The anticipation is building as the Scottish Independent Retail Awards 2023 reveals its highly-anticipated list of finalists.
This prestigious event, recognizing excellence and innovation in the retail industry, is set to take place on 10th July at the esteemed DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow.
The Scottish Independent Retail Awards celebrate their 10th edition with the remarkable achievements of independent retailers across Scotland who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, creativity, and outstanding customer service. This year, the competition has been fierce, with numerous nominations pouring in from all corners of the country.
The shortlisted businesses have displayed exceptional resilience and adaptability in the face of unprecedented challenges, showcasing their commitment to serving their communities and delivering memorable shopping experiences.
These finalists have undoubtedly raised the bar within the retail industry, setting a shining example for their peers. Their commitment to excellence and continuous improvement is commendable, and they truly embody the spirit of independent retail.
A Spokesperson for the Scottish Independent Retail Awards said: “The Scottish Independent Retail Awards celebrate the achievements of independent retailers throughout Scotland. The awards highlight the significant impact independent retailers make in their communities and provide a platform to showcase their success.
“We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all the finalists and wish them the best of luck in the final stage of this prestigious competition. Their dedication and accomplishments serve as an inspiration to the entire retail community.”
The finalists for the Scottish Independent Retail Awards 2023 are:
Fashion & Accessories Retailer of the year
The Edinburgh Bow Tie Co (Edinburgh)
Encore Dress and Vintage Agency (Fettercairn)
Totally Fascinating (Portlethen, Aberdeen)
Dees of Trongate (Glasgow)
The Highland Dancer (Isle of Bute)
Lou Lou’s Vintage Emporium (Innerleithen)
Covet (Edinburgh)
Belle Boutique (Prestwick)
Reid’s of Milgavie (Glasgow)
Independent Furniture Retailer of the Year
John Dick & Son (Busby)
Laws of Perth (Perth)
On The Upside (Kirkcaldy)
Vintage & Retro (Glasgow)
Gillies Broughty Ferry (Dundee)
The Gallery Design (Hamilton)
Robinsons Beds (Glasgow)
Emily Rose Vintage (Glasgow)
Opticians of the Year
LocalEyes Optometrists (Uddingston)
The Opticians At Marchmont (Edinburgh)
Cameron Optometry (Edinburgh)
Munro Optometrists (Glasgow)
Optomeyes Opticians (East Kilbride)
Stirling Optical (Stirling)
Iris Blue Optical (Glasgow)
McGrath Opticians Ltd (Glasgow)
Jack Brown Eyecare (Edinburgh)
Dry Cleaners of the Year
Elite Drycleaners (Edinburgh)
Quick Return Cleaners (Stranraer)
Harrods Drycleaners (Bridge of Weir)
Forresters Dry Cleaners (Glasgow)
Luxury Laundry Service (Hamilton)
Scrubbers Laundry (Bellshill)
Cardonald Dry Cleaners (Glasgow)
Havelock Launderette and Drycleaners (Glasgow)
Inverleith Dry Cleaners (Edinburgh)
Grossi’s Lochee Dry Cleaning Centre (Dundee)
Technology Retailer of the Year
Priceless Computing (Glasgow)
Audiowise (Glasgow)
Genio Tech (Dundee)
James-Morrow Home Entertainment Systems (Edinburgh)
