BRADFORD CHAMBER ANNUAL DINNER

BRADFORD CHAMBER ANNUAL DINNER

Banging the drums for Bradford

Bradford Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious black-tie annual dinner took place on Thursday 24 November at the Midland Hotel - kindly sponsored by Schofield Sweeney and Exa Networks.

The Bradford Chamber Dinner is the highlight of the city’s business community calendar, and over one hundred and eighty attendees including business leaders, councillors, MPs and dignitaries came together for a night of celebration. The evening kicked off with a phenomenal Dhol drum performance from the Punjabi Roots Academy, who set the atmosphere alight with their unique take on pop music. Bradford Chamber President, Victoria Wainwright, spoke to the audience about the opportunities and challenges our city faces in light of the cost of doing business crisis, and the disappointment in the new, watered-down version of Northern Powerhouse Rail. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom, with Victoria expressing her enthusiasm for Bradford’s City of Culture win, the success of the fifth Bradford Manufacturing Weeks initiative, and the recent visit from King Charles III. Keynote speakers were ITV’s Christine Talbot and Duncan Wood; known as the former hosts of Calendar News. The couple shared stories from their twenty years of covering the region’s biggest news stories - from the serious to the light hearted and the thrills and spills of working in live television. The evening ended with a charity prize draw for Bradford Chamber’s charity of the year, Marie Curie. We would like to say a huge thank you to TL Dallas, Napoleons Casino and the Midland Hotel for kindly donating prizes.