Crain's Business Woman of the Year Awards

In December, Paver Smith's Richard Lynch and Lindsay Harper spent a delightful evening at the Palace Hotel in Manchester as guests of Crain's Manchester Business and their Business Woman of the Year Awards.

The event took place on 17^th December and celebrated the many successes achieved by women-led businesses.

The big winner of night was Caroline Shaw, chief executive of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, who was named Business Woman of the Year in recognition of the financial and strategic stewardship of the North West's leading specialist cancer centre.