A CARD shop in Chipping Sodbury is 'one of the best in the UK'.

Cadeaux & Co has been honoured at the Retas Awards 2018, which recognises the best greeting cards retailers in the UK.

Winners of this year's awards were revealed at an event at London's Dorchester Hotel and was attended by almost 400 people.

The Retas awards were launched in 2005 by Progressive Greetings Worldwide magazine, with the aim of recognising excellence across the whole greeting cards spectrum.

Cadeaux & Co offers a wide range of products, from homeware and jewellery to design led cards, and owner Kristan Madigan-Miller collected the award on the night.

There are a number of different categories at the awards, with Kristan collecting the prize for Best Non-Specialist Independent Retailer of Greeting Cards - South. The shop beat off competition from other stores from locations such as Newport Pagnell and Stroud.

A statement from the awards organisation commended all the winners on their 'fantastic, deserved' achievements.

"All the winners in all the retail categories were arrived at as a result of huge nationwide nomination process," it read.

"Earlier this year, over 2,000 Retas forms were distributed to UK greeting card publishers, who nominated the retailers that they felt to be the worthy winners in each of the categories.