Meet the regional finalists in the 2019 Countryside Alliance Awards - January 14th, 2019

The Awards are the Countryside Alliance's annual celebration of rural produce, skills, enterprise and heritage through our small hard-working businesses. They are now in their fourteenth year and have become the definitive rural business award to win. This year we received over 17,000 inspiring nominations, meaning these finalists truly are the best of the best.

The Awards are public-nomination led across five categories:

• Local Food & Drink
• Village Shop/ Post Office
• Butcher
• Rural Enterprise
• Pub

Countryside Alliance Awards Director Sarah Lee commented: "We received a record breaking 17,000 nominations this year showing just how much the public values and supports our hard-working rural businesses. All of the finalists should be really proud to have gotten this far as it shows just how valued they are in their rural communities. The Countryside Alliance is honoured to offer a voice to rural business in this way and recognise all the hard work that is done. I look forward to getting out and visiting these fantastic businesses as judging gets underway."