A Flintshire firm was a winner at last week's Business Champion Awards, hosted by the BBC's Huw Edwards.

Pentre Tech was a Silver award winner in the Champions in a Crisis category.

Steve Sinnott, 39, and partner Hannah, 35, run the IT support firm, based in Holywell. During the pandemic, they ensured primary school IT systems kept running so children could learn from home and staff could teach effectively.

Steve, who has been working in IT for 20 years, said: "It's such an honour to have won an award in the Business Champion Awards.

"Our primary objective has always been to go above and beyond in order to ensure children and teachers have the IT service they need.

"Although we are a small family, company winning such a prestigious award means a lot to the whole team and shows we are providing the right service to our schools."

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The event, in London's Canary Wharf, took place two years to the day since Britain was placed into lockdown, and business owners nationwide feared for their survival chances.

It was a carbon neutral event, and all suppliers had sustainable practices in place, while the awards process and carbon footprint from it was kept to a minimum by moving judges' presentation days to online zoom calls.

This move alone saved more than 1,000 people travelling to London. As a company, awards organisers the Capital Business Media Group is carbon neutral; everything that can be moved online has been, and anything that's needed to be printed has been done so on FSC protected recycled and recyclable paper stocks.

And to honour Her Majesty's Jubilee campaign to plant more trees in 2022, each winner will have 10 trees planted in its geographical region within the UK.

Richard Alvin, awards director, Business Champion Awards, said: "The last two years have been some of the toughest for many businesses in living times. And the courage, strategic nous and tenacity we have seen are some of the many reasons behind why these awards exist.

"They are designed to celebrate the champions of British business in quite extraordinary times.

"Every business winner and shortlisted company demonstrated huge amounts of creativity and strength, and whether they went home with a gong or not, they should all be incredibly proud of their achievements.

"In an unprecedented time for businesses, up and down the country, we've seen an incredible amount of resilience.

"We are a nation of proud business owners and the last two years has proved more than ever that whatever is thrown at British business we can respond."