Creative Oceanic powered by Oceanic Awards is proud to announce the finalists for the English Independent Retail Awards 2024.
The awards aim to recognise those whose entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to customer satisfaction and ethos have helped them stand out amongst the rest and put them forward to get the recognition they deserve.
They showcase the efforts of those suppliers that firstly understand the customers expectations and secondly focus on delivering good quality, making them one of the most respected retailers in their field.
The winners will be announced at a black tie ceremony held on Saturday the 22nd of July at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel.
A spokesperson for the English Independent Retail Awards 2024 said: “We’re proud that we could continue to honour the top independent retailers across England.
These awards highlight the significant impact independent retailers make in their communities and provide a platform to showcase their success. Their dedication and accomplishments serve as an inspiration to the entire retail community.
We want to congratulate all of our finalists and wish them the best of luck.”
The finalists for the English Independent Retail Awards 2024 are:
Fashion & Accessories Retailer of the Year
Bertie’s of Bay (Robin Hood’s Bay)
McQueen Independent (Manchester)
Blossom Boutique (Thornton)
Styled Boutique (Chester)
Thunder Egg (Manchester)
HERVIA Store (Manchester)
Rose Velvet (Harrogate)
Assortment Boutique Fashion (Warrington)
Limited Boutique (Hebden Bridge)
Chic Happens (Chorley)
Independent Furniture Retailer of the Year
House Of Brands (Cheetham Hill)
North East Furniture Company (Newcastle upon Tyne)
The Furniture Superstore (Washington)
AMC Furniture Outlet (Failsworth)
Only Oak Furniture (Middlesbrough)
Worthington Brougham Furniture (Chorley)
Urbansuite (Manchester)
Northern Comfort (Nelson)
Doorway To Value (Whittle-le-Woods)
Opticians of the Year
Eye Room (Leeds)
Advanced Vision (Tynemouth)
Seen Opticians (Manchester)
Johnny Goggles (Liverpool)
Marian Gray Opticians (Leyland)
Welbourne Opticians (Lancaster)
Barnes Hazel Opticians (Wigan)
Chorley EyeCare Opticians (Whittle-le-Woods)
Planit Opticians (Colne)
Lytham Eyewear (Saint Annes)
Dry Cleaners of the Year
Ideal Dry Cleaners (Middlesbrough)
AAA Dry Cleaners (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Scotforth Dry Cleaners (Lancaster)
Simply Dry Cleaners (Leeds)
Fairview Cleaners (Chorley)
Impeccable Dry Cleaning (Rochdale)
MAP Laundry & Dry Cleaners (Preston)
The Dry Cleaning Co (Altrincham)
Old Cinema Launderette (Durham)
Village Dry Cleaners (Chorlton-cum-Hardy)
Technology Retailer of the Year
Television House (Pickering)
Beyond Television (Blackpool)
Brothertons (Lytham Saint Annes)
Fred Hughes T V (Preston)
Wilkinson’s HiFi (Nelson)
Robinsons Electric TV Retailer (Kendal)
The Computer Shop (Preston)
Use IT Computers (Blackburn)
K C Computers (Ormskirk)
Frozen Computers (Preston)
Pharmacy of the Year
Sherburn Village Pharmacy (Durham)
Andrews Pharmacy (Macclesfield)
Acer Pharmacy (Thornton-Cleveleys)
Smithsons Pharmacy (Preston)
Colne Road Pharmacy (Burnley)
Kepple Lane Pharmacy (Preston)
