The Maidstone Hub invites guests to join us at the Tudor Park Hotel and Country Club, for this annual prestigious black tie dinner.

Please note: this event is for over 18’s only

The Maidstone Annual Dinner is one of the most highly anticipated events in the local business calendar, consistently selling out and attracting companies that return year after year. Renowned for its exceptional atmosphere, valuable networking opportunities and strong reputation, it is an event not to be missed.

Guests can build valuable relationships, strengthen existing connections and entertain clients in a relaxed and sociable setting, while enjoying an unforgettable evening with fellow industry professionals.

The CIOB Maidstone Hub Committee looks forward to welcoming you and your company to this year’s event.

Speaker

The Maidstone Hub committee are delighted to be welcoming broadcaster, presenter and writer, Colin Murray as their principal speaker.

Colin hosts Countdown on C4 and presents Sunday mornings on 5 Live, having previously hosted Fighting Talk and numerous sports programming.

He was the face of Quest's Football League Coverage, and for many years anchored the BDO Lakeside World Darts Championship on BBC plus Eurosport's Snooker Coverage.

He hosted the popular Friday night sports preview show, Kicking Off as part of 5 Live Sport and presented talkSPORT's mid-morning programme Monday to Friday for 3 years, tripling the audience in the process.

In the build up to the London Olympics he interviewed all living British Gold Medallists for 5 Live's acclaimed 'Gold Rush'.

He has maintained a written journalistic career, alongside his broadcasting. His first novel 'A Random History of Football', sold so well in hardback it went to paperback, and he is widely published in the print media. Earlier on in his career he co-published his own cutting-edge music magazine Blank

Colin originally came to prominence on BBC Radio 1, hosting many shows and forging a successful partnership with Edith Bowman, eventually co-hosting the weekday afternoon slot 'The Colin and Edith Show'. He won his first coveted Sony Award for Music Broadcaster Of The Year during his final few years at Radio 1 when presenting the 10pm - midnight slot, indulging his love of Alternative Music.

He began his career as a news reporter, cutting his teeth at the Ulster News Letter. He was crowned IPR Northern Ireland Entertainment Journalist of the Year 2002, and it was this journalistic ethos that helped him win another Sony Gold The Feature Award - for a documentary he made with All Out Productions entitled 'The Trouble With Drugs'.

Supported Charity

This year the Maidstone committee are proud to be supporting Demelza House (https://www.demelza.org.uk/), a charity providing extraordinary care to extraordinary children with serious or life-limiting conditions and their families.

"We provide care as unique as every family we support, from symptom management, day care and short breaks, to practical and emotional support for families and siblings, creative arts therapies, memory making, end of life care and bereavement support.

Support services are provided wherever best suits families – in their homes, at our hospice sites or in the community. Our service and support model is built on more than 25 years’ experience."

Sponsors

We would like to thank our sponsors for their support.

Dinner

Bam (https://www.bam.co.uk/)

Neilcott Construction Ltd (https://neilcott.co.uk/)

Award

GVE Commercial Solutions (https://www.gvecs.co.uk/)

Contact

Beverley Lawrence

Maidstone Member Services and Events Co-ordinator

blawrence@ciob.org.uk / 01344 630861

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