Annual Richardson's St George's Day Celebration Dinner

PRESS RELEASE: 19th April 2008

The annual Richardson’s St George’s Day Celebration Dinner attracted a capacity of 350 guests (a full house) to the Copthorne Hotel, Merry Hill.

Key note speaker Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham focused on the success and excellence of English inovation.

Entertainment was by the Band of the Coldstream Guards, Opera on the Run, The Richardson Foden Band and a Last Night of the Proms performance by Mezzo Soprano Rachel Smith.

Charity presentations were made to the Wolverhampton Judo Club, Halesowen Athletics Club, Birmingham City Ladies Football Club, Guide Dogs for the Blind and a significant donation to the “Help the Hero’s Fund”.

Recently decorated with the Military Cross, Corporal Luke Cole received a donation to the Welfare Fund for the 4th Mercian Regiment and Professor Adrian Williams received a cheque of £50,000 for the Brain Tumour Research Fund.

Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham and the new Jaguar XF