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Reward toasts success at charity fashion event

Reward Finance Group has been named Best Finance Lender 2015 at the FB Fashion Ball.

The award at the annual event, attended by 500 professionals from across the Yorkshire business community, came as Reward partner Dave Jones took to the catwalk to model alongside more than 60 of the region’s professionals.

Hosted by Reward’s head of marketing Lisa Darwin, the event, which included the popular Model Employee Awards awards programme, raised £3,400 for charity.

The Best Finance Lender 2015 category, sponsored by ICAEW Yorkshire and Humber, recognised Reward for its outstanding contribution to the region’s finance sector as a leading lender to the SME business community.

The category was judged by Chris Manners, head of ICAEW for Yorkshire and Humber, Philip Jordan President of the Leeds Law Society and head partner of law firm Ward Hadaway, and Claire Young from the Apprentice and School Speakers.

Reward was delighted to sponsor the Best Accountancy Firm 2015, which was won by Baker Tilly.

Mr Jones said: “Reward was thrilled to be named Best Finance Lender 2015, in a category that was a great recognition for the entire team’s hard work and success.”

Mrs Darwin added: “Thanks to all our sponsors - Elevation Recruitment Group, Parkinson Lee, Reward Capital, Leeds Law Society, PWC, ICAEW, Clarion and Barclays as well as TheBusinessDesk.com, Resource, Yorkshire Business Leaders, models, their firms and catwalk partners French Connection, Accent Clothing, Jigsaw, Lisa Jayne Dann, H&C, Renaissance, The Cutting Lounge Hair & Beauty and to everyone who donated amazing prizes and helped behind the scenes.”

Businesses taking part in the fashion show included Barclays, PwC, Reward Capital, Walker Morris, Addleshaw Goddard, Pinsent Masons, BDO, Eversheds, Deloitte, Seabrooks, Baker Tilly, LCF Law, Squire Patton Boggs, Grant Thornton, BHP, Gordons LLP, Resource, Brewin Dolphin, Schofield Sweeney, DLA Piper, Elevation Recruitment Group, Legatus Law, Mazars, Rothschild and Bond Dickinson. Lisa added: “I am ecstatic with the event’s success this year and the tremendous support from the Yorkshire business community which saw the ball, now in its 18th year, reach new heights - the best to date.” Plans already on the way for next year’s event Thursday 19th May 2016. The full list of winners was: • Yorkshire Business Leader 2015: Arif Ahmad, PWC, sponsored by Ward Hadaway. • Outstanding Achievement 2015: Larry Gould, The Big Word, sponsored by Eventium. • Female Role Model 2015: Justine Osmotherley, Clarion, sponsored by Elevation Recruitment Group • Male Role Model 2015: Daniel Woodward, Seabrooks, sponsored by Elevation Recruitment Group • Female Rising Star 2015: Christina Morrison, The Big Word, sponsored by Barclays • Male Rising Star 2015: Matt Hart, PWC, sponsored by Barclays • Accountancy Firm 2015: Baker Tilly, sponsored by Reward Capital • Law Firm with Outstanding Service 2015: Walker Morris, sponsored by Leeds Law Society • Most Helpful Bank 2015: Barclays, sponsored by PWC • Best Business To Work For 2015: Addleshaw Goddard, sponsored by Parkinson Lee • Best Finance Lender 2015: Reward Capital, sponsored by ICAEW • Marketing/PR Team 2015: Clarion (Jenny Rennocks and Steve Crow), sponsored by the ICAEW.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ian Briggs .