The South West’s finalists have been announced in the 2011 Countryside Alliance Awards, with top local businesses vying for one of four regional titles and the chance of national acclaim.
The Countryside Alliance Awards, nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’, are now in their seventh year of celebrating the characters, skills, traditions and enterprise of the countryside through the people who work so hard to make it tick. Each finalist has received numerous nominations from adoring customers and supporters and hopes to go all the way to the Parliamentary final next March. The 2011 South West finalists are:
Local Food category finalists
- Mrs Macks Organic Poppy Seed Dressing, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 01747 830 109, www.mrsmacks.co.uk
- Newlyns Farm Shop, North Warnborough,Hook, Hampshire, 01256 704128
- The Traditional Beef Company, Farley, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 01722 712963 www.traditional-beef.co.uk
Village Shop/ Post Office category finalists
- Broadhembury Post Office, Broadhembury, nr Honiton, Devon, 01404 841201
- Centre Stores & Post Office, Eversley, Hampshire, 0118 973 3141
- Dalwood Community Shop, Dalwood, Axminster, Devon 01404 881200 www.larkshayes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=11&Itemid=61
- Ludwell Stores and Post Office, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 01747 828227 http://ludwellstores.co.uk/
Enterprise category finalists
Butcher category finalists
- Stuart Saunders Butchers, West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset, 01935 862257
- T Buttling Butchers, Ludwell, Shaftesbury, Dorset, 01747 828216, www.tbuttlingbutchers.co.uk
- Thomas O'Keeffe and Father, Pelynt, Nr Looe, Cornwall, 01503 220636, www.okeeffe-butchers-pelynt.co.uk
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