Three Enniskillen businesses have been nominated for a national award for the UK's favourite local business.
Osborne & Co, SD Kells and Bogues Jewellers are among the high street businesses nominated for the award, run by Town & City Gift Cards.
One of the businesses nominated, Osborne & Co, is run by sisters-in-law Julie Kenwell and Elaine Godfrey and Elaine said supporting community initiatives was an important part of their business.
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“One of the things we’re passionate about is supporting our community. We believe that the high street is the heart of the community, and want to play our part in keeping it vibrant.," Elaine said.
“In 2021, we worked with a local artist to create a Christmas bauble with the proceeds going to Positive Futures, a Northern Ireland charity supporting people with learning disability, brain injury and autistic spectrum conditions.
“This Christmas, we collaborated with Grainne Knox on our 2022 bauble, in support of Home Start, a local charity that provides one-to-one personalised home visiting support to families dealing with isolation, bereavement, depression and more.
“We also created a Mother’s Day gift box in support of Fermanagh’s Women’s Aid. Along with other businesses across Northern Ireland, we’re a drop off point for Digg Deep for Kids this Christmas, and earlier this year we became a drop off point for the town’s collective effort on the Ukraine appeal."
Elaine added that herself and Julie have put their 'heart and soul' into their homeware business and paid tribute to their close-knit team of staff.
“Both Julie and I have put our heart and soul into the business. It’s like another child for us, and we genuinely care about every person that visits our shop. We’ve been open for 4 years now, and in that time, customers have become friends.
"We have a fantastic close-knit team in Attracta, Zoe, Monica and Mags. They are a huge part of Osborne & Co and always go above and beyond for our customers.
“It’s a real honour and a privilege to be nominated in the search to find the UK’s favourite local business, to see that people value what we do. "
It would be lovely to win, but honestly, every customer that comes through the door means the world to us. If you haven’t visited, please do. We’ll take good care of you.”
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