THE Bolton Company of the Year -- dabs.com -- has won another award at a London bash compered by top impressionist Rory Bremner.

Westhoughton-based dabs.com, which describes itself as an "IT e-tailer", became E-Reseller of the Year at the seventh annual VNU Channel Awards 2000, sponsored by VNU, publishers of Computer Reseller News.

Dabs Managing Director David Atherton said: "As the Channel Awards are voted for by the people who read Computer Reseller News, it means that they are an accurate indication of the faith they have in key decision makers in the industry.

"Dabs was up against buy.com, Action Computer Supplies, jungle.com and WStore and we are thrilled that we won amid such opposition."

He added: "We have spent a lot of time and effort this year forging partnerships and improving our logistics -- we've just spent over £3 million on a new national logistics centre -- and I believe that it is really starting to pay off."

Dabs.com is one of the top ten e-tailers in the UK and is in the top three of companies selling information technology over the internet.