The day the earth
moved.
Pennine Events Success at Red Rose Business
Awards!
Pennine Events certainly caused a stir in Blackpool on
Thursday night when they went to collect their award for
Small Business of the Year at Lancashire Business View's
Red Rose Awards 2011. So much so that the earth actually
moved as an earthquake that recorded 2.2 on the Richter
scale was registered at the time of the ceremony at the
Winter Gardens.
The inaugural awards ceremony saw many
Lancashire businesses celebrate their achievements and
success from 2010 and over 600 guests attended the award
ceremony! This didn't faze Pennine Events' Graham Jagger
however who willingly took to the mic to accept the
award.
Alison Abbott (1st Left) , Leah
Sandamas (2nd Left), Graham Jagger (2nd Right)
General Manager Alison Abbott was delighted
with the achievement; "We are so pleased to receive the
award, as it gives the whole team a chance to recognise
that all the hard work put in to the events over the
years really does pay off. It's also a thank you to not
only our internal staff but to everybody who helps on
our events, from suppliers to the participants, they all
help make our events the success they are."
Pennine Events has grown significantly within the last
few years, some of the company's recent highlights
include the
Right to Play Edinburgh - London Cycle (100
riders completing 540 miles in 6 days raising
approximately £90,000),
Pedal for Scotland (over 9,000
riders raising over £150,000), 2007 Tour de France stage
1, and most recently the
2010 National Road Race
Championships.
Over the past twelve months, events organised by Pennine
Events have raised in total over £1.2m for various
charities. These charities include Claire House Hospice,
Maggie's, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, The Christie
Hospital, Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Barnardos, Marie
Curie Cancer Care, Right to Play.