In Pictures: The Big Furniture Awards

A BIG congratulations to all of the Big Furniture Awards 2024 winners. In further recognition of the awards, here are some of the winners who shared their pictures on being named the best of the best in the furnishings industry. Here are your 2024 Big Furniture Awards winners.

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Best Agent/Rep in North West England – Tracy Ashley

“I am very happy to learn that I have been selected as the recipient for this award and I would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to all who voted for me.”

Best Agent/Rep in North East England – Nicola Carles

“I am thrilled to have won this award, I am so grateful for this recognition and will continue to strive to provide the best support to all my retail partners and friends I have made along the way. Thank you from the bottom on my heart.”

Best Agent/Rep in South West England – Patrick Gulliford

“I feel totally humbled that my retailers have voted for me, most of my customers have become friends, after 44 years of covering the South West as a Sales Representative.”

Best Agent/Rep in South East England – Greg Noble

“It will be 25 years ago next month that I took my first order for Celebrity Motion Furniture, so this award has come at a great moment! Thank you very much to The Big Furniture Group and all who kindly voted for me. I will endeavour to continue to keep up the good work, maybe for another 25 years.”

Best Agent/Rep in the Midlands – Mark Simmons

“I was totally shocked to receive this award and very Humbled by it. I would like to thank everyone who found the time to vote for me. I would also like to thank all the Kaydian staff because everyone plays a part from the people in the office in Newcastle to the warehouse staff who pick and despatch every order that gets placed and down to the delivery people. Because without teamwork I would not be able to give the service I like to provide to my customers.”

Best Agent/Rep in Wales – Anthony Lewer

“Thank you to everyone who voted for me and feel even more grateful to win this award for 2nd year in a row. Big thanks to all the team at Devonshire who give me and my customers such great service and commitment in providing such absolute high standards in everything we do. In means a great deal to win this award and be recognise by the trade.”

Best Agent/Rep in Scotland – Robert Hunter

“A huge thank you to everyone who voted for me and to win the award gives me a great feeling of appreciation, I take great pride in what I do and try to provide the very best for all my customers. I’d like to thank all my retail partners and also Highgrove Beds and Julian Bowen for all their support.”

Best Agent/Rep in Northern Ireland – John Dolan

“It is an honour and privilege to be nominated for this award. To win it is absolutely stunning. I was shocked and delighted to get this prestigious award. May I thank everyone who voted for me and everyone in the Big Furniture Group. I have had the pleasure selling Sealy for over 22 years and to be recognised with this award is humbling. A special thanks to all my colleagues and friends in Sealy who help me promote the best brand in the world. We are “The Heart and Soul of Sleep”. Also, many thanks to Graham Carberry and Mark Tuley for their guidance and support.”

Best Agent/Rep in Ireland – Chris Lester

“I am thrilled to have won this award as best agent for Ireland I would like to thank everyone for the votes and support given to me.”

Big Personality – Nicolle Hockin – Managing Director at Devonshire Living

“Not sure I’ve mentally accepted this win yet, what a complete yet fantastic surprise! Although I’ve been back in the industry for 8 years now (which has gone incredibly fast), I still feel relatively new compared to a lot of my peers, so to win the Big Personality Award this year was both a shock and a privilege. Networking doesn’t come naturally to me so to be recognised as a key contributor (or at least noticeable!) is very humbling, and I’d like to thank everyone who voted for me. I look forward to meeting more of you personally in the future. I’ll be on the Devonshire Living stand at INDX in August, please come and say hello!”