Deirdre Williams from the Fashion Textile and Design Centre received the award along with Foyleside Centre Manager Fergal Rafferty, Re:Imagine Trader Catriona Hutton from Koto Candles and Leeann Doherty from Council’s Business Support team at the presentation at Grosvenor House in London.
“We are over the moon to receive this award which is just recognition for the brilliant way our stakeholders and traders have worked together to drive the Re:Imagine project forward,” Deirdre said.
“From the start, the aim of the project was to create an environment to allow the brands to reach the next level in their development and to see that vision come to fruition is truly gratifying for everyone involved.
“The public have got behind the project by visiting the store in high numbers and to now have the backing from the retail industry at the highest level is the icing on the cake.
“I want to thank and congratulate all our partners and traders for their dedicated work in launching and managing the shop which has ‘Re:Imagined’ the high street with local, sustainable and organic products and clothes.”
The Re:Imagine project is an element of a new Start Up Accelerator Programme being delivered by Derry City and Strabane District Council, Enterprise North West and Strabane Enterprise Agency with support from BID in Strabane.
For more details about how Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Business Support team can help existing, start up and prospective businesses visit derrystrabane.com/businesssupport