{"id":4848,"date":"2022-05-13T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/success-for-13-bradford-businesses-at-britains-asian-wedding-awards\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:44:00","slug":"success-for-13-bradford-businesses-at-britains-asian-wedding-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/success-for-13-bradford-businesses-at-britains-asian-wedding-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Success for 13 Bradford businesses at Britain&#8217;s Asian Wedding Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>\n  A NUMBER of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk\/sport\/sportbcfc\/\" class=\"section-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bradford<\/a> businesses were recognised for \u2018their excellent services to the British Asian wedding industry&#8217; at a prestigious awards ceremony last night.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk\/business\/\" class=\"section-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business<\/a> owners from across the country gathered at\u00a0The Holiday Inn hotel, Bolton, to celebrate Britain&#8217;s\u00a0Asian Wedding venues, where they were recognised and awarded for their \u2018gold standard of work in the British Asian Wedding industry.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscription-content\">\n<p>\n  But despite being a nationwide event, Bradford-based businesses made up a large chunk of the nominees\u00a0with 13 of our own being selected as finalists.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Raj Parmar who owns Regency Hall, on East Parade, spoke of his \u201cshock\u201d when it was announced that he had won the Banqueting\u00a0Suite of the Year award.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Success-for-13-Bradford-businesses-at-Britains-Asian-Wedding-Awards.jpg?w=1300&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Regency Hall won the best banqueting suite award\" alt=\"Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Regency Hall won the best banqueting suite award\" class=\"editor-image\"\/><span class=\"inline-image-caption\">Regency Hall won the best banqueting suite award <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: \u201cI just couldn\u2019t believe it when they announced my name. I\u2019m just really grateful.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cComparatively to other venues I\u2019m the new kid on the block, and to be recognised for the hard work and effort is completely humbling and I\u2019m completely honoured.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1652526166_528_Success-for-13-Bradford-businesses-at-Britains-Asian-Wedding-Awards.jpg?w=1300&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Raj getting his award\" alt=\"Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Raj getting his award\" class=\"editor-image\"\/><span class=\"inline-image-caption\">Raj getting his award <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIt\u2019s got a unique character, it used to be a church, it\u2019s a grade II listed building and we\u2019ve kept a lot of its original features. I know a lot of Bradford venues have their charm but I think Regency Hall stands in its own category and I think that\u2019s probably why we won.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Raj went on to explain how he has only been running as a fully functioning business for around two-and-a-half years due to Covid, but he is already in the process of expanding the venue and has recently acquired planning permission for a disused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk\/leisure\/film\/\" class=\"section-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cinema<\/a> next door.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other venues such as The Great Victoria Hotel also struck success at the prestigious ceremony.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"facebook\" width=\"100%\" height=\"708\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheGreatVictoriaHotel%2Fposts%2F1998385497034647&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n  The full list of Bradford winners:<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>\n  Beauty Studio of the Year: Rubys Bradford\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Stationery Provider of the Year: Shaadi Cards Bradford\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Asian Wedding Sweets Supplier of the Year: Shandaar Sweets\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Traditional Jewelers of the Year: Mangla Jewellers\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wedding Boutique of the Year Overall Winner: Huma Humad Bradford\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wedding Caterer of the Year Overall: Aziz Catering\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Photographer of The Year Overall Winner: ZS Productions\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Make-Up Artist of the Year Yorkshire: Nida Glamour\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Henna Artist of the Year Overall: Hennabyzainabxx\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Wedding Venue of the Year Overall Winner: The Great Victoria Hotel\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Banqueting Suite of the Year Overall: Regency Hall\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Banqueting Suite of the Year National: Lalas Banqueting Suites\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Asian Clothing Boutique of the Year Yorkshire: Dulhan\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Britain\u2019s Asian Wedding Awards 2022 said: \u201cThe winners represent the gold standard of the Britain\u2019s Asian wedding industry. The awards celebrated those who work tirelessly to meet the demands of the couples and their guests.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThese champions are tried and tested specialists that know how to create a stress-free wedding experience, keeping the romance in the air. We would like to congratulate all finalists and winners for their amazing achievements.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk\/news\/20138337.success-13-bradford-businesses-british-asian-wedding-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NUMBER of Bradford businesses were recognised for \u2018their excellent services to the British Asian wedding industry&#8217; at a prestigious awards ceremony last night. Business owners from across the country gathered at\u00a0The Holiday Inn hotel, Bolton, to celebrate Britain&#8217;s\u00a0Asian Wedding venues, where they were recognised and awarded for their \u2018gold standard of work in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191570323,"featured_media":4849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1407],"tags":[2844,2445,2841,2843,2842,2372,1907],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weddings","tag-asian","tag-awards","tag-bradford","tag-britains","tag-businesses","tag-success","tag-wedding"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Success-for-13-Bradford-businesses-at-Britains-Asian-Wedding-Awards.png?fit=1800%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pciheA-1gc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4638,"url":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/harold-hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year-with-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":4848,"position":0},"title":"Harold Hill venue named best banqueting suite of the year with award","author":"ESPACE STUDIO","date":"May 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Published: 9:15 AM May 13, 2022 A Harold Hill wedding venue has been named best of the year with a national award.\u00a0 The Grove Banqueting, owned by the Sapphire London Group, was crowned the Banqueting Suite of the Year in the south region at the Asian Wedding Awards on May\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wedding Venue&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wedding Venue","link":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/category\/weddings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Harold Hill venue named best banqueting suite of the year with award","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Harold-Hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Harold-Hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Harold-Hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Harold-Hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/espacestudio.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Harold-Hill-venue-named-best-banqueting-suite-of-the-year.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4566,"url":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/boutique-hotel-wedding-venue-pub-and-restaurant-operator-secures-26m-boost\/","url_meta":{"origin":4848,"position":1},"title":"Boutique hotel, wedding venue, pub and restaurant operator secures \u00a326m boost","author":"ESPACE STUDIO","date":"May 12, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A \u00a326m boost has been secured by a boutique hotel, wedding venue, pub and restaurant operator in Lancashire. 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