West End Pharmacy (Morecambe)
Parkers & Huntington Pharmacy (York)
West Hill Pharmacy & Travel clinic (Bridlington)
Yorkshire Street Pharmacy (Rochdale)
Specialist Retailer of the Year
Form Lifestyle Store (Manchester)
From The Source (Skipton)
Bike Scene (Guisborough)
Fanthorpes HiFi (Hull)
North East Model Centre (Chester-le-Street)
Keel Row Books (Whitley Bay)
Warrington PC Doctor (Warrington)
Moorgate Acoustics (Sheffield)
Asco Lights (Stockport)
Cycle Retailer of the Year
Whiptail Cycles (Tynemouth)
Northwest Mountain Bike Centre (Cheadle)
I Cycle (Clitheroe)
Bikes ‘n’ Gear (Knutsford)
Inspiral Cycles (Bishop Auckland)
The Bike Factory (Chester)
Life on Wheels (Holywell)
Bike Scene (Guisborough)
Winstanleys Bikes (Wigan)
Cycle Gear (Halifax)
Independent Sports Retailer of the Year
Run Preston (Preston)
RareKix.com (Preston)
Poultons Sports & Trophy Centre (Poulton-le-Fylde)
Taskers Sports (Liverpool)
Drury Sports (Driffield)
Lukeys Sports (Preston)
Discount Sports (Skipton)
Yorkshire Field Sports (Sheffield)
Avos Watersports Den (Preston)
Book Shop of the Year
Book Corner (Saltburn-by-the-Sea)
Barter Books (Alnwick)
Kernaghan Books (Liverpool)
Imagined Things Bookshop (Harrogate)
Salts Mill (Shipley)
The Book Corner (Halifax)
The Little Bookshop (Leeds)
Books For All (Harrogate)
Chapter One Books (Manchester)
Grove Bookshop (Ilkley)
Butcher of the Year
Nicholson’s Butchers (Whitley Bay)
The Butcher’s Quarter (Manchester)
England & Sons (Wigan)
Roy Porter Butchers (Clitheroe)
D.Ingham & Son Butchers (Colne)
Livesey (Preston)
Kendall’s Farm Butchers (Harrogate)
Andy Meatman (Blackpool)
Barnes Of Keighley (Keighley)
Scotch Beef Shop (Liverpool)
Green Grocer of the Year
The Greengrocer (Thirsk)
The Headingley Greengrocer (Leeds)
Greengrocers The Glass Onion (Bolton)
Neal J H (Stockport)
Greens Grocers (Leeds)
The Old Greengrocer deli & café (York)
Your Choice (Wigan)
The Veg Shop (Rossendale)
Super Veg (Preston)
Ron Burgess (Chorley)
Fishmonger of the Year
Edmondsons Fresh Fish (Morecambe)
Wellgate Fisheries (Clitheroe)
The Fish Plaice (Blackpool)
Fresh Off The Hook (Great Harwood)
Lanigans (Lytham Saint Annes)
Dockside Seafood (Fleetwood)
Out of the Blue (Manchester)
Arndale Fresh Fish Market (Manchester)
Getzels Greengrocer and Fishmonger (Prestwich)
Independent Pet Supplies Store of the Year
HG Pets (Harrogate)
North West Discount Pet Foods (Blackpool)
Animal Magic Pet Shop (Thornton-Cleveleys)
Paws for Thought Pet Centre (Leeds)
Yorkshire Feed & Country Store (Thirsk)
The Beverley Pet Shop (Beverley)
Pets Pantry (York)
Bretts Pets (Chorley)
Adlington Pet Centre (Chorley)
Alpa Pet & Equine Warehouse (Preston)
Independent Jewellery Store of the Year
Ashcroft Jewellery Design (Durham)
Guy Wakeling Jewellery (Preston)
Emma Hedley Jewellery (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Form Bespoke Jewellers (Chapel Allerton)
IHD Jewellery Maker (Leeds)
Renné Jewellery (Darlington)
Youngs Jewellers (Whitby)
A K A Bespoke Jewellers (St Anns Square)
Selina Campbell Jewellery (Manchester)
Auto Garage & Accessories Provider of the Year
North East Auto Tech (Stockton-on-Tees)
Northern Motors (St. Helens)
Independent Vehicles (Timperley)
