Here are the categories:
Pendle Business Person of the Year This category is open to anyone within a Pendle business or organisation be it large or small. Judges will be looking for evidence of activity that has improved the business you own or work for in any way i.e. increased turnover, better staff motivation/training, or have you been pivotal in a new development or product.
Pendle Environmental Business of the Year This category is open to any business located in Pendle who have improved their environmental performance.
Pendle Most Outstanding small Business of the Year This category is open to any business located in Pendle with less than 10 employees.
Pendle Most Outstanding medium/large Business of the Year This category is open to any business located in Pendle with more than 10 employees.
Pendle Business Woman of the Year This category is open to women within a Pendle businesses or organisation be it large or small. Judges will be looking for evidence of activity that has improved the business you own or work for in any way i.e. increased turnover, better staff motivation/training, or have you been pivotal in a new development or product.
Pendle New Business of the Year This category is open to businesses that have started operating within Pendle in the last two years.
Pendle Business Commitment to Community This category is open to businesses and organisations that are actively involved in their local community.
Pendle Business Commitment to Staff Training This category is open to businesses who can demonstrate positive commitment to ongoing staff training and development. Companies need to show that staff training has improved their business performance and given them a competitive advantage.
Pendle Small Retailer of the Year
Tuesday 15 January
This week our “Mayor’s regular Tuesday afternoon walking group” called round to my house at Hollins for a spot of tea. The walking group consisting mainly of Barnoldswick residents was set up to walk the Pendle Way last summer but enjoyed it so much that they carried on walking! Before they were able to sit down for tea they first completed a 6-mile walk, which took them up Brown Hill, along Gisburn Old Track, up to Weets Hill and then back via Duck Pond Farm and Folly Lane. As is usual when our Mayor’s walks take place, the weather was fine and sunny. On the completion of the walk the group enjoyed homemade meat & potato pie with mushy peas, which were followed by a piece of parkin and a pot of tea.
Throughout his year we have been promoting the healthy activity of walking and have already clocked up hundreds of miles throughout Pendle. I am also pleased to see that the 2008 Pendle Walking Festival, which takes place between 30 August and 7 September, will be more days and more walks. I encourage everyone to get out there and enjoy the absolutely stunning countryside on our doorstep in Pendle.
Thursday 17 January
I had to nip into Brierfield for my not so regular haircut and ear bending at Talking Heads. Manfred keeps up the chatter about changing the world and also about his house in Sicily.
You have just got to see Buzz Hawkins and the Bradshaws - its only £10 to get in!
I did some sorting out for our Buzz Hawkins standing up for the Bradshaws show on Friday 7th February at Colne Muni. The tickets are only £10 and you are sure to have a great night so get down there!
Called intro the Town Hall to discuss with Jane in Committee section and Paul from Pendle Leisure the 2008 Mayors Ball. We chose the wide-ranging buffet menu including the popular chicken curry, which always goes down well. We have also booked an 18-piece swing band for our entertainment. The theme will be black and white and looks like it will be a right good do – as they say up here.
We get ready to set off - and no I didn't walk all the way round in my chainsSunday 20 January
Setting off at 9.30 we walked the Foulridge Beating the Bounds walk. Their leaflet states that; The walk takes in a variety of landscapes from the gentle setting of the Leeds & Liverpool canal reservoirs to remote upland with spectacular views of the surrounding area. Around 13 of us set off from St Michael’s church and headed up and across the L&L feeder reservoir, which was pretty full, where I spotted a Crested Grebe.
Now I can't say that it doesn't rain a little bit occasionally in Pendle
After passing Lancashire Gyhll the old County boundary, I spotted a Jay with its vivid colours. Then we went across the busy Colne to Skipton road and down to the Canal and past County Brook Mill, which is the oldest working mill in Lancashire. We went back via Foulridge lower reservoir and finished our walk at the Hare and Hounds in Foulridge where I had a welcome pint of Marston’s bitter followed by pie and peas.
The pie and peas at the Hare and Hounds went down very well
We have completed around 8 miles and it had taken us about 3 ½ hours. The weather had been wet but we all managed to keep our spirits up including the youngest in the party Jodie who looked to me to be about 9 or 10.
The Pendle count this week is 21. (The number of times that I mention Pendle).
