Two days, 100 judges, over 160 interviews and one excellent host.
North End Events at Preston’s Deepdale was the perfect venue to bring together 20 categories for the BIBAs interviews last week.
Businesses from across Lancashire descended on the Championship club’s magnificent hospitality lounges for stage two of the process.
With just 45 minutes of grilling standing between them and the final round of the competition, judges say they were amazed by the diversity and quality they were presented with.
And with such fierce competition for a BIBAs trophy over the two days it will be a brave person to say who will go through to the next stage.