Port Erin's Mantons Cards has been selected as a finalist in The British Independent Retailers Association Awards.
Mantons is one of only three companies from across the UK to make the final for The Retail Team of the Year.
The greeting card and gift specialists impressed the judges who said “Mantons stood out as having a broad variety of achievements which impressed the judges, not just working to improve one aspect of their business but many elements at the same time. As the only Manx company to ever reach the final, Mantons has put the Isle of Man firmly on the retail map.”
"With the on-going re-generation currently affecting Port Erin, this is a fantastic motivation for the Mantons team and hopefully helps to show that Port Erin is still very much open for business" commented owner Chris Beards.
"After winning The British Independent Retailer of the Year Award, everyone at Mantons is delighted to be named as a Retail Team of the Year Finalist, especially as we are the only Manx company to ever achieve this honour. This is well deserved recognition for all our team's hard work and commitment to help our customers, which is something all of the us at Mantons take pride in."
"Having previously won separate awards for our customer service, product selection, marketing and window displays, it is fantastic to be recognised by the UK's only independent retail awards that consider every aspect of our shop, especially as 2017 is Mantons 30th Anniversary. I am especially pleased that this award recognizes the whole Mantons Team who really are the unsung heroes of our success." continued Chris.
The Awards, now in their 19th year, were launched by the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) to recognise and reward the very best independent retailers in the U.K. and to celebrate inspiring businesses who are leading the way and exceeding in challenging times.
Every independent shop in the UK was eligible for the competition and the finalists are chosen on a range of qualities including the quality of products offered, customer shopping experience, and customer service. Of special interest to the judges is forward thinking, innovation and team work.
Since 2010 Mantons has won sixteen national awards including the British Independent Retailers Association's 'Independent Retailer of the Year', plus being named as one of the top 100 small businesses in the UK in 2015 and winning the BIRA Hero Award for fundraising and community work in 2016.
The winners of this year’s prestigious retail awards, will be revealed at an awards ceremony presented by Kate Adie on Monday 8th May so everyone at Mantons will be hoping its seventeenth time lucky.
