LONDON: The shortlist of nominations for 2010’s Builders' Merchants Awards for Excellence have been chosen.
Now, it will be up to the judges to ponder the merits of the entries and to decide who will be this year's winners and runners-up. Here is the 2010 shortlist that will be presented to the judges:
Trainee of the Year
George Bence & Sons (Rebecca Townsend)
LBS Builders' Merchants (Ian Smith)
Plumbase Maidstone (Mark Pawsey Yeates)
Ridgeons Group (Fran Liston)
Best Builders' Merchants Showroom
Coomers Graham (Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
Jackson Building Centres
Jewson (Sutton Fields)
Plumbase Reflections (Redruth)
TEC Distributors
Tippers Building Materials
Best Builders' Merchant Hard Landscaping Display
BSG Buildbase (Purdeys Way, Southend)
Coomers
Covers Timber & Builders' Merchants
Elmes Buildbase
TG Oswestry
Tippers Building Materials
Best Builders' Merchant Website
Beatsons
Buildbase
JT Dove
Keyline
EH Smith (Builders' Merchants)
Parker Building Supplies
Best Customer Service by a Builders' Merchant
C&W Berry
Kellaway Building Supplies
Parts Center
TEC Distributors
Best Builders' Marketing Initiative
Beatsons Building Supplies
Jackson Building Centres
Kellaway Building Supplies
LBS Builders' Merchants
MKM Building Supplies
EH Smith (Builders' Merchants)
Best Merchant Environmental Initiative
Buildbase
Covers
Pagets
Plumbing Trade Supplies
EH Smith (Builders' Merchants)
Achiever of the Year
Buildbase (Keith Eagers)
Coomers (Martyn Hammond)
JT Dove (Brian Atkinson)
Ridgeons Group (Dean Crawford)
EH Smith (Keith Merrick)
Wollens (Matt Green)
Builders' Merchant Manager of the Year
Buildbase Civils Westbury (Mark Colyer)
Buildbase Swadlincote (Mark Palmer)
Keyline Basingstoke (Andy Goodlings)
Lawsons Whetstone (Gerry O'Sullivan)
Plumbase Hove (Paul Trafford)
MKM Building Supplies Stockton (David Cook and Jason Horner)
EH Smith (Builders' Merchants) Leicester (Dave Keeling)
Best Independent Builders' Merchant (1-5 Branches)
Beatsons Building Supplies
Coomers
C&S Builders' Merchants
C&W Berry
GPH Builders' Merchants
Best Independent Builders' Merchant (6+ Branches)
Kellaway Building Supplies
Lawsons
LBS Builders' Merchants
MKM Building Supplies
National Builders' Merchant of the Year
Buildbase
Keyline
Plumbing Trade Supplies
Supplier of the Year
Aco
Brett Landscaping
Catnic
Hunter Plastics
Lafarge Cement
Best Plumbing and Heating Merchant
Graham (Sutton)
HPS – Heating Plumbing Supplies
Plumbase (Station Court, Solihull)
Builders' Merchants News will run regular updates on the Builders Merchants Awards for Excellence on www.buildersmerchansnews.co.uk and our e-newsletters following judging day and in the run-up to the presentation ceremony at the gala luncheon on Friday 19 November at the Lancaster Hotel in London.
