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Bira crowns its champions
British Independent Retailers Association (bira) revealed the winners of its British Independent Retail Awards 2017 programme this month
• Bira Honorary Life Membership Award Chris Patterson: owner of and managing director of Pattersons (and elected member seat of bira’s board of management). Pattersons supplies bar, catering and
• Independent Retail Business of the Year – Highly Commended
Aspire Style: a chain of five lifestyle boutiques selling womenswear, jewellery, accessories, shoes and giftware
• Local Hero – Winner Lyn French, The Stitch Mouse: owned by Lyn, The Stitch Mouse is a haberdashery shop at Epsom in Surrey. Lyn is well-known locally for her campaign to knit blankets for refugees in Calais and other charities
Bira ceo Alan Hawkins A
t a ceremony held on Monday May 8 at the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, the British Independent
Retailers Association (bira) announced the results of its British Independent Retail Awards 2017. The winners were presented with their
trophies on stage by journalist and author Kate Adie OBE. The aim of the annual accolades is to
showcase outstanding talent, hard work and innovation among the trade association’s retail members and suppliers of its buying group bira direct. Bira ceo Alan Hawkins said: “Congratulations
to our winners, who all truly deserve the recognition received. The awards celebrate the achievements of not just the industry but the inspirational people who work effortlessly day- to-day ensuring the success of their businesses.”
The 2017 winners are:
• Bira direct - Supplier of the Year – Cookshop, Housewares, Tabletop & Gift
Horwood Homewares: a housewares supplier based in Bristol offering an extensive range of products to prepare, cook, serve and dine
• Bira direct - Supplier of the Year - Hardware, Garden, DIY & Pet
Stax Trade Centres: a national multi-channel wholesaler, operating from six branches
• Bira direct - Best Marketing Award Connect: an independent home appliance service and spare parts distribution organisation
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• Bira Honorary Life Membership: Chris Patterson • (l-r) Chris Patterson with bira honorary treasurer John Morris of Tudor Williams
• Local Hero – Highly Commended Holli Doherty: channel & shopper activation manager at AkzoNobel, a leading global paints and coatings company and major producer of specialty chemicals. Holli loves being involved in charity projects
Bira Direct Supplier of the Year – Cookshop, Housewares, Tabletop & Gift: Horwood (l-r) Bira direct managing director Jeff Moody, Bira direct director of buying Steve Akers, Rob Jones, sales director of Horwood, awards host Kate Adie OBE
cleaning products throughout the UK, with a large trade showroom in Bristol
• Independent Retail Employee of the Year Nathan Gale of Gardner and Scardifield: a West Sussex-based builders merchant, electrical wholesaler and DIY supplier
• Independent Retail Team of the Year Roobarb: a lifestyle boutique selling homeware and giftware at Bridgnorth in Shropshire
• Independent Retail Business of the Year – Winner
Rachel Riley: a retailer of designer and luxury childrensware with two shops in London
Independent Retail Team of the Year: Roobarb (l-r) Bira ceo Alan Hawkins, John Caudle of sponsor LG Harris, Kelvin Belwood, director of Roobab, awards host Kate Adie OBE
• Charitable Champion Alistair McAuley: UK & Ireland sales director of AkzoNobel, a leading global paints and coatings company and major producer of specialty chemicals. Alistair is on a continued mission to support
a charity which helps develop young people from all walks of life through learning and adventure in the wild. His goal for this year is to raise £150,000,
which would match what he raised in 2016. In the past five years he has raised a total of over £1 million for his charity.
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and is now raising funds for her next venture: building a school for a village in Nepal
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