BMJ Industry Awards 2026: Finalist Listing Revealed

 

The voting window for the BMJ Industry Awards 2026 has now closed and the votes have been counted and verified.

The winners and runners-up will be announced at the BMJ Industry Awards lunch on Friday September 25th at the Hilton Bankside Hotel, London. Tickets are available on this link.

BMJ Group Managing Editor Fiona Russell Horne said: “Now that the industry has made its choices, I look forward to seeing the results revealed at our fabulous awards lunch in September. I can’t wait to celebrate with everyone, whether they be winners or not, sponsors or not. It’s going to be another great day of networking and camaraderie. If you get to go home with something shiny, so much the better.”

The finalists in each of the categories are:

National Merchant of the Year

City Plumbing

Huws Gray

SIG Roofing

Multiple Merchant of the Year (21-100 Branches)

Bradfords Building Supplies

JT Atkinson

Lawsons Group

Lords Builders Merchants

Independent Merchant of the Year (9-20 Branches)

Alsford Timber & Builder’s Merchant

James Burrell Builders Merchant

LBS Builders Merchants

Turnbull

Small Merchant  of the Year(1-8 Branches)

A E Spink Ltd (Spinks)

Beers Timber & Building Supplies Ltd

Browns Builders Merchants

C&W Berry

Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd

Davies Builders Merchants

Timber Merchant of the Year

Alsford Timber & Builder’s Merchant

Beers Timber & Building Supplies Ltd

C&W Berry

Howarth Timber & Building Supplies

Lawsons Group

Plumbing & Heating Merchant of the Year

BBS Plumbing & Heating Supplies

Bence Plumbing

C&W Berry

City Plumbing

Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd

Total Plumbing

Merchant Bathroom & Kitchen Showroom of the Year

Berry Bathrooms

Bradfords Building Supplies

Davies Builders Merchants

George Bence Group t/a Obsidian Interiors

LBS Builders Merchant

Merchant Marketing Initiative of the Year

Bradfords Building Supplies

C&W Berry

Huws Gray Building Supplies & Solutions

J W Grant

James Burrell Builders Merchant

Lawsons Group

E-Commerce Initiative of the Year

C&W Berry

City Plumbing

Howarth Timber & Building Supplies

Lawsons Group

Merchant Landscaping Display of the Year

C&W Berry

George Bence Group

J W Grant

Merchant Environmental Award

C&W Berry

MP Moran

Travis Perkins

Lightside Showroom of the Year

C&W Berry

DJ Evans (Bury St Edmunds)

JT Atkinson (Penrith)

Lords Builders Merchants (Ladbrook Grove)

Heavyside Supplier of the Year

Brett Martin

Fernco

K Rend

Keystone Lintels

Marsh Industries

Plumbing and Heating Supplier of the Year

Monument Tools

Stelrad Radiators

Wavin UK

Worcester Bosch

Landscaping Supplier of the Year

Day Aggregates

Global Landscaping

Growtivation

Long Rake Spar

Talasey

Insulation Supplier of the Year

Soprema

Superglass

The Encon Group

Distributor of the Year

Owlett-Jaton

Premier Forest Products

The Encon Group

TIMCO

Toolbank

Bathroom Supplier of the Year

Bristan

Fibo UK Ltd

Saniflo

Twyford

Roofing Supplier of the Year

Flex-R

Keylite Roof Windows

wienerberger UK

Timber Supplier of the Year

James Latham

Lawsons Group

SR Timber

West Fraser

Independent Rising Star of the Year

Charlotte Schofield, Just Add Water – Beggs & Partners

Chelsea Bradford, Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd

David Clegg, Howarth Timber & Building Supplies

Kyle Sinclair, Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd

The Maddie Rose National Rising Star of the Year

Emma Gaynor, Stark UK

Jenny Piazza, Travis Perkins Managed Services

Lydia Beaumont, Marsh Industries

Sagar Ghiware, Travis Perkins

Sophie Hyde, Travis Perkins

Todd Bonehill, Keyline

Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

Baylie Larcombe, Bradfords Building Supplies Ltd

Bethanie Jarvis-Green, Howarth Timber & Building Supplies

Graham Hitchman, Lords Builders Merchants

Harvey Jennings, MKM Building Supplies

Naomi Johnson, Lords Builders Merchants

Supplier Account Manager of the Year

Adam Crossan, Toolbank

Dan McMahon, Long Rake Spar

Joe Ellis, Flex-R

Ross Munro, Marshalls

Samantha Norman, Talasey

Stephen O’Brien, TIMCO

Tom Hopkins, Velux

Industry Personality of the Year

Dmitrijs Sakelis, Building Materials Wholesale

Edward Parlato, Browns Builders Merchants

Geoff Moulton, Global Landscaping

James Wilson, SIG Roofing

Jen Cassidy, Bristan

Kate Tinsley, MKM

Roger Clayton, Travis Perkins

Shane McCormick, Long Rake Spar

Branch Manager of the Year

Andrew Stables, Travis Perkins (Inverness Branch)

Chris Hughes, Bradfords Building Supplies (Ilminster)

Glenda Hammond, Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd (Dalry Depot)

John Curran, Cowal Building & Plumbing Supplies Ltd (Dunoon Depot)

John McGhie, Howarth Timber & Building Supplies (York)

As always, a huge Thank You to our sponsors, without whom we wouldn’t have an event.