Hi-Fi Corner (Falkirk)
North East Peripherals Ltd (Aberdeen)
Revive Lab (Glasgow)
Creative Computing (Glasgow)
User2 Computers (Edinburgh)
RUBADUB (Glasgow)
Pharmacy of the Year
Right Medicine Pharmacy Carronshore (Falkirk)
Aitken Pharmacy (Dunbar)
Abbey Chemist (Glasgow)
Right Medicine Pharmacy Winchburgh (Winchburgh)
Callender Pharmacy (Falkirk)
Lightburn Pharmacy (Glasgow)
Farren M Ltd (Glasgow)
McAnerney Pharmacy (Greenock)
Wemyss Bay Pharmacy (Wemyss Bay)
Clark’s Pharmacy (Keith)
Specialist Retailer of the Year
Chintys Nail Supplies (Falkirk)
Butterfly Fabrics (Inverurie)
Hanover Healthfoods (Edinburgh)
The Biggar Gallery (Biggar)
Nom Nom Fudge (Aberdeen)
Mugdock Makkers Art & Craft Gallery (Milgavie)
Luke & Jack (Glasgow)
Miss Mollys Fabric Closet (Laurencekirk)
Pretty Little Things Boutique (Glasgow)
Spirit of Wood (Aberfeldy)
Cycle Retailer of the Year
Gear Bikes Shop (Glasgow)
Billy Bilsland Cycles (Glasgow)
Bruce’s Cycle Bothy (Montrose)
BikeChain Glasgow (Glasgow)
Nicholsons Cycles & Electric Bikes (Dundee)
Sprockets Cycles (Kilmarnock)
Criterium Cycles (Edinburgh)
Hardies Bikes (Melrose)
The Bike Station (Edinburgh)
B G Cycles & Blades (Edinburgh)
Independent Sports Retailer of the Year
Musclebound (Paisley)
Migo Sports 2009 (Glasgow)
PSL Team Sports (Glasgow)
Edinburgh Angling Centre (Edinburgh)
Gannon Sports (Glasgow)
Strength Shop (Motherwell)
Bruntsfield Sports (Edinburgh)
Torra Scotia Sports Ltd (Falkirk)
Clubsport (Dundee)
WrightSport (Glasgow)
Bookshop of the Year
Print Point (Isle of Bute)
The Edinburgh Book Shop (Edinburgh)
Category is Books (Glasgow)
Golden Hare Books (Edinburgh)
The Fruitmarket Gallery Bookshop (Edinburgh)
Comicrazy (Paisley)
Leakey’s Bookshop (Inverness)
The GLO Bookshop (Motherwell)
Calton Books (Glasgow)
Big Dog Books (Perth)
Butcher of the Year
Strachan Craft Butchers (Blantyre)
Andersons Butchers (Buckie)
Tom Courts Burntisland Butchers (Burntisland)
Patricks’s of Camelon (Falkirk)
McCaskie Butchers Ltd (Uddingston)
Rodgers Butchers (Glasgow)
George Bower Butchers (Edinburgh)
Bannerman Butcher (Montrose)
Henderson Fine Food Co. Ltd (Hamilton)
Fresh Produce Provider of the Year
The Fresh Fruit Shop (Uddingston)
Billingtons of Lenzie (Kirkintilloch)
Thorneybank Farm Shop (Inverurie)
Zucchini (Glasgow)
Macauley’s Fruit & Veg Merchant (Burntisland)
Grants Fruitshop (Prestwick)
Clootie McToot Traditional Dumplings (Perth)
Locavore CIC (Glasgow)
Stirling Health Food Store (Stirling)
Frasers Fruit & Veg (Dundee)
Fishmonger of the Year
C. Sinclair Fresh Fish Merchants (Burntisland)
Ritchies of Rothesay (Isle of Bute)
Gazeley’s Delicatessen & Fish (Dundee)
Fish In Crieff (Crieff)
J Pieroni & Sons (Ayr)
Wilsons Catch of the Day (Glasgow)
Countesswells Fish Shop (Aberdeen)
C Fayre (Largs)
Welch Fishmongers (Edinburgh)
The Fresh Fish Place (Grangemouth)
Independent Pet Supplies Store of the Year
Dixie Doodles Pet Shop (Stirling)
The Pet Shop (Johnstone)
Petcayr By T & G Hutchinson Pet Supplies (Ayr)
Creature Comforts (Glasgow)
All 4 Pets (East Kilbride)
The Happy Go Lucky Dog Company (Burnt Island)
Just Dogs (Edinburgh)
The Pet Empawrium (East Kilbride)
Long Dog Boutique (Aberdeen)
Independent Jewellery Store of the Year
Shona Jewellery (Glasgow)
