THREE Salisbury-based business have been shortlisted for several awards for the Wiltshire Business of the Year Awards.

Bassets, Spire FM and Jas Hair Group will all be at the awards event on April 17 at Center Parcs.

Bassets are up for two categories – Small Business of the Year and Service to the Community.

Spire FM are shortlisted for three awards – Small Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year and Customer and Staff Care.

And Jas Hair Group are up for Apprenticeship Employer of the Year.

The awards, in their 20th year, are fiercely contested by the county’s most successful businesses. The eight categories are judged by a panel of leading business people.

Jas Hair owner Jayne Prigent said: “Being named as finalists in the Wiltshire Business of the Year Awards is simply the icing on the cake.”