Voting is open for Preston’s High Street Heroes 2024.

The public will get to decide which city centre based individuals and businesses take home one of the 16 awards.

The competition is organised by Preston Business Improvement District (BID) and Visit Preston.

Organisers confirmed a new additional prize, The Dougie Lowe City Ambassador Award, will be given out in tribute to the Winedown founder who sadly died in August.

Read more: New Preston award to be given in memory of Winedown Preston founder

Last year’s awards ceremony took place at Ivory Tower @ 1842, with winners including Bernice Newton from Townhouse Coffee & Brew Bar, Gordon Gibson from Action Records, and Lisa Billington from The Warehouse.

A full list of awards and nominees is below. You can cast your vote for Preston’s High Street Heroes 2024.

Bar of the Year

• Wings & Beer 
• Revolution
• Hartleys
• Hogarths
• Ships & Giggles
• Baker Street 
• Detroit
• Stratos
• Wonderwall
• Plau
• Guild Ale House
• Plug & Taps
• Lost Bar
• Pintxos
• Slug & Lettuce 
• Winckley Street Ale House 
• Baluga
• All Hopes No Promises
• Winedown
• The Ferret
• Hopwoods
• NIKO
• Kuckoo
• Review
• The Adelphi
• Chew’s Yard
• Forum
• 1842

Club of the Year

• Blitz
• Switch
• The Warehouse
• Baluga
• Popworld
• Roper Hall

Eatery of the Year

• Angelos
• Bar Pintxos
• Chew’s Yard
• Shahzaad Tandoori
• Rise
• The Cafe Bar
• EastZEast
• Holy Grounds
• Winckley Street Ale House 
• All Hopes No Promises
• Lost Bar & Pizzeria
• Theatre Street Bar & Grill
• Khao Thai
• Nonna Lucia’s Pizzeria
• Townhouse Coffee + Brew Bar
• The Thai Orchid
• Ravenous 
• Seitanic
• Forum
• The Spud Bros
• Meiz
• Coco’s Soul Food
• Cafune
• Roast 
• Aven
• Kimji
• Fino Tapas
• Tipsy Chef 
• Roper Hall
• 1842
• Forum

National Eatery of the Year

• Nandos
• Pizza Express
• Mowgli
• Oodles Chinese
• Bistrot Pierre
• Bob & Berts
• Greggs
• Ohannes Burger
• Turtle Bay 
• Twelve Tellers

Chain Pub of the Year

• Hogarths
• The Grey Friar
• Blue Bell
• Twelve Tellers 
• Revolution
• The Adelphi
• Northern Way 
• Slug & Lettuce 

Independent Pub of the Year

• Roper Hall
• Chain House Brewing Company
• Wonderwall
• Winckley Street Ale House 
• The Black Horse
• Wings & Beer
• Hopwoods
• The Bull & Royal 
• The Station Hotel
• Plug & Taps
• The Ferret
• The Angel 
• The Guild Ale House 
• The Orchard
• Chew’s Yard
• Vinyl Tap
• The Old Black Bull
• Winedown
• The Orchard
• Plau 
• 1842

Leisure Manager of the Year

• Chelsea Chard – Glovers
• Ryan Hayes – Chain House Brewing Company
• Brandon Seddon – 1842 
• Ben Bacon – No. 10 Preston and Winckley Stays
• Katie Heron – Popworld
• Jonny Yates – Winckley Street Ale House
• Alisha Stewart – Chain House Brewing Company
• Lisa Billington – The Warehouse
• Micky Jerome – All Hopes No Promises
• Daniella Birkbeck – The Adelphi
• Daniel Taylor – Black Horse
• Benjamin Draycott – Plug & Taps
• Nikki Devireddy – Baker Street 
• Oli Ingram – Baluga
• Will Lowe – Winedown
• Adam Peel – Turtle Bay
• Dave Brown – Switch
• Brian Mercer – Blitz

Retail Manager of the Year

• Louise McGuinness – Creation Gifts & Crafts
• Omar Mitha – Ocean Designer Menswear
• Adam Sowden – The Entertainer
• Rory Flemming – St John’s
• Norman Young – Banana King
• Deborah Leeson – Boots 
• Bernice Newton – Townhouse Coffee & Brew Bar 
• Heather Redgewell – Lush 
• Jon Cotton – HMV
• Keith Mitchell – Fishergate Shopping Centre
• Chloe Dudek – Lush
• Emma Ormerod – Peter Jackson Jewellers
• Gordon Gibson – Action Records
• Clare Donald – Marks & Spencers 
• Jacob & Harley Nelson – Spud Bros
• Corrado Agnola – Slaters 

