Bank of Dave: Netflix star David Fishwick delivers speech at awards to support Yorkshire Children's Charity
The rising stars of Yorkshire’s business community and an OIympic legend were honoured at a major awards ceremony which raised funds to support disadvantaged children.
The Yorkshires Business Awards 2025, which were held at the Queens Hotel in Leeds on Friday, featured a keynote speech from entrepreneur, Dave Fishwick, the man behind the Netflix hit, The Bank of Dave.
The event also raised funds for the Yorkshire Children’s Charity, which aims to ensure no child in the county is left behind due to ill health, disability or financial hardship. Ed Clancy the Barnsley-born cyclist who won gold with Team GB at three consecutive Olympics, received the Yorkshire Legend Award.
The winners were: Business Leader of the Year, Louise Ellis Frankland – Mansfield Pollard & Co; Large Corporate of the Year: Turner & Townsend; Mid-Market of the Year: Pagabo Group; ESG Excellence: Bayford Group; Innovation in Business: Production Park
Lawnswood School was announced as the winner of the Yorkshires Young Entrepreneur Challenge, after creating Solo, a business selling Smart QR wristbands. Charlotte Farrington, CEO and founder of Yorkshire Children’s Charity said: “Yorkshire continues to be one of the worst regions in the UK for child poverty, and the cost-of-living crisis is only making things even more difficult for families in our area.
“This year we saw a 20 per cent rise in applications from schools for critical winter support and read thousands of stories of children going without the most basic of essentials – a warm winter coat, a duvet to sleep beneath. We’re incredibly proud that, through our winter support campaign, we’ve been able to deliver the essentials so many children desperately needed.”
Ms Farrington thanked the headline sponsor, Rothschild & Co, and co-sponsors Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, S&W, Clarion Solicitors, IDEAS That Work and The Yorkshire Post.