Eamonn England and Arina Piskunova, of the Windsor Castle, East Finchley, have won the BII’s Licensee of the Year award.
Excelling across all areas of the competition, they faced incredibly tough competition from five other finalists. The judges loved their collaboration, their approach to their team and community, and the forward thinking to secure their business for the future.
Eamonn and Arina were crowned winners in front of almost 900 colleagues and industry friends at the BII Summer Event, hosted at the The HAC, City Central, London.
“I’d like to offer a massive congratulations to the brilliant Eamonn and Arina, on behalf of myself and the whole team here at the BII, including our fantastic judges,” said Steve Alton, chief executive of the BII.
“This is the most rigorous and intense competition in our industry, so I would also like to congratulate our other wonderful finalists on this incredible achievement. Despite the challenges our sector continually faces, we saw incredible commitment, talent, and attitude from all our finalists, proving once again how much the great British pub has to offer in every community across the UK.
“Eamonn and Arina’s leadership, innovation, and dedication, as relatively new operators in the pub sector, are simply inspirational. They represent everything that is uniquely brilliant about our industry, and we can’t wait to share the excellence and experience from them, and all our finalists, over the coming year.”
