Sales Representative of the Year award announced at BETA International
The British Equestrian Trade Association’s (BETA) 2013 “Sales Representative of the Year” award was given to Marilyn Hawley, at the association’s business awards on 17 February.
The award was presented by recruitment company Equine Careers, recognising excellence in product knowledge and service to retail customers.
Ms Hawley is an agent for a number of equestrian suppliers including Showquest and Edward Sinclair.
“She is a really forward-thinking person to have in our trade,” said a judge. “I am sure that she could give a lot of good advice to people entering the industry.”
Heather Stephenson from equestrian distributor Westgate EFI was the runner-up.
For more information visit www.beta-uk.org
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.