Multiple Retailer of the Year

• Whittles Jewellers
• Lush
• Kripsy Kreme
• Marks & Spencer
• Home Bargains
• Holland & Barrett 
• Richer Sounds
• Greggs (Fishergate)
• Pandora
• The Entertainer
• Primark 
• HMV
• Slaters 
• WH Smith
• Next
• Specsavers 
• H&M
• Boots 
• Costa (St George’s)
• Ann Summers
• TK Maxx 
• H Samuel 
• Smiggle
• River Island 
• Wilkinson Cameras

Independent Retail Business of the Year

• That Comic Shop
• Futopia
• Roast
• Peter Jackson The Jeweller
• Creations Gifts & Crafts
• Halewood & Sons Books 
• Cedarwood Coffee Co.
• Action Records
• Novello 
• G&M Goldsmiths
• Brucciani’s 
• Cafune – South American Cafe
• Ravenous
• Banana King
• Ocean Designer Menswear
• Townhouse Coffee & Brew Bar 
• Brew + Bake
• Fresh & Fruity
• Storm Cat
• Livesey’s Butchers
• Pickles of Preston
• Secret Garden 
• Retrogue
• Green Pheasant 
• Redmans of Preston

Market Trader of the Year

• Livesey’s Butchers
• Pickles of Preston
• Fresh & Fruity
• Redmans of Preston
• Jonah’s Coffee 
• Arthur Strand
• Derek’s Books
• Sheridan’s Bags
• Market Bottle Shop
• Preston Records
• Super Veg

Customer Service Star in Retail

• Gordon Gibson – Action Records
• Norman Young – Banana King
• Adam Sowden – The Entertainer
• Barry Dawson – Fresh & Fruity 
• Kelly Baron – Peter Jackson the Jeweller
• Daisy West – Boots
• Sam Livesey – Livesey’s Butchers 
• Joe McFetridge – Plug & Taps
• Rory Mellor – Lush
• Heather Balshaw – Action Records
• Louise McGuinness – Creation Gifts & Crafts
• Joan Marsden – Secret Garden
• Helen Harrison – Marks & Spencers 
• Peter Gildanew – Roper Hall
• Jacob Nelson – Spud Bros

Customer Service in a Leisure Business

• Ben Bacon – No.10 Preston and Winckley Stays
• Phoebe Smith – Jonah’s Coffee
• Rebecca Rowlands – Plau
• Gary Quinn – Guild Ale House / Orchard
• Harry McCann – The Black Horse
• Bernice Newton – Townhouse Coffee & Brew Bar
• Murray Roberts – Switch
• Alisha Stewart – Chainhouse Brewing Company
• Jessie Roe – Rise
• Thomas Charnley – 1842
• Benjamin Draycott – Plug & Taps
• Oli Ingram – Baluga
• Chelsea Chard – Glovers
• Frank Whiteley – Chew’s Yard
• Will Lowe – Winedown
• Peter Alexander – Blitz

Outstanding Achievement in Retail

• Margaret Mason – Margaret Mason
• Peter Jackson – Peter Jackson The Jeweller
• Norman Young – Banana King 
• Keith Mitchell – Fishergate Shopping Centre
• Adrian Livesey – Livesey’s Butchers
• Jacob & Harley Nelson – Spud Bros
• Gordon Gibson – Action Records
• Dean Yates – Roast
• Michael Halewood – Halewood & Sons Books 

Outstanding Achievement in Leisure

• Marvin Baldwin – Forum
• Christine and Michael Seddon – Bar 1842
• Lisa Billington – The Warehouse
• Ben Bacon – No.10 Preston & Winckley Stays
• Ryan Hayes – Chain House Brewing Company
• Ben Casey and Christine Cort – Chew’s Yard
• Jonny Yates – Winckley Street Ale House
• Mickey Jerome and Allishia Tinsley – All Hopes No Promises
• Darren Ofsarnie – Switch
• Peter Alexander – Blitz

Proud Preston Award

• Jacob & Harley Nelson – Spud Bros
• Peter Kelly – Preston Councillor
• Peter Jackson – Peter Jackson The Jeweller
• Nita Clish – Futopia
• Ben Casey – Chews Yard
• Mickey Jerome – All Hopes No Promises
• Adrian Livesey – Livesey’s Butchers 
• Rebecca Rowlands – Plau
• Lauren Conroy-Clough – Elder Emo UK
• Peter Alexander – Blitz
• Norman Young – Banana King 
• Margaret Mason – Margaret Mason
• Kally Draycott – Plug & Taps
• Jay Oates – Tipsy Chef
• Andy Macdonald – Ships & Giggles
• Ben Bacon – No.10 Hotel & Winckley Stays
• Nick Carter – Baluga/Hopwoods 
• Daniella Birkbeck – The Adelphi
• Angela Holroyd – Lush
• Jessie Roe – Rise
• Darren Ofsarnie – Switch
• Bernice Newton – Townhouse Coffee & Brew Bar
• Louise Sey – Ravenous
• Catarina King – Society1
• Gordon Gibson – Action Records

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