The Harrogate & District Estate Agents Association held its annual President’s Charity Dinner, its 18th, at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. A record number of local companies and members attended the black tie event.

The president, Simon Myring of Myrings Estate Agents Ltd Harrogate, nominated Lupus UK to be this year’s chosen charity in memory of his mother, the late Elizabeth Myring.

Philip Hankin representing the charity was the guest of honour and spoke movingly about Lupus, a severe auto immune condition, and of the good work carried out in Yorkshire’s specialist treatment centres in Chapel Allerton, Leeds and in Sheffield. More than £2,000 was raised for the charity from a raffle during the evening.