The Mayor of Douglas, Councillor Carol Malarkey, has hosted a reception for the winners of the Best Dressed Business, a competition organised in the run-up to Christmas 2013 by Douglas Development Partnership to find the businesses with the best Christmas window displays.

Photos of businesses’ windows were posted on Douglas Development Partnership’s Facebook page where visitors were invited to cast their votes in two categories: independent and chain store.

The independent prize went to Head Candy, winning the Market Hill hairdressing salon a full-page advertising space in Gallery magazine and a year’s free advertising from Manx Radio, while the chain store prize went to fashion store Monsoon in Strand Street, which won a donation of ?200 to their chosen charity, Hospice Isle of Man, sponsored by Douglas Development Partnership.

Photo - The Mayor of Douglas, Councillor Carol Malarkey, and the Mayoress, Councillor Sara Hackman, with representatives from Head Candy and Monsoon, Gallery magazine and Hospice Isle of Man. Picture Andrew Barton.