Lloydspharmacy's Hartlepool branch - named Branch of the year

Lloydspharmacy's Hartlepool branch, in York Road, has been named "Branch of the Year". The team was presented with a cheque for #1,500 by Gehe UK's chief executive Mike Ward (left) and GlaxoSmithKline's European sales director (consumer healthcare) Peter Hinkley (centre back). The initiative, which was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline, assesses teams in areas such as motivation and skill of the staff, an efficiently managed pharmacy, customer service excellence, financial performance, and a comprehensive and appropriate range of pharmacy/ healthcare products and services. The two runners-up, which received #1,000 and #500 respectively, were the St Oswald Street branch in Liverpool and the Aylestone Road branch in Leicester