A HOLME Valley antiques business has been shortlisted for a national award.

Briggs & Oliver, based at Huddersfield Road, Holmfirth, is among the contenders in the category for antiques shop of the year in the Homes & Antiques Magazine Awards 2013.

Now in its second year, the awards celebrate antiques shops, vintage shops and antiques centres.

Briggs & Oliver was founded more than 20 years ago and has been trading in Holmfirth for the past five years.

The shop stocks antiques, vintage and second-hand items ranging from furniture, books and kitchen utensils to gardening tools, suitcases and toys and games.

Voting online closes on February 28, 2013, and the winners will be announced on April 25 at the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea, London.

The public are invited to vote online at www.homesandantiques.com