David Hattersley wins Top York Business Award

David Hattersley, described by judges as "large, expansive, cuttingly funny and doesn't do shy", was awarded York Press Business Personality Of The Year. Under the banner of his de Bretton Group, he is the buyer of York's 700-year-old Lendal Tower, the entrepreneur who transformed a back packers' stopover into York's four star Marmadukes Hotel; the opener of the acclaimed Harvilles Restaurant in Fossgate and, more recently, the acquirer of Guy Fawkes Hotel in High Petergate.

November 16, 2007
The Press