Adamson Independent Automotive (Halifax)
Sowerby Bridge Independent (Sowerby Bridge)
Lowndes Street Garage (Preston)
Independent 4×4 (Rossendale)
Suther’s Star Garage (Preston)
Russell Garage (Manchester)
Menswear Retailer of the Year
INTRO (Manchester)
Cavern Menswear (Liverpool)
The Modern Draper (Beverley)
Mankind (Blackpool)
Nigel Clare (Chorley)
Hellewell Menswear (Preston)
Rivet and Hide (Manchester)
Man To Man (Southport)
Soft Furnishing Supplier of the Year
Yorkshire Curtain Shop (Normanton)
Curtains & Blinds 4 Homes (Elland)
Ab-Fab Curtains (Wakefield)
CB Furnishings (Thirsk)
Yorkshire Coast Furniture (Bridlington)
Elaine Johnson Fabrics & Interiors (York)
Loom Loft Furniture & Interiors (Clitheroe)
Worthington Brougham Furniture (Chorley)
Taskers Of Accrington (Accrington)
Quigleys Luxury Home Furnishings (Preston)
Flooring Retailer of the Year
The Flooring Firm (Preston)
Cheshire Flooring Solutions (Congleton)
Ashley Flooring & Interiors (Middlewich)
Unique Flooring Studio (Macclesfield)
The Yorkshire Flooring Company (Leeds)
Dale Price Flooring Solutions (South Kirkby)
Style Flooring Of York (York)
Beyond Flooring (Batley)
The Flooring Centre NW (Preston)
Calder Valley Flooring and Carpets (Ripponden)
Women’s Fashion Boutique of the Year
Blossom Boutique (Thornton)
Kiku Boutique (Manchester)
Lady Designer Wear (Wigan)
Pretty Woman (Accrington)
Lagenlook Clothing Boutique (Wakefield)
Susie’s Boutique (Romiley)
Aubergine (Wigan)
LJ’s Boutique (Doncaster)
Sister (Sheffield)
Wardrobe by Simone (Clitheroe)
Specialist Drink Retailer of the Year
New Zealand Wines (Manchester)
Tipples of Manchester (Manchester)
Sipping Fox (Ulverston)
T Wright Wine (Bolton)
The Wright Wine Company (Skipton)
The Whalley Wine Shop (Clitheroe)
Grape & Grain (Morpeth)
Once Upon a Vine (Leeds)
The Northern Beer Temple (Wigan)
The Epicurean (Didsbury)
Convenience Retailer of the Year
R Campbell and Sons of Leyburn (Leyburn
Go Local (Sutton)
Premier Teynham Road (Sheffield)
Spar Oxford Road (Manchester)
Central Co-op (Dodworth)
Family Shopper (Broadoak)
GoLocal (Belle Vue, Middlesborough)
Nisa local – Beech Stores (Morecambe)
Go Local (Stockport)
Nisa Local Locking Stumps (Warrington)
Bespoke Retailer of the Year
The Bishy Weigh (York)
World of Ukes (Carlisle)
Chester Model Centre (Chester)
Podgy Paws (Keswick)
Latitude Wine & Liquor Merchant (Leeds)
Eagle Music Shop (Huddersfield)
Turmeaus Cigars & Whisky (Liverpool)
Calder Art Supplies (Huddersfield)
My Smoking Shop (Preston)
KershKicks (Manchester)
Bakery of the Year
The Artisan Bakers (Clitheroe)
The Secret Bakery (Harrogate)
Two Dales Bakery (Richmond)
The Oven Door Bakery (Wetherby)
Seasons Bakery (Carnforth)
Mark’s Artisan Bakery and Pie Shop (Clitheroe)
The Handmade Bakery (Huddersfield)
Lovingly Artisan (Kendal)
Holy Grain Sourdough Bakery (Manchester)
Forge Bakehouse (Sheffield)
Beauty Salon of the Year
Cheshire Beauty and Wellbeing (Burtonwood)
Sensoria (Ellesmere Port)
The Cheshire Retreat Salon & Academy (Altrincham)
Beauty and Bubbles (Manchester)
LILLY NAIL AND BEAUTY SALON (Manchester)
Pout Beauty Salon (Leeds)
Yorkshire Beauty And Wellness (Bradford)
The Mulberry House Beauty Salon (Wakefield)
