Two local stores in Weymouth have delivered the goods and been named in the top 100 stores in the country.

The Londis stores in Westham Road and Abbotsbury Road have both featured on the Independent Achievers Academy Top 100 independent local stores in the UK 2017 (IAA17).

Westham Road store manager Dave Hiscutt said: “It’s absolutely fantastic. It’s great for the staff. They are all really motivated by it.”

This year is the third year in a row the Westham Road store has made it onto the list but the first time the Abbotsbury Road store has made the Top 100.

“We’ve won other awards and been finalists before but this particular award is the most useful we have had,” Mr Hiscutt said.

The prestigious top 100 list features local shops which showed judges they consistently delivered a brilliant experience for shoppers.

Mr Hiscutt said the stores were initially required to benchmark themselves honestly on a list of 12 criteria which helps to highlight both strengths and weaknesses of the business.

“Obviously it highlights our strengths but it is very thought provoking. It makes us take a step back and think we could be doing that, why aren’t we doing that. It picks up on the bits we could be doing better.

“It helps us move the business forward and recognise what we are doing well. That’s what it’s all about. Learning from each other and other businesses ways for us to grow,” he said.

Each business then receives an in-store assessment and is independently judged by assessment partner, REL Field Marketing, on the benchmarking process which is fed back to a panel of judges, who then work together to whittle down to the Top 100 list.

Also featured on the list was Londis in Stour Road, Christchurch which was taken over by the team in November last year. A staff member from the Westham Road store relocated to manage the new store making it a triple score for the team.

Mr Hiscutt said: “We are really proud of the fact that three of the top 100 independently owned stores are owned and operated by the Bassett family and their growing team.”

The Londis Abbotsbury Roadd is managed by Stephen and Victoria Bassett and Londis Stour Road in Christchurch is managed by Jodi Pritchard.

The stores will find out if they have been shortlisted as finalists in any of the 12 categories or the overall winner of best store in the UK next month.