer and Inventor of Toys and the award – initiated in 1988 – is given as a tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to the toy industry.
Previous winners of the award in recent years includes Carterbench’s Suzanne Robinson and Hasbro’s Tanya Thompson.
Pete Cartlidge, Kevin Gillon, Lucas Tyler and Tim Rowe are partners at the renowned invention house, and, in accepting the award, Pete paid tribute to all those who have worked at the company past and present.
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