The 2022 30 Under Thirty winners range in seniority and experience. Some work in stores owned by others; others are stores managers or store owners themselves.  Some have been championed for the work they are doing in a specific area of the store, be it technology, customer service, product sourcing or team management. Others have transformed or improved the entirety of the store’s offer and market position. Some of our winners are industry stalwarts, continuing to lead the way in this competitive and exciting industry, with a few running multiple businesses already. Others are newer to the industry, with many taking on their first store and taking it to dizzying new heights or turning the fortunes of a failing business around with reinvigorating enterprise and innovative ideas, products and actions.

There are retailers driving the home delivery dream onwards, championing local suppliers and products, investing in the latest technologies and setting the trends for the latest must-stock products. They are engaging with their local communities, interacting and driving traffic online and leading the way in terms of product and offer innovation. And these men and women are seeing their efforts rewarded with higher customer footfall, increased basket spend and growing profits and sales. Cheers to our 2022 winners of the 30 Under thirty Awards.

The 30 under Thirty winners

Name: Harris Aslam
Store: Greens Retail, Fife
Symbol: Nisa

Name: Thushinthan Ambihaipahan
Store: Wigan Offy, Wigan, Lancashire
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Harman Basainty
Store: One Stop Rheidol Avenue, Swansea
Symbol: One Stop

Name: Gemma Bowers
Store: One Stop The Promenade, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Symbol: One Stop

Name: Michael Burnell
Store: The Vapourist, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Anand Cheema
Store: Costcutter Fresh, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Symbol: Costcutter

Name: Harveen Chopra
Store: Stechford News & Booze, Stechford, West Midlands
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Amrit Dougall
Store: Nisa Millennium View, Coventry, West Midlands
Symbol: Nisa

Name: Aaron Gray
Store: ViVo Essentials, Greeniland, Co. Antrim
Symbol: Other

Name: Shuayb Hamid
Store: One Stop Keresley Post Office, Coventry, West Midlands
Symbol: One Stop

Name: Asim Iqbal
Store: Premier Roslin Convenience Store, Roslin, Midlothian
Symbol: Premier

Name: Umar Majid
Store: Baba’s Kitchen, Glasgow
Symbol: Costcutter

Name: Sunny Mann
Store: M&S Local, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Symbol: Nisa

Name: Enya McAteer
Store name: Mulkerns Spar Jonesborough, Co. Armagh
Symbol: Spar

Name: Anish Panchmatia
Store: One Stop Wylde Green, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Symbol: One Stop

Name: Arjun Patel
Store: Premier Cavendish Square, Swindon, Wiltshire
Symbol: Premier

Name: Dev Patel
Store: Go Local Extra Belfield Hall Farm, Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Symbol: Go Local

Name: Kirsty Phillips
Store: Bonnie’s News & Peacehaven Post Office, Peacehaven, East Sussex
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Connor Reid
Store: Spar Central Avenue, Grangemouth, Falkirk
Symbol: Spar

Name: Hazel Ridge
Store: Bassett’s Londis, Weymouth, Londis
Symbol: Londis

Name: Sachin Shah
Store: H&R News, Camberley, Surrey
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Kiefer Shea-Godden
Store: Edlogan Stores, Cwmbran, Torfaen
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Amrit Singh Pahal
Store: H & Jodie’s, Walsall, West Midlands
Symbol: Nisa

Name: Deepak Singh
Store: Scotts Newsagent, Edinburgh
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Luke Singh Mander
Store: The Three Singh’s, Selby, North Yorkshire
Symbol: Go Local

Name: Reuben Singh Mander
Store: The Three Singh’s, Selby, North Yorkshire
Symbol: Go Local

Name: Ethan Stewart
Store: Pennar Post Office & Stores, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Symbol: Premier

Name: Manpreet Singh Sungu
Store: Village Store, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Symbol: Unaffiliated

Name: Chloe Taylor-Green
Store: Spar Western Downs, Stafford, Staffordshire
Symbol: Spar

Name: Courtenay Ward
Store: Mace Broughton Astley, Leicestershire
Symbol: Mace