East Midlands Chamber Annual Christmas Lunch

Atouch of magic was sprinkled on East Midlands Chamber’s Christmas Lunch as it returned for the first time in three years.

Britain’s Got Talent winner Lance Corporal Richard Jones – nicknamed The Military Illusionist – was the headline act at the event at Athena, held on December 2.

He dazzled the 300-plus crowd with a series of tricks performed on the Chamber’s director of resources Lucy Robinson and Bradgate Estates operations director Aaron Levy.

The event has long marked the traditional start of the festive calendar for many businesses but was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and folded into the Leicestershire Business Awards the following year.

A Christmas raffle raised £805 – topped up to £1,000 by the Chamber – for president Lindsey Williams’ 2022 charitable fund. This went towards the total amount raised for Focus, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and Treetops Hospice.