North Cheshire Business Awards Ceremony 2025
Recognising business excellence
Champneys Mottram Hall
Friday 11th JuLY, 2025 from 6:45pm
Set within 270 acres of immaculately landscaped gardens, the beautiful Grade II listed Mottram Hall is the ultimate Cheshire destination.
Steeped in local history and one of Cheshire’s finest hotels, Mottram Hall’s story is more than 300 years old.
Today, The Hall is a listed building and a fine example of architecture of the period. The ornate ceilings in Mottram’s main hall and other public rooms are now classed as works of national importance. The conversion to a hotel in 1940 necessitated many repairs, renovations and restorations, and a great deal of care was taken to preserve the Adam ceilings and the 12th Century wood panelling, taken from the original Old Hall.
Surrounded by outstanding natural beauty and the winner of The Good Spa Guide's Best Country Retreat Spa Award, an 18-hole Championship golf course, private lake and sprawling rose gardens; it’s a hotel that makes the most of its idyllic woodland setting.
The Itinerary
6:45 – Champagne Reception
7:15 – Opening by your host Hugh Ferris
7:20 – Welcome from the CEO of North Cheshire Chamber of Commerce, Terry Hayward
7:25 – This Year’s Charity – East Cheshire Hospice
7:30 – Dinner served
9:45 – Awards Ceremony
11:00 – Charity Raffle and Auction
11:15 – Closing speeches
11:25 – Dancing
1:00 – Carriages
Hugh Ferris
Hugh Ferris is a presenter for BBC Sports News, having worked in the broadcast industry for more than 20 years. His experience on television and radio includes more than a decade with BBC radio and television: he appears on BBC One, BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel, while he’s also presented on Radio 5 Live, the World Service, and the Radio 2 Breakfast Show with both Zoe Ball and previously Chris Evans.
Hugh has been based in Manchester since 2002, and in reporting on Manchester United and Manchester City for commercial radio in the city attended three Champions League finals, four FA Cup finals, and four League Cup finals; he’s also reported on ten Premier League triumphs, most recently City’s victory in 2021 which ended an 11-year spell of hosting the club’s match day television show, broadcast live at the ground.
Prior to joining the BBC, Hugh hosted at the Olympic Stadium and Velodrome during London 2012, as well as at an Ashes cricket series and ICC Champions Trophy; and from 2016 until 2022 he presented the Set Piece Menu Podcast, which was nominated three times for a Football Supporters Association Award.
