DIY WEEK AWARDS 2020 And the winners are…
Welcome to this DIY Week Awards 2020 special supplement. It has been a pleasure to reacquaint myself with this fantastic industry over the past year standing in as editor of DIY Week, but also a huge challenge as we have faced an incredibly testing few months. It is therefore more important than ever for all of us in the market to pay tribute to our awards finalists. The DIY Week Awards team and I are delighted to take this opportunity to announce the winners and for everyone to celebrate the achievements of the industry. Even during these unprecedented times, the unrivalled resilience and innovation shown by everyone in our trade proves, once again, that the future of the DIY sector is very bright. During the course of the 2020 scheme, I’ve been amazed by the outstanding products you’ve continued to develop, the creativity of the retailers operating within the sector and the passion that you hold for all things DIY - and I’m proud to have had the opportunity to play a role in recognising and rewarding all of your hard work. I must thank the panel of expert judges who took the time out of their incredibly busy schedules earlier this year to help adjudicate all of this year’s fantastic entries.
Both the Supplier and Retailer judging days
were very enjoyable thanks to the following... Supplier Judges: Paul Andrews, Home
Hardware Southwest; Paul Garland, QVC UK; Vicky Nuttall, Garden Industry Manufacturers Association; Mike Smith, EFG Housewares; and Keeley Vernon, BHETA. Retailer Judges: Mark Alexander,
Benchmark Retail Services; Paul Bagnall, Henkel Consumer Adhesives; Simon Bicknell, Toolbank; and Ricky Johal, DK Tools. With their help, the DIY Week Awards has been able to uphold its transparent decision-making process and continue to make winning an award a truly remarkable achievement. In fact, being shortlisted at all is a fantastic acomplishment, so I would like to take this opportunity to say well done to all of our finalists.
I also wish to offer sincere thanks to
Barrettine, Benchmark, Burg-Wächter, DK Tools and Home Hardware Southwest for their generous support in sponsoring this year’s awards. It’s a real shame that due to the unprecedented global Covid-19 pandemic that we have been unable to hold a live awards event, but on the following pages of
this special Winners’ Brochure you will learn which products and companies stood out amongst the large number of brilliant entries we received this year and help celebrate their success. We will be back for a live event in 2021, when we will be acknowledging all of our 2020 winners and making it a double celebration and the biggest and most successful event we’ve ever held, as we bring the industry back together again.
Neil Mead Director of Editorial – DIY Week
Lighting & Electrical Product of the Year – Amtech Rechargeable Lantern with Power Bank
This multi-function USB rechargeable lantern with power bank from Amtech is extremely versatile. It produces a good all round light, rather than just a beam like a torch, enabling you to manage small awkward jobs such as painting in corners
and darker areas, as well as plumbing jobs under sinks and baths. It’s also great for use under the bonnet of the car for oil and water checks, plus as it has a magnetic base, it’s easy to attach to a metal object. If using the magnetic base isn’t possible, it also has a sturdy pull out hanging hook. If you do need a torch, the Amtech lantern can provide a more focused light, which really adds to its versatility. The lantern is supplied with charger which can be plugged into a 12V car socket. This handy device is small, compact, lightweight and omits a huge amount of light for its size and can be used for five to six hours on a single charge of its built-in 3.7V/3000mAh LiPo rechargeable battery. This also provides a USB power bank facility to charge another device, such as mobile phone. All in all, it’s a very innovative product and you can see why it won the Lighting & Electrical category in this year’s DIY Week Awards.
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AWARDS 2020
DIY WINNER WEEK
FINALISTS: Amtech USB Rechargeable Lantern - WINNER! Yale All-in-One Security Camera ‘Lyveco’ LED Floodlight with pluggable PIR
AUGUST 2020 DIY WEEK S3
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