Basingstoke Shopfitting Contractors, Routledge & Young, last week took the trophy for Best Supermarket project of the year at the Shopfitting and Display Industry Awards 2007, held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane. Routledge and Young were up against some tough competition, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Superquinn, but the project work for a branch of Somerfield in Broadstone helped Routledge and Young take the award.

Somerfield along with the Directors and Team at Routledge and Young were obviously all delighted with the result against some stiff industry competition. Pictured is John Upshall, Contracts Manager from Routledge and Young (second from right) collecting the trophy (with Somerfield Clients) from Fred McAuley (far right).

Steve Skuce, Director of Routledge and Young said:

We are delighted to have won this award. It is all credit to the Design team and Property Management team at Somerfield and the Management and team at Routledge and Young. Somerfield Broadstone was a complicated project and it is good to be recognised not only by our clients for difficult projects but also by the industry. We are looking forward to next years awards already

The trophy is now in pride of place in the company board room, along with the after dinner party photos!

Award winning Redrow Homes has helped raise over £15,000 for children’s charity Naomi House.

Redrow held a glittering dinner, at Oakley Hall in Basingstoke, for Naomi House, a charity which provides respite care, terminal care and bereavement support for children and families in central and southern England.

With the help of donations from local businesses in North Hampshire and with games and a raffle, with prizes including spa days, theatre tickets, an ipod, a case of champagne and Premiership football tickets, the evening raised £15, 217 to help Naomi House to carry on with their dedicated work.

Stuart Rowlands, managing director of Redrow Homes (Southern), based in Basingstoke, said:

As well as building quality homes across the country, Redrow strives to support the good work that local charities do. We’re proud of our link up with Naomi House and will endeavour to continue to support their worthy cause within the community.

Opened in 1997 and based in Sutton Scotney near Winchester, it now costs over £2.5 million a year to run Naomi House. With just 10% of the income coming from Government grants, the charity relies on voluntary and charitable support.

Jill Livingstone, corporate fundraiser for Naomi House, said:

The black tie ball organised by Redrow was a sparkling event enjoyed by all. It is a milestone year for us at Naomi House as we are celebrating our 10th anniversary and we are absolutely delighted to have the support of Redrow Homes during this very special year.

The ongoing support we receive from Redrow helps us to provide these crucial care services, free of charge, to children and their families at a time when they need it most. On behalf of everyone at Naomi House I’d like to say a huge thank you to Redrow for their tremendous support.”

Redrow’s Basingstoke based operation has a range of developments across the south of England, including schemes in Bracknell and Thatcham, in Berkshire, Eastbourne and Bexhill on Sea, in East Sussex, and Horsham and Crawley, in West Sussex, while new homes are planned for Hailsham, in East Sussex, and Farnborough, Hampshire.

Nationally, the house builder recently launched The Redrow Foundation, which aims to provide accommodation and related assistance for children in need, the elderly, the sick and the infirm. An amount of £50 from the sale of each new Redrow home goes to the Foundation.

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Routledge and Young Shopfitters, based in Daneshill, have made the shortlist for Best Supermarket Project at the Shopfitting and Display Industry Awards 2007.

The project up for the award is the £600,000 refit of Somerfields Broadstone, which R&Y undertook during 2006, which included major upgrades and refurbishments.

Routledge & Young have been based in Basingstoke for 14 years and have a client list that includes Tesco, Oxfam, Somerfield and McDonalds, to name a few.

The team are delighted to be up for an award associated with Shopfitting and are hopeful to win. They are taking a large contingent to the award ceremony which takes places on June 13th 2007 at a Gala Dinner at The Grosvenor House Hotel.

Karen Skuce, Sales and Marketing Manager said,

It is great to be recognised by our industry awards and is testament to the hard work put in by all the team consistently. It would obviously make us even more proud to actually win this award against the other great projects.