A FAMILY business based in Winsford scooped an award of excellence at the High Sheriff of Cheshire Enterprise Awards last week.

Car Transplants UK, a vehicle salvage management company based in Road Three, Winsford Industrial Estate, won the Roberts Bakery Family Award of Excellence.

For the award, judges said they were looking for leaders of outstanding entrepreneurial families and the achievements of specific family businesses in Cheshire, Warrington and Halton.

Judges said there was a particularly high calibre of entrant in this category.

The award was split between two great businesses, Car Transplants UK in Winsford and Overwater Marina at Nantwich, who both share the £3,000 in prize money.

John Schofield, managing director of Car Transplants, said: “I am immensely proud of what Car Transplants has achieved over the past 43 years.

“Receiving such a prestigious award is an accolade to the dedication and hard work of both my family and workforce.”

Highly Commended in the same category was Chester-based commercial catering distributor C&C Catering Equipment Ltd.

The annual awards ceremony was hosted by the High Sheriff of Cheshire Sarah Callander Beckett, and saw around 300 guests gather at Chester Racecourse on Thursday last week to celebrate the crème de la crème of the region’s business community.

Mrs Beckett said: “One of the highlights of my year as High Sheriff has been promoting the wonderful businesses across the county and in particular introducing the new Micro Business award.

“Celebrating the wealth of opportunity and variety of enterprises from the more rural south to the enterprise and science corridors of the north of the county is so important.”

The High Sheriff also paid tribute to the generosity of the Cheshire Business community, who on the night raised £2,655 for Cheshire Community Foundation.