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Last updated: 19 December 2024
Announcing the Winners of the Checkatrade Awards 2024
Brand new for 2024, the Checkatrade Awards was sponsored by headline partner Superscript, a leading digital business insurance provider. We celebrated exceptional talent across the home improvement and repair sector.
The results are in! Following an amazing evening, we'd love to share with you the winners of the very first Checkatrade Awards.
With over 150 people attending the event at Lords Cricket Ground in London, the awards ceremony helped raise over £7,000 for our charity partner Lighthouse.
We had an amazing number of nominations, with a very impressive shortlist of finalists.
Our team of five judges had some very difficult decisions to make - but having made them, the results are now here. Read on to see our list of 2024 winners!
Being blown away by the level of support, our team of judges narrowed a shortlist of 32 down from over 1,200 nominations that we received.
Applying set criteria for each category, we were pleased to give out awards to the following tradespeople.
Builder of the Year 2024
Noting his exceptional standards, reliability, commitment and communication, the Checkatrade Builder of the Year is:
Andy Kille from Andy Kille Building and Property Maintenance
Based in Preston, Lancashire, nominations for Andy recognised his high standards, documentation and the ability to be trusted.
Painter & Decorator of the Year 2024
Recognising his high attention to detail, top quality work and service, the Checkatrade Painter & Decorator of the Year is:
James Noll at Expressions Décor Ltd
Hailing from Peterborough, nominations for James focussed on his professionalism and skill. It was even highlighted that James had dedicated his own time to decorate a local hospice free of charge.
With a perfect 10 review score, Vickie Busher from Vickie's Painting and Decorating Services was also highly commended in this category.
Rising Star
With over 100 nominations, focussing on his amazing service, passion, business growth, and potential, the winner of our Rising Star award is:
Jamie Gatley at JG Asbestos Services
Noted for his fair and unbiased advice, many people commented on Jamie's prompt and courteous service. There were repeated comments about how people would definitely recommend his work to others.
Technology Champion
A number of people noted his expertise in his field and making waves in the technology available. They also highlighted how he made things more efficient for his customers, the Technology Champion award went to:
Mark Elliott from S4G Drone Services
London-based Mark offers a newer approach to surveying and reporting. Nominations noted his good knowledge of regulations and awareness of surroundings, enabling other contractors to carry out their work based on the quality of his drone-based service.
Plumber of the Year 2024
Recognising their professionalism, high standards, and consistently high review scores, the Checkatrade Plumbers of the Year are:
Billy Hunter & Scott Hunter at Hunter Heating Solutions
Based in West Wickham in Kent, recognition for Hunter Heating came from exceeding customer expectations, prompt work and aesthetic approach, leading to a beautiful (as well as functional) finish.
We also highlighted another plumber as highly commended in this category for their professionalism and high standards. That is Chris Efthymiou from The Gas Team Plumbing & Heating.
Community Hero
Having worked tirelessly to raise money and awareness for a great many causes through his charity, the 2024 Community Hero is:
Neil Humphries / The Big Match
Through his work, Neil has raised over £2m for charities, including sponsoring grass roots football teams, and donating defibrillators into the local community.
In this category, we also wanted to recognise Kieron Davies at DAB Electrical as highly commended for his efforts in raising awareness and money for men’s mental health.
Electrician of the Year 2024
With high standards, compliance, problem solving skills, and reliability, the Checkatrade Electrician of the Year is:
Steve Mulgrew from Home & Garden Electrics
People who sent in nominations for County Durham-based Steve recognised his fault-find approach, strong knowledge of regulations and reasonable approach to pricing.
Women in Trade Champion
Nominations recognised her problem solving, experience, and first class service, as well as her polite, efficient and friendly manner. As a result, the Women in Trade Champion award went to:
Lucy Robinson from Lucy Locksmith
From Wivelsfield Green in East Sussex, Lucy was recognised for continuously high review scores, as well as her professionalism, reliability, trustworthiness and leaving customers feeling at ease.
We also wanted to highly commend Claire Duncan at Inspirational Interiors in this category, for high standards and coordination skills.
Roofer of the Year 2024
Recognising professionalism, quality workmanship, and devotion to customer satisfaction, the Checkatrade Roofer of the Year award went to:
William Whyte at First Choice Roofing Contractors
Hailing from Newport in Shropshire, nominations for William called out his different approach to roofing work, showing videos to customers so that they could see progress, and carrying out extra tasks to restore faith and improve customer satisfaction.
Sustainability Champion
Looking at different criteria relating to eco-friendly practices, energy efficiency, sustainability and waste reduction, the 2024 Sustainability Champions are:
Andrew & Isabella Pemberton at Alps Electrical Ltd
Nominations came in recognising their exemplary business model for installation of renewable and sustainable energy solutions, as well as their professionalism, and continuously high review scores.
Comments were also received about the pro-active approach of Andrew & Isabella to make sure that systems were well maintained and up-to-date.
Trade of the Year 2024
Recognising his high standards, professionalism, reliability, exceptional customer satisfaction and trustworthiness, the Checkatrade Trade of the Year is:
Sam Henry at SBH Landscaping
Located in Carshalton in Greater London, nominations for Sam regularly called out his friendly and generous approach, constantly going above and beyond what was expected in his work.
Sam was described by one person as:
"The kindest, most generous guy going, helped me out massively when in need and goes above and beyond with customer service - his work is impeccable"
About the awards
The recently held Checkatrade Awards were created to highlight skilled professionals across a range of trades. We looked for people who go above and beyond with their approach to service.
Jambu Palaniappan, CEO of Checkatrade, commented:
"The nation’s tradespeople are invaluable not only to the economy but also to the communities they serve. Their hard work often happens behind the scenes, unnoticed by many, which is why we created the Checkatrade Awards—to ensure these talented specialists receive the recognition they truly deserve.”
Our team of judges were looking across over 1,200 nominations at four key areas:
Quality of Workmanship
Customer Satisfaction
Commitment to Best Practices
Reliability and Trustworthiness
Consumers, homeowners and tradespeople across the country rallied to support a variety of trades, calling out exceptional work and delivery of continually high standards.
Following the strict criteria, the winners of the inaugural Checkatrade Awards represent just a fraction of the quality tradespeople that count themselves as our members.
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