SH Jewellery (Edinburgh)
Lindsey Gallacher Studio and Workshop (Thurso)
McKellars The Jewellers (Lanark)
ORRO Contemporary Jewellery (Glasgow)
Shelia Kerr Jewellery (Irivine)
Timothy J Sharp (Dunoon)
Moira Patience Fine Jewellery (Edinburgh)
McMaster Jewellers (Falkirk)
Auto Garage & Accessories Provider of the Year
Munros Garage (Oban)
Fast Kane Motors (Glasgow)
Steins Garage (Edinburgh)
D&G Autocare (Falkirk)
C P Garage Services Ltd (Dundee)
Andrew Watt Car Parts (Glasgow)
Albyn Garage Aberdeen Ltd (Aberdeen)
Struans Garage Services (Perth)
Menswear Retailer of the Year
Forty Clothing (Glasgow)
Frontiers Man (Edinburgh)
Brooks Menswear (Lanark)
Corniche (Edinburgh)
Colin White Menswear (Falkirk)
Ryan James Studio (Glasgow)
Campbells of Beauly (Beauly)
A Hume Country Clothing (Kelso)
Fat Buddah (Glasgow)
Shmooz (Dunfermline)
Soft Furnishings Supplier of the Year
Cardhu Gifts & Interiors (Troon)
Time & Tide (Glasgow)
Lighting World Home Furnishings (Glasgow)
Irene Tweedie -Edinburgh Curtains & Soft Furnishings (Edinburgh)
Jigsaw Blinds (Coatbridge)
Peter Neil Interiors (Perth)
Chantille House (Moffat)
The Fabric Shop (Dundee)
Village Blinds (East Kilbride)
Abacus Blinds (Edinburgh)
Flooring Retailer of the Year
Millers of Montrose (Montrose)
Glenearn Flooring of Perth (Perth)
First Floors (Giffnock)
James Barclay Carpets & Furnishings Ltd (Perth)
Lynas Carpets (Hamilton)
Bussey’s Beds & Carpets (Isle of Bute)
Donnys Carpets Scotland Ltd (Falkirk)
Falkirk Carpets (Falkirk)
Carpet Master of Stirling (Stirling)
Victoria Carpets (Dundee)
Women’s Fashion Boutique of the Year
Deja Elite Boutique (Hamilton)
My Serenity Boutique (Kilwinning)
Evalucia (Perth)
Envy Ladies Boutique (Ayr)
Libellula Boutique (Glasgow)
Strange Ray Vintage (Kirkcaldy)
Ruby Woo Boutique (Glasgow)
Pink Poodle (Glasgow)
Those Were The Days Vintage Fashion Boutique (Edinburgh)
Lulu & M (Dundee)
Off License of the Year
The Carnagie Whiskey Cellars (Dornoch)
Robertsons Of Pitlochry (Pitlochry)
Valhalla’s Goat (Glasgow)
Billingtons of Lenzie (Kirkintilloch)
McNicoll and Cairnie (Dundee)
Vino Wines (Edinburgh)
The Good Spirits Co (Glasgow)
Grunting Growler (Glasgow)
Aberdeen Whisky Shop (Aberdeen)
Robbies Drams / Robbies Whisky Merchants (Ayr)
Convenience Retailer of the Year
Bunty’s General Store (Bridge of Weir)
Corseford Stores (Johnstone)
Pinkie Farm Convenience Store (Musselburgh)
Looks (Dunbar)
Day-Today Barassie (Troon)
Auchencairn Store (Castle Douglas)
Yetholm Village Shop (Yetholm)
Lowick Village Store (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Glenfarg Village Shop (Perth)
Bespoke Retailer of the Year
North
Holly Maes & Crafts (Laurencekirk)
Geek Bothy (Kenmay)
The Portsoy Gift Box (Portsoy)
4eyedimensions (Kirkcaldy)
Copper & Grey (Banchory)
My Beautiful Caravan (Stonehaven)
Coast Candle Co (Nairn)
Roaring Stag Gifts (Ballater)
Rusling Furniture Makers (Muir of Ord)
Love From Sky Ltd (Isle of Sky)
Hendersons Garden & Home Store (Melrose)
South
Jenny Blossom Jewellers (Bonnyrigg)
Hunter Kingsley (Ayr)
Blair and Sheridan Bespoke Diamond Jewellers (Glasgow)
Spirito (Glasgow)
Black House (Gullane)
Elba Artisan Gallery (Milgavie)
Thimbles Dressmakers (Motherwell)
Treasured (Gourock) Ma
The Perfect Fit (Peebles)
