The Robin Burgess Lifetime Contribution to Business in Cumbria, sponsored by BAE Systems This prestigious award will go to someone who has had a significant and positive impact on the Cumbrian business community over a period of years.
Businessperson of the Year This award is for a businessperson who has made an outstanding contribution to their company in the last year.
Apprentice/Trainee of the Year, sponsored by David Allen This award recognises the apprentice or trainee who in the view of both the employer and the judges has demonstrated real dedication.
Best Large Business, sponsored by TSP Engineering This award recognises a business with 51 employees
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(Instagram/@HelenSkelton) This Week on The Farm isn’t the 37-year-old’s only stint in the industry and she has appeared in a lot of shows throughout her career. From Blue Peter to SAS: Who Dares Wins, here are all of Helen’s accomplishments and career accolades to date- how many do you recognise her from?
Early career She was born in Carlisle and brought up on a dairy farm in Kirkby Thore. Skelton attended Appleby Grammar School and later attained a BA degree in journalism from Cumbria Institute of the Arts (or University of Cumbria). She used this degree during her early career in her early career, while working in the newsroom at CFM Radio and even became a breakfast presenter at BBC Radio Cumbria in 2005.
(Instagram/@HelenSkelton) This Week on The Farm isn’t the 37-year-old’s only stint in the industry and she has appeared in a lot of shows throughout her career. From Blue Peter to SAS: Who Dares Wins, here are all of Helen’s accomplishments and career accolades to date- how many do you recognise her from?
Early career She was born in Carlisle and brought up on a dairy farm in Kirkby Thore. Skelton attended Appleby Grammar School and later attained a BA degree in journalism from Cumbria Institute of the Arts (or University of Cumbria). She used this degree during her early career in her early career, while working in the newsroom at CFM Radio and even became a breakfast presenter at BBC Radio Cumbria in 2005.
An artist inspired by mythology and the natural world has transformed sheep skulls with a burst of colour into vibrant pieces of art. Stephen Rae, from Ulverston, is a contemporary artist whose vivid and colourful pieces are inspired by his travels across Africa and Asia. Mr Rae, who is also the Bard of Cumberland and a co-founder of Bardsea-Green Films, has a particular interest in folklore and history, deriving from his childhood growing up in south Ayrshire where his grandfather would recount tales of the sea people, witches and cannibals. A self-taught artist until his early 30s, Mr Rae had previously worked in botanical and agricultural science before studying fine art at Cumbria Institute of the Arts in Carlisle and later became ordained as a Buddhist monk for a few years studying Buddhist philosophy.