Chamber of Commerce Awards

Brentwood a Becket were nominated for an award under the "Community Engagement" ​category for the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards. Greg Roberts prepared a very detailed submission to be presented to the committee, which was followed by an interview by the company designated to undertake this part of the selection process - MacDonalds. This was done by zoom on Wednesday 23rd July, and both Greg and Tony Clark were duly grilled by Joey Antwi-Kusi of the MacDonalds franchise in Brentwood. We successfully passed this stage, and we were informed that we had made the final three, and were then interviewed again by zoom on Friday 12th September by Catherine Polli, one of the senior partners of Pinney Talfourd, who were the overall sponsors of the event. 
The Awards Evening itself took place on Friday 10th October at Stockbrook Manor Golf Club, which was attended by over 180 guests. There were a number of categories, and each was announced in a somewhat similar way to an Oscar ceremony (And the winner is.....). We were up against St Francis Hospice and Chicken & Frog Bookshop (an establishment in Crown Street). The evening included a three-course dinner with dancing later on in the programme.
Regretfully we did not win, but we did come second, which we should be very proud of. The winners were St Francis Hospice who were very deserving winners, and the picture above shows Greg and Anne Bender receiving the runners-up certificate. Thanks should go in particular to Greg who saw the whole thing through from start to finish, and who knows - maybe we might win it next time we are nominated.
In the meantime we congratulate St Francis Hospice on their success! (through gritted teeth!!)