Lasting Impressions (York)
Yorkshire Beauty Co.(Ripon)
Hair Salon of the Year
Edge Hairdressing (Cramlington)
Nancy Hair & Beauty salon (Leeds)
ANTI.dote (York)
The Vinery Hair & Beauty (Huddersfield)
Top to Toe (York)
Outlaws Hair Company (Leeds)
Anthony James Hair Salon (Halifax)
Patrick Bruce (York)
Hair Court By Hayley (Macclesfield)
Fox Hairdressing (Northwich)
Florist of the Year
The Naomi Flower (North Shields)
Hutton Flowers (Northallerton)
Alina Florist (Thirsk)
Flowerpot (Stockton-on-Tees)
Floral Pride (Ripon)
Helen James Flowers (Harrogate)
W P Horsley Florist (Malton)
Daisy Chain (Burnley)
Flowers With Passion (Goosnargh)
Marshall’s Florist (Chorley)
Coffee Shop of the Year
Cullercoats Coffee Co. (North Shields)
Laneway & Co (Newcastle upon Tyne)
The Old School (Rufforth)
CoffeECO (Skipton)
COFFEE St (Rotherham)
Retreat Tearoom & Bistro (Skipton)
Brew + Bake (Preston)
Woodchats Coffee Shop (Chorley)
The Folly Coffee House & Café (Leyland)
Eatery of the Year
The Terrace Café (Northallerton)
Ellerton Lakeside Café (Richmond)
Goat Gap Café (Lancaster)
The Refectory Café (Hexham)
Cornercopia café (York)
Potters Barn Café (Preston)
Light Ash Farm Shop and Café (Preston)
Canal View Café (Blackburn)
Pavilion Coffee House (Clitheroe)
Old Station Café (Longridge)
Mobile Phone Retailer of the Year
Phone Experts (North Shields)
Mobile Masters (Burnley)
Repair My Device (Knutsford)
The Phone Whisperer (Warrington)
Sim3 (Preston)
BBurn Phone Repairs (Blackburn)
M&M FONEZ (Manchester)
SPOT ON (Manchester)
Mobile-Ware (Manchester)
York Phone Repairs (York)
Hardware Store of the Year
Thorpes of Gosforth (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Kelly’s DIY (Whitley Bay)
The Hardware Store (Burnley)
Nigel Waters Hardware (Denton)
Sash Hardware (Shildon)
Prestwich Hardware (Prestwich)
Barnitts (York)
Snape & Sons Cheadle (Hulme)
Record Shop of the Year
Kingbee Records (Manchester)
Drumbeat Record Shop (Chorley)
Townsend Music (Burnley)
Action Records (Preston)
Eden Music (Morecambe)
Overtone Records (Thornton-Cleveleys)
Quicksilver Music (Southport)
P&C Music (Harrogate)
Vinyl Eddie (York)
Wah Wah Records (Wakefield)
Music Shop of the Year
Music Matter (Preston)
Rimmers Music (Preston)
Reidys Home Of Music (Blackburn)
Promenade Music (Morecambe)
MOR Music (Selby)
Music House (Harrogate)
Rockbox Music (Northallerton)
Trad Music (Wakefield)
Hobgoblin Music (Leeds)
Eagle Music Shop (Huddersfield)
Craft & Gift Shop of the Year
The Handmade Gift Shop (Halifax)
Craft Works Gallery (Corbridge)
T.La Art & Craft Gallery (Manchester)
Out of the Ordinary (Skipton)
Our Handmade Collective (Leeds)
Crafty Diane Gift and Art Gallery (Preston)
The Craft Station (Wakefield)
Lancashire Makers (Southport)
Wonderfully Made (Todmorden)
The Cottage (Ormskirk)
Confectionary Retailer of the Year
Dormouse (Manchester)
The Oldest Sweet Shop In The World (Harrogate)
Candy Kabin (Rochdale)
Sweet Memories (Blackpool)
The Sweet Emporium (Salford)
Bon Bon Sweets (Chester-le-Street)
Auntie’s Shop (Blackburn)
Giant Bradley’s Sweet Shop (York)
Mr Simms Olde Sweet shop (Bury)
Candy Crunch (Bradford)
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