Stewart White, BBC Look East presenter and host for the evening.
Paul Richardson, former editor of The Hunts Post, chairman of the awards and publisher of Archant’s Cambridgeshire titles.
Andy Veale, editor of the Hunts Post.
Jennie Mills, a mother who had used the services provided by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (Each).
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And here we
grow again!
YEAR NINE of The Hunts Post Huntingdonshire Business Awards - and another record-breaker. There was a record number of entries, the attendance at the ceremony - held on Friday at the Burgess Hall, in St Ives - was a record high, and the amount raised for charity exceeded all expectations.
All in all, the gala night - this year sponsored by HSBC - was deemed a huge success.
It is an event Stewart White, the BBC Look East presenter and host for the evening, described as one of the highlights of the year in Huntingdonshire’s business calendar - a chance to celebrate the companies and individuals that make the area’s economy thrive.
Paul Richardson, former editor of The Hunts Post, chairman of the awards and publisher of Archant’s Cambridgeshire titles, started the evening’s proceedings.
He said it was the first year the business awards had been taken in-house by Archant, the parent company of The Hunts Post, and said the move had been an overwhelming success.
“With every year being better than the previous, we set ourselves some tough targets for 2006, but I am pleased to say that we have reached them, with more entries this year than last and this gala dinner being yet another sell-out, maintaining our 100 per cent record in that regard.
“The awards are important to Archant because these events help us, as the major media in the area, to support local business and profile the very best organisations and people.”
Hunts Post editor Andy Veale thanked the judges and, in a first for the event, welcomed some young entrepreneurs of the future to the stage to collect awards following their success in the Young Enterprise scheme.
However, the evening belonged predominantly to the St Ives company Movewithus, which scooped the Business Development Award AND the Business of the Year Award - to the delight of the firm’s chief executive, Sean King.
The achievement of raising £2,140 on the night for the East Anglia Children’s Hospices also delighted everyone involved with the Huntingdonshire Business Awards, which were for the ninth year sponsored by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Charity proves popular draw
The Hunts Post Huntingdonshire Business Awards not only brought good news to many companies and individuals, but also one special charity.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (Each), which supports families as they care for children with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses, was the event’s adopted charity for the night.
Jennie Mills, a mother who had used the services provided by Each, told of her experience and just what it means to parents and their children.
It was a talk that obviously struck a chord with the people at the Burgess Hall in St Ives as they dug deep into their pockets and a prize draw/collection raised £2,140 for the charity.
First prize for the draw was a round of golf at Brampton Park Golf Club, gym membership supplied by Buckden Marina, two CD players from Huntingdon’s Adams, Cook and Pearce, a family portrait sitting thanks to Constable Photography of St Neots, and hair products and straighteners from Hepzibah in Huntingdon.
Second prize was a case of Moet Champagne donated by Adlams Solicitors of St Neots.
INFORMATION: To find out more about Each, go to www.each.org.uk