Amanda Milling, Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase, has announced the eight local businesses who have been crowned Cannock Chase’s best independent retailers for 2016.
In its third year, the Cannock Chase Best Local Shops & Market Stalls competition asked people to vote for their favourite independent retailers in Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford. There were 8 awards up for grabs – with best local shops, best market stalls and a new category this year best café/restaurant. Voting closed on December 1st and the winners were announced on 3rd December as part of Small Business Saturday.
Only three business managed to defend a title from 2015. Bella’s Coffee House (Hednesford) and The Rug Stall (Cannock Market Stall) held on to titles from 2015 and Meat to Please You in Rugeley Market has now been voted the best market stall in Rugeley for three consecutive years.
Amanda visited each of the winners and presented them with the certificates to display to their customers.
The full list of winners is:
Rugeley Café/restaurant – Made With Love Tea Rooms
Rugeley Shop – Lachmere
Rugeley Market – Meat to Please You
Cannock Café/restaurant – Caffe del Nino
Cannock Shop – Bathaholics
Cannock Market – The Rug Stall
Hednesford Café/restaurant – Bella’s Coffee House
Hednesford Shop – Jabu Hair Studio
Amanda said: “I would like to congratulate each of the winners in this year’s competition. I hope each of the winners enjoy their early Christmas present and that it helps to keep up their energies for the Christmas shopping rush. Part of Small Business Saturday, the competition is a great way of letting our local retailers know just how much their customers support them. Each of the winners asked me to thank their customers for voting for them. It was great to see a some businesses defend titles as well as newcomers to our high streets claim prizes. Commiserations to the businesses who didn’t win this year, but as always, the competition was well fought by local businesses and we have eight very worthy winners.”