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Nov 2020
Harrogate company delivers Downing Street Christmas tree
Staff from a Harrogate construction company travelled to London yesterday to deliver this year's Downing Street Christmas tree.
HACS Group employees took the tree, which was chosen at a competition in Harrogate, from York to the country's most famous house.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the 20 ft tree was the "first step to bringing us some festive cheer".
The tree was grown by York Christmas Trees, which won last month's annual Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year competition at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen, from Channel 5’s Our Yorkshire Farm, and Peter Wright from The Yorkshire Vet, were among the judges.
Heather Parry, managing agent of event organisers the British Christmas Tree Growers Association, which is based at the Great Yorkshire Showground, said:
HACS, which is based in Ripley, is an independent building and construction services contractor.
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