With the entry deadline for the SLR Awards 2025 now passed, it’s time for the judges to do their magic and we have a fantastic lineup of experienced, expert judges to help us with the paper judging this year.
Wednesday 4 June 2025, Radisson blu, Glasgow
For more information, contact events@55north.com
The entry deadline for the SLR Awards 2025 is now behind us and we have a vast collection of fantastic entries from stores right across the country to digest and analyse. To help us do that, we have once again recruited a fantastic panel of industry experts to help us with the paper judging.
As always, we have pulled together a panel with extensive retail experience and expertise to help us really do justice to the many outstanding entries we have received across all categories.
So, it gives us great pleasure to introduce the paper judging panel for the SLR Awards 2025…
James Bielby, Chief Executive, Federation of Wholesale Distributors (FWD)
Jamie Buchanan, Programme Director, SGF Go Local
Eddie Lynagh, industry veteran
Kathryn Neil, Programme Director, SGF Healthy Living Scotland
Chris Noice, Communications Director, Association of Convenience Stores
Karen Peattie, freelance journalist and local retailing expert
Jonathan Rons, Founder and Director, C-Store Collective
Peter Steel, former Director of McCurrach UK and Chair of GroceryAid Scotland
