The importance of Island independent shops is something the County Press never takes for granted.

Recently, we published a supplement celebrating their diversity and quality, and we asked readers to vote for their favourites.

We had a great response and the winning businesses in the three categories, Comicoffee, Fantastic Store and Tainted Skin Tattoo Studio, all received County Press advertising packages worth £500 .

And the nominators of those businesses were put into a draw for bottles of champagne.

The winners were Simon Bayliss (Fantastic Store), Mark Powell (Comicoffee) and Dawn Gilbert (Tainted Skin).

Alan Marriott, County Press publisher, said: "It is always great to work with other Island businesses and I am so pleased three local firms will benefit from our impressive print and digital advertising solutions."