Voltaire & Rousseau Bookshop (Glasgow)
Bakery of the Year
North
Cupcakes by Jo (Aberdeen)
Byron Bakery (Aberdeen)
The Highlanders Bakehouse (Ballater)
Ythan Bakery (Ellon)
Home Bakery Macduff (Macduff)
Ashers Bakery (Elgin)
Manuelas Wee Bakery (Ardelve)
Isle of Sky Baking Company (Portree)
Cakes by Fiona MacKinnon (Isle of Skye)
Nevis Bakery (Fort William)
Central
Keptie Bakery Ltd (Forfar)
Voseba (Falkirk)
Luscious Lovelies Cakes (Falkirk)
The Madhouse Bakery (Glenrothes)
Caledonian Cheesecake Company (Grangemouth)
Aran Bakery (Dunkeld)
The Cake Guru (Dundee)
Iain Burnette Highland Chocolatier (Pitlochry)
Breadalbane Bakery (Aberfeldy)
Goodfellow & Steven (Montrose)
South West
The Earth’s Crust Bakery Limited (Castle Douglas)
The Mad Batter Bakery & Coffee Shop (Coatbridge)
Christie the Bakers (Coatbridge)
Newlands Home Bakery (Glasgow)
Rawnchy (Glasgow)
Elizabethan Cakes (Glasgow)
Lovely Little Cakes (Glasgow)
Beth Brownings Bakery (Kilwinning)
Bhaile Craft Bakery (Ayr)
Westcoast Cakes (Largs)
South East
Edinburgh Bakehouse (Edinburgh)
Sugar Daddy’s Bakery (Edinburgh)
Pinnies & Poppy Seeds (Edinburgh)
Carries Cakes (Galashiels)
The Premium Bakery (Prestonpans)
Bostock Bakery (North Berwick)
Lough’s Home Bakery (Eyemouth)
Border Meringues (Jedburgh)
Dalgetty Alexander & Sons (Melrose)
The Wee Boulangerie (Edinburgh)
Hair & Beauty Salon of the Year
North
The Powder Room by Zoe (Inverness)
Timeless Spa & Beauty (Inverness)
Gabriela Hair & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Ruby Tuesday Hair & Beauty (Aberdeen)
Fusion Hairdressing (Stonehaven)
Rococo Hair Design (Ellon)
Castle Beauty Ellon (Ellon)
Changes By Leanne (Peterhead)
MERAKI Hair & Beauty (Macduff)
Purity Health Beauty & Well Being (Fochabers)
Central
Allure Couture Hair & Beauty (Glenrothes)
Elegance Beauty Lounge By Shelli Stroud (Leven)
Jcm Beauty Studio (Burntisland)
Sanctuary Hair and Nails (Dunfermline)
The Colour Lounge (Alloa)
Cutsahead Ltd (Falkirk)
Me Time Hair & Beauty (Falkirk)
Vitality Hair & Beauty (Blairgowrie)
Tanya Black Hairdressing (Perth)
Harmony Hair & Beauty (Perth)
South West
Revamp by Thomas Hair & Beauty (Motherwell)
Lifestyle Face & Bodycare (Bridge of Weir)
Charisma Studio Ltd (Glasgow)
Nicole Anderson Lash Artist (Glasgow)
N.E. Beauty Lounge (Glasgow)
Simplicity Beauty & Tanning Salon (Glasgow)
Hidden Beauty (Glasgow)
Meche Salon (Paisley)
LT Beauty Boutique (Isle of Bute)
Brow Envy (Glasgow)
South East
Nickie’s Hair & Beauty (Musselburgh)
Ark Hairdressing (Bonnyrigg)
Sharon’s Hair & Beauty Boutique(Haddington)
Horizon Hair and Beauty (Edinburgh)
Ishi Salon (Edinburgh)
Myles Hairdressing (Edinburgh)
Michelle Denham Studio Spa (North Berwick)
Rachel’s Nails & Beauty (Peebles)
uLittleBeauty (Bathgate)
Florist of the Year
North
The Flower Box (Granton-On-Spey)
The Flower Shop London House (Tain)
Victoriana Florist & Gifts (Alness)
Four Seasons Florist (Aberdeen)
Room To Bloom (Elgin)
Wild Blossom (Forres)
Maisies Daisies (Brora)
Helensburgh Flowers (Helensburgh)
Something Special Flowers (Blairgowrie)
Flower Patch (Wick)
Central
Petals of Oban (Oban)
Olly Bobbins (Inchture)
The Village Flower Shop (Cumbernauld)
Magpie & Marigold (Aberdour)
Flowers By Aileen (Falkirk)
