Marshalls, the UK's leading landscaping manufacturer, has won Best Construction & Materials PLC at the 2015 UK Stock Market Awards as voted for by a panel of financial experts.

The awards ceremony, held in the heart of London's Mayfair, is one of the UK's leading events for publicly listed companies and celebrates their contribution to the UK economy.

The winners were chosen by a panel of experts from across the financial services community.

Chief Executive of Marshalls, Martyn Coffey, accepted the award at the gala dinner.

He said: "Marshalls is proud to be recognised as the UK's Best Construction & Materials PLC for 2015. The Group strives to maintain a strong market position and has achieved sustainable shareholder value by improving profitability and performance in all areas of the business. We continue to further strengthen the Marshalls brand in the key areas of innovation, customer service and new product development."

Marshalls has been supplying superior natural stone and innovative concrete products to the construction, home improvement and landscape markets since the 1890s. Milestones include paving Trafalgar Square in the late 1990s and being the hard landscaping supplier of choice for the 2012 London Olympic Games Athletes' Village, Marshalls' single largest project to date.

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