Rawden Kerr, Great Harwood Town Crier


Looking at the last 20 years, the only


constant in business has been that there have been so many changes


global reach. At last year’s Red Rose Awards it won both the ESG and export categories.


Dave Walker, managing director of +24, headline sponsor of the event, was full of praise for Colin, who is also chairman of the Royal Lancashire Show.


He said: “Colin is a Lancashire stalwart who has built an incredible business and invested in areas and the impact he has had on the county has been quite phenomenal. We are very lucky to have people like Colin here.


Dave added: “It was fantastic event. More than 120 businesses all coming to celebrate the great work we do here in Lancashire.”


Lancashire Business Day began with Great Harwood town crier Rawden Kerr welcoming guests with the Lancashire proclamation. David Dunwell chief executive of Lancashire Mind talked about the impact businesses can have on the charity.


A ‘Future is Bright’ panel consisted of Yasir Patel from Cluster Club, Margaret Speight from North Star Projects and Leon Crosby from Blackburn


and Darwen Youth Zone. Yasir shared how he won a Channel 4 television programme competition which led to getting orders for 100,000 units for his healthy snacks from supermarket group Aldi.


He inspired the audience by sharing what piece of advice he would give himself as a 17-year- old. He said: “Look at your friend circle, it makes a big difference who you hang around with. I would tell myself to find the right people to give myself better opportunities.


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