FIRST class customer care, professionalism and friendly service all ring true for the trio of local firms who have been named as the winners of the West Somerset Free Press Business Awards for 2014. Ben Jewell of computer experts Excom in Minehead won the Men in Business category, while fellow Minehead entrepreneur Viv Doyle of Express Euro was voted as the winner of the Women In Business section. Local funeral director Hedley Price saw his business win the Families in Business award. Ben opened Excom six years ago and recently moved to new premises in Friday Street. As well as offering repairs, data recovery and home call-outs, the shop sells a wide range of new, refurbished and second-hand laptops, PCs and printers, together with computer accessories and inks. His customers praised him for going the extra mile and for his reasonable and competitively prices. Women in Business winner Express Euro is now in its tenth year under the watchful eye of owner Viv, who moved to Minehead in 1986 and ran the Tranmere Guest House for 13 years. Her company buys and sells commission-free currency and customers praised her for the great rates and friendly service. It is the second time Viv has won a Free Press business award having clinched the same title last year. Equally popular in this year's competition was Hedley Price Funeral Directors, with customers speaking highly of the firm's professionalism and sensitivity. The independent company is owned by Hedley and his wife Audrey and covers the West Somerset area from its base in Mart Road, Minehead. The firm has its own dedicated chapel of rest and can offer woodland burials as well as more conventional services. Numerous businesses from across the district were up for honours, with the winners decided on the number of votes each received from Free Press readers. People were asked to fill out a nomination form detailing why they believed their chosen nominee should win an award - with all three winners receiving glowing praise from their customers. This year's competition was again sponsored by Watchet Glass and Glazing Ltd, with support from Francis James.