THE manager of a Bolton builders’ merchants has reached the final of a national business award scheme.

Andy Hill, the manager at Cooper Clarke Civils and Lintels in Bloomfield, Farnworth, will attend an awards lunch in London tomorrow to discover whether he has been named Best Manager of the Year in the Builders Merchants Awards for Excellence 2008.

Mr Hill was named Manager of the Year in his company’s own award scheme in February.

The Farnworth branch, part of Buildbase Civils & Lintels, has one of the company’s highest turnovers and has been a consistently strong performer.

Mr Hill said: “I’m delighted to be nominated as a finalist. It’s an excellent reflection of the hard work by my team in Farnworth.”