JEWELLER Peter Jackson has been crowned! The Blackburn businessman won the title of Independent Retailer of the Year at the UK Jewellery Awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

"It is a tremendous honour. To have won this treasured award out of several thousand independent retailers is a credit to all my team," said Peter, who runs a store in Blackburn Shopping Centre.

It is the latest in a string of awards won by Peter, including the Marketing and Sales Promotion award in last year's Lancashire Evening Telegraph East Lancashire Business Awards.

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