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was Britain’s BestHousewares Salesperson, Sponsored by BHETA, which was awarded to the late David Jarrett, while Hannah Hawkins of EPE International was highly commended.


The penultimate award of the evening was Britain’s BestHousewares Retail Buyer,


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Following this, the Small Electricals Innovation Award - sponsored by International Housewares Association (IHA) was presented toMelitta UK for the CI Touch Bean to Cup CoffeeMachine. Highly commended in this category was Ultimate Products’ Beldray 2 in 1 Cordless Iron.


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The presentation thenmoved on to the award for r tain’s BestOnline Retailer, sponsored by ARTWorldwide. Amazon was highly


ommended but it was Ocado that took home the p spot in this category.


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Sue Designs, picking up both the highly ended accolade for its Continuous Quilting ecoratingMould and the winner’s trophy for orn Cake DecoratingMould.


t n’s Best IndependentDepartment onsored by KitchenAid, followed and was to Bakers & Larners of Holt - while the ended honour was given to Dawsons. ard on the agenda was the Tabletop ard sponsored by Potters


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sponsored by Pyrex. In this category, AndrewWilkins of AIS was highly commended but it was Kathryn Farrell of Lakeland that seized the top spot. Last, but certainly not least, was the Kitchen Hero Award, sponsored by Home Hardware. This award is presented to one individual who has demonstrated an incredible passion for the housewares sector over the course of his or her career.


The 2019 recipient wasWhatMore UK director Tony Grimshaw OBE. Commended for his northern sense of humour and no nonsense approach, he was described as ‘serving as a beacon for inspiration for Britishmanufacturers looking for the confidence to export goods’.


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2014WhatMore UK received the Queen’s rd for Enterprise in recognition of its


tanding achievements in international trade, and in 2016 Tony was named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, receiving an OBE for his work in international export trade and for supporting local community projects.


The evening came to close with a charity fundraiser in aid of Guide Dogs, nominated by sponsor Blue Diamond Group. The charity’s


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This year’s sale raised a total of £1 Datateamstaff, with allmonies raised charity. Datateamwould like to extend its all those companies that donated products to support this very worthy cause.


RDT operates across three sectors (builders merchants, DIY & Hardware and Housewares & Tabletop) which have a combined turnover of more than £50 billion and employ close to 500,000 people.


It is the only charity which exists solely to help people who have worked in these industries, including DIY shops, hardware stores, builders merchants, garden centres, cookshops, and all the manufacturers, distributors and retailers in the UK who supply them.


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