Congratulations to all our 2011 winners!

Decorating Product of the Year

Gold winner

Barrettine Paint Panther

Why?
When methylene chloride was outlawed, it left the decorating market casting around for a paint stripper, which did the job but met the new regulations. Paint Panther, is safer, environmentally more acceptable, and it does the job.

Silver winners

Akzo Nobel Dulux Authentic Origins
Akzo Nobel Dulux Timesless Classics

DIY Product of the Year

Gold winner

EG International Spirit Green

Why?
It's environment friendly, it's solvent free, it's safe and it doesn't smell. It's the white spirit alternative for the age we live in.

Silver winners

Everbuild Salt-Away
Everbuild Seal Rite

Ferts & Chems Product of the Year

Gold winner

Scotts Miracle-Gro Round-Up Gel Weedkiller

Why?
Many consumers don’t like handling weedkillers – which is why Scotts came up with a new gel version of Round-up which is incredibly easy to use and incredibly accurate in its application.

Silver winners

Scotts Miracle-Gro Expand’n’Gro Compost

Garden Accessory of the Year

Gold winner

Festive Lights Dri-Box Connection Box

Why?
If it’s electric and it’s outdoors, a Dri-Box will make it safer. And because it does something no other product does, it can only create extra sales

Silver winners

Gardman Salad & Herb Planter
Hozelock Micro Reel

Garden Tool of the Year

Gold winner

Bosch Keo Saw

Why?
A brilliant product, using lithium-ion battery technology to produce a gardening saw that’s powerful, light, compact and cordless.

Silver winners

Bosch Rotak Ergoflex Mower

Hand Tool of the Year

Gold winner

CK Magma Technician Tool Case

Why?
It’s the tool case that the market wants, and the customers came. And they bought it in big numbers.

Silver winners

Irwin Professional Tape Measure
Purdy International Short-handled Wire Brush
Stanley One Touch Tool Box

Hardware Product of the Year

Gold winner

Hunter Plastics Adjustable Offset

Why?
It saves time and trouble during installation, it reduces the risk when working at height, and it makes it much easier to achieve a perfect result.

Silver winners

CH Byron Download Wire-Free Door Chime
Burton McCall Maglite ML100 Torch

Power Tool of the Year

Gold winner

Positec Worx Handy Cut Saw

Why?
An innovative multi-purpose tool that’s packed with features that make it easier and safer to use, delivering a better DIY result

Silver winners

Bosch PSR18 Cordless Drill Driver
Rapid Cordless Glue Gun

Security Product of the Year

Gold winner

Fire Angel Atom Smoke Alarm

Why?
Smaller, neater, less obtrusive – yet it delivers all the performance and security of its full-size equivalents. Is this the smoke alarm of the future?

Silver winners

Sterling Combination Locking Bolt
ERA iLock

DIY Superstore Manager of the Year

Gold winner

Russell Evans, Homebase, Stoke on Trent

Why?
In two and a half years Russell turned a failing store into the second highest performing branch in the company – and 90% of the current team are the people he inherited. He’s an inspiring leader who has transformed his team, and achieved huge increases in sales and in store performance.

Silver winners

Emir Sheppard, Homebase, Craigavon
Paul Norcross, B&Q, Cribbs Causeway
Raj Patel, Wickes, Tottenham

Security Retailer of the Year

Gold winner

--> Access Key & Lock

Why?
Access Key & Lock has won gold in this category for the past three years. It has grown in 13 years from one man and a van to a £2.5m company employing 30-plus staff in six branches across Dorset and Hampshire, with 15 service vehicles on the road. Turnover is up 30% year on year, and next month the company will open a new 5,000sq ft head office with a staff training centre in Fareham.

Silver winners

North West Keys
Saxon Security Locks

Garden Retailer of the Year

Gold winner

Fermoys Garden Centre

Why?
Fermoys shows a dazzling flair for marketing. The business really has its finger on the pulse of its local community, and its commitment to issues like Growing Your Own, healthy eating and encouraging young gardeners is bang on trend.-->

Silver winners

Endsleigh Garden & Leisure
Grosvenor Garden Centre
The Vineries Garden Centre & Nursery

Décor Retailer of the Year

Gold winner

Homebase

Why?
Homebase’s new Decorating Centre concept rewrites the rule book. It’s the definitive destination store for décor shoppers, helping them to find the look they want, and the product that delivers that look. And the 35% like-for-like sales gain in decor speaks for itself.

Silver winners

Leekes
Decoron
R Massey & Son

Tool Retailer of the Year

Gold winner

The Tool Shop

Why?
At a time when many retailers are cutting costs and shelving expansion plans, The Tool Shop did the exact opposite: it moved into a new sector with the acquisition of a specialist locksmith, and it invested heavily in rebranding all its stores.

Silver winners

Leekes

Hardware Retailer of the Year

Gold winner

Abbotts DIY

Why?
Lots of improvements to the stores, lots of imaginative marketing, lots of investment, lots of ideas, lots of passion – the Abbotts team have it all. And of course they have achieved lots of extra sales as well.

Silver winners

Mainlys of Devizes Mica
Watson Home Hardware
Isaac Lord