Willow & Wisteria Flowers (Falkirk)
Charmed Willow Flowers (Glenrothes)
Sanpado (Brechin)
Flowers Galore (Forfar)
The Bee’s Flower Shop (Perth)
South West
Hello Petal Florist (Glasgow)
Lavender Blue (Glasgow)
Petals Flowers (Glasgow)
Blossoms Flower Shop (Uddingston)
Flowers By Karen (Kilmarnock)
The Floral Design Boutique (Stevenston)
Mayfield Flowers (Stewarton)
Hollow Park Florists (Ayr)
Flower Vogue (Greenock)
Jolene’s Swift Flowers (Erskine)
South East
Demi’s Florist (Edinburgh)
Floral Ambitions (Tranent)
Snapdragon (Edinburgh)
Scent Flowers (Galashiels)
Borders Eco Flowers (Duns)
Cloudberry Flowers (Peebles)
Stems (Innerleithen)
Sweetpeas Floral Design (Haddington)
Flowers by Arkadius (Edinburgh)
Coffee Shop of the Year
North
The Cult Of Coffee (Aberdeen)
The Cool Gourmet (Stonehaven)
Heaven Scent Coffee Shop (Kinross)
Boogie Woogie (Keith)
Slaughterhouse Coffee (Cromarty)
Café Cognito (Aberdeen)
Nooks & Crannies (Fraserburgh)
Annies Cakery (Macduff)
Caithness Coffee Company (Wick)
Mackenzie & Cruickshank (Forres)
Central
Tea at 63 (Tillicoultry)
Dolce Vita (Oban)
Bossards (Oban)
Serendipi-Tea (Kirkcaldy)
Mary’s Kitchen Tearoom (Dundee)
Tartan Coffee House Ltd. (Dundee)
The Boudingait (Cupar)
Kangus Coffee House (Kirkcaldy)
Novelli’s (Burntisland)
Henry’s Coffee House (Dundee)
South West
Hunter House Coffee Shop (East Kilbride)
Time Deli (Hamilton)
Wishing Well Tearoom & Coffee Shop (Glasgow)
Bizzi Izzi’s At The View (Coatbridge)
The Mad Batter Bakery & Coffee Shop (Coatbridge)
Tudor Coffee House (Strathaven)
Rendezvous (Kilmarnock)
Small Talk (Irvine)
The Gypsy Cream Cafe Shop Ltd (Largs)
Aroma Coffee and Kitchen Wishaw (Wishaw)
South East
Graze Coffee & Chocolate House (Dunbar)
The Milkman (Edinburgh)
Fortitude Coffee (Edinburgh)
Brew Lab Coffee (Edinburgh)
Lovecrumbs (Edinburgh)
Joli (Longniddry)
The Village Coffee House (Gullane)
Drift (North Berwick)
Baytree Café (Duns)
Eatery of the Year
North
Highland Farm Café (Dingwall)
210 Bistro (Aberdeen)
Union Cafe & Bistro (Aberdeen)
The Eatery (Aberdeen)
Cafe 83 (Inverurie)
The Alford Bistro (Alford)
The Bijou by the Sea (Buckie)
IV10 Cafe Bar Deli (Fortrose)
Lochcarron Bistro (Strathcarron)
Cocoa Mountain Balnakeil (Craft)
Isle of Bute Smokehouse (Isle of Bute)
Central
Henderson’s Bistro (Stirling)
Brea Restaurant (Stirling)
From Italy To Scotland (Linlithgow)
The Cromwell Kitchen & Rooms (Burntisland)
The Courtyard (Cupar)
The Wee Restaurant (Inverkeithing)
The Waterfront Restaurant (Kirkcaldy)
The Press Cafe and Bistro (Cupar)
Boat Brae (Newport-on-Tay)
The Dory Bistro & Gallery (Anstruther)
South West
Coffee Club Scotland Ltd (Clydebank)
Windmills Cafe (Motherwell)
Kastriot’s Mediterranean Bar & Grill (Glasgow)
Rawlings – Love to Eat (Glasgow)
Red Bus Bistro (Glasgow)
The Coffee Press (Kilmarnock)
The Bean and Leaf (Largs)
Peter Equi & Sons (Hamilton)
Bosun’s Table (Irvine)
South East
Bridge 49 Cafe Bar and Bistro (Linlithgow)
The Treehouse Café (Edinburgh)
Cafe St Honorė (Edinburgh)
Cramond Gallery Bistro (Edinburgh)
Sweet Haven (Tranent)
Bistro 23 (Alnwick)
Marmions Brasserie (Melrose)
Seasons (Melrose)
Firebrick Brasserie (Lauder)
The Waterside Bistro in Haddington (Haddington)
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