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The PCR Awards have taken place and the results are in. PCR takes a look at who’s celebrating, and who is nursing sore heads this morning.
The Awards, which took place last night at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, were all about championing the hard work of the technology channel over the last 12 months.
Comedian Terry Alderton hosted the night and gave out 19 Awards over three categories and two special awards. Notably, Samsung won Computing Vendor and also took the Grand Prix award.
There were double winners in Distribution, too, with Entatech winning Software Distributor and Marketing & PR, while Micro-P collected Consumer Electronics Distributor and the Distributor of the Year prize.
Computer 2000’s Andy Dow won the Special Recognition Award, run for the first time this year, which saw finalists nominated and voted for entirely by PCR’s Retail Advisory Panel.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Frontline:
Independent Retailer: Utopia Computers
Specialist Retailer: Ebuyer
Non-specialist Retailer: John Lewis
Reseller: Wyvern Business Systems
Service and Support: PC PAL
Distribution:
Software Distributor: Entatech
Gaming Distributor: Gem Distribution
Consumer Electronics Distributor: Micro-P
Components Distributor: VIP Computers
Peripherals Distributor: Computer 2000
Marketing & PR: Entatech
Distributor of the Year: Micro-P
Vendors:
Business and Utility Software Publisher: Microsoft
Leisure Software Publisher: Blizzard
Peripherals Vendor: TP-LINK
Components Vendor: Western Digital
Computing Vendor: Samsung
Special Recognition: Andy Dow
Grand Prix: Samsung
PCR hopes you had fun on the night. Come back and join us again next year.
The PCR Awards were supported by Entatech as Platinum Partner, KMS Components as Gold Partner, VIP Computers as Drinks Reception Host, Meroncourt as Vendor Category Partner, TP-Link as Distribution Category Partner, Computer 2000 as Frontline Category Partner, Micro-P as After-Show Party Host, Channel Assist as Aftershow Photobooth Partner, Philips/MMD, KMS Components, and Centerprise as Gold Partners, and Mad Catz as Event Partner.
