Barnsley Civic Trust Shop and Retail Awards were running for about 10 years, growing year on year until in 2016 we had 280 entries from Barnsley town.
In 2017, building on this success, Barnsley Chronicle, Barnsley Council and Barnsley Civic Trust teamed up to launch a joint scheme: the Best of Barnsley Retail and Leisure Awards. Unfortunately the new joint scheme did not take place in 2018.
Barnsley Civic Trust ran a final Shop and Retail Awards in 2019.
Many, many thanks from everyone to Phyllis Barnes and her team for running the Barnsley Civic Trust Shop Awards for such a length of time.