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Feb 2023
Business Breakfast: Award for Harrogate carer
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Karen Crampton, a live-in carer at Carefound Home Care in Harrogate, has received the home’s PLATO award for her work with dementia sufferers.
The PLATO award is named after the company's values - personalised, local, accountable, together and outstanding.
Karen earned the award for helping people living with dementia to live safely at home.
Carla Hainsworth, registered brand manager at Carefound Home Care, said:
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Bill Plant Driving School wins national awards
Bill Plant Driving School, based in Ripon, has won two awards at the 2023 Intelligent Instructor Awards.
The organisation was named training provider of the year, as well as national driving school of the year at the UK-wide award-ceremony.
Bill Plant also took home the same awards in 2019 and 2020.
CEO Adam Pumfrey said:
In the national driving school of the year category, Bill Plant overcame two of the biggest names in industry, Red and AA Driving School.
The company now has more than 820 instructors who have access to continuing professional development courses and a dedicated support team.
Mr Pumfrey said:
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