Exeter's Sancho's wins High Street Shop of 2020 Award

Exeter’s Sancho’s, founded by Kaldidan Legesse & Vidmantas Markevicius, has won the High Street Shop of 2020 Award in the inaugural Holly & Co The Independent Awards 2020, winning an incredible, life-changing £10,000 cash prize. 

Sancho’s was amongst 50,000 UK small businesses nominated for The Independent Awards 2020 via the @Holly.co Instagram community, and was announced a winner at the virtual Holly & Co Independent Awards ceremony on Thursday 17 December 2020, following a public vote & by impressing the expert panel judges including Mark Constantine OBE, Founder of high street cosmetics giant Lush.

Judge Mark Constantine OBE, Founder of Lush, commented on Sancho’s:  “Stunning ethically produced and sustainable products. Novel pricing model and great outreach with their slow fashion show. A beacon of light in a ragged trade”

Holly Tucker MBE, Founder of Notonthehighstreet and Holly & Co, and UK Ambassador to Creative Small Businesses says: “As a small business champion for so many years, and through the vibrant Holly & Co community, I consistently see such incredible talent, which I knew, more than ever, needed a platform to shine.  My hope is that our annual Holly & Co Independent Awards will both champion small businesses just at the moment they so desperately need it, but also shine a light on the colour and creativity that small businesses bring to our lives and society.”

See Holly & Co for a full list The Independent Awards 2020 winners and for more information about #CampaignShopIndependent follow @hollytucker on Instagram or see holly.co.