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Dec 2023
Last Updated: 07/12/2023
Business Breakfast: Harrogate BID appoints communications officer
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Harrogate Business Improvement District has hired a public relations and communications officer.
Ed Horner, a former journalist at The Press in York, has joined the organisation and will be tasked with working alongside alongside the BID team, board directors and BID members to deliver its term two business plan.
He will also oversee the BID’s communications, as well as offering support on projects, campaigns and events.
Town centre businesses which fund the BID voted this year to continue to support it for another five years.
Matthew Chapman, manager at Harrogate BID, said:
“We were thrilled to have a strong collection of people apply for this role and Ed’s experience in local media, appetite to deliver positive outcomes and awareness of the local area really take us to the next level as an organisation as we approach term two and our new business plan.”
Pictured above: Matthew Chapman, BID manager, Chris Ashby, street ranger, Bethany Allen, business and marketing executive and Ed Horner, PR and communications officer
Investment management firm recognised at London awards
Redmayne Bentley has been recognised at the Investors’ Chronicle Celebration of Investment Awards.
The investment management firm, which has an office on Victoria Avenue near Harrogate Library, received the accolade for Best Wealth Manager for Tax Services at the event in London.
The awards recognise the best financial service providers, and winners are voted for by Investors’ Chronicle readers.
Nigel Bottomley, head of office of Redmayne Bentley’s Harrogate office, said:
“The expertise we have across the firm, coupled with the effort and commitment we put into building personal client relationships, is what we believe sets us apart.
“This award comes at what is a special time for the firm, coinciding with our celebration of 148 years in the industry after first being established by John Redmayne in 1875."
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