Glittering Awards Evening Celebrates Morpeth Businesses

20 October 2017

The winners in the second annual Heart of Morpeth business awards have been announced at a glittering gala evening at the town’s Riverside Lodge.

Nine awards were given to businesses across the town at the ceremony held on Thursday 19th October with entrants judged on everything from customer service to community engagement.

The coveted Business of the Year Award, which is voted for by the public, was won by Laura Anderson Hair and Beauty Salon.

The awards ceremony was organised by partners Morpeth Town Team, Morpeth & District Chamber of Trade and Sanderson Arcade to celebrate and recognise excellence among the retail, service, professional and hospitality businesses based in the heart of Morpeth.

The long standing sponsor of the evening was Cookswell Citroen from Pegswood while the individual awards were also sponsored by local businesses and organisations – the evening was hosted by Matt Bailey from Capital FM.

Jacky Calder-Rice, the outgoing chairman of the Morpeth and District Chamber of Trade, spoke at the event of the tough challenges the town had faced this year in fighting the threat from the proposals for retail park on the edge of the town which were later quashed.

Jacky said: “It has been a really eventful year for Morpeth – the Heart of Morpeth Business Awards and the success of the Food Festival earlier in the month show what we can really achieve when we all work together and pull together.

“We had some fantastic entries again this year which is testament to the strong and thriving business community we have in the town.

A huge congratulations to all the businesses who won awards, we really do have some terrific businesses here in Morpeth. We would also like to say a big thankyou to the sponsors who make this fantastic event possible.”

Pictures shows: the team from Laura Anderson Hair and Beauty collecting their award and the winners outside the venue.

The winners of the 2017 Heart of Morpeth Business Awards:

Manager of the Year Award 2017
Winner - Sharon Latimer- Hobbs
Highly Commended
Laura Anderson – Laura Anderson Hair & Beauty
Michelle Heron – JoJo Maman Bebe

Customer Service Team of the Year 2017
Winner - Newgate Dental Solutions
Highly Commended - The Pudding Parlour
Shining Star 2017
Winner - Louise Shiell and Jenny Clark - Pinkys Nail Boutique

Emily Wilding Davison Award 2017
Winner - Emma Weston-Jones
Highly Commended - Caroline Coppen, Diane Coppen, Terri-Louise Anderson – My Pet HQ

Best New Business 2017
Winner - The Great British Curtain Company
Highly Commended - My Pet HQ

Tour of Britain Window Display
Winner - MY PET HQ

Independent Retailer 2017
Winner - Cafe Des Amis

Community Engagement Award/ Project 2017
Winner - My Pet HQ

Business of the Year
Winner - Laura Anderson Hair and Beauty

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