AN ANDOVER jewellers has been picked out as a shining star after walking away with a top sector award.

David Mellor Jewellers won the Independent Fashion Jewellery Retailer of the Year at the Professional Jeweller accolades on Monday.

The company, which boasts a store in the Chantry Centre, beat off five contenders to walk away with the award after securing 20 per cent of the votes.

Manager Amy Mellor said: “When we were nominated we were quite surprised as it wasn’t something we had put ourselves forward for.

“We didn’t expect at all to win, when we went along to the event we just thought it would be a really good evening and then we went on to win the category.”

Judges commended the business for its “modernising, without losing its identity, and offering a customer service that makes a variety of ages feel comfortable shopping in store” and its new shop which has “managed to build a relationship with millennial shoppers”.

The award will now be in pride of place in the town store as it will form part of a new display.