Barton-le-Clay blogger wins Global Wedding award

Engage Weddings.co.uk, a wedding planning website, was awarded the Best Online Regional Wedding Suppliers Directory at this year's awards.

Becca Pountney, founder of Engage Weddings, launched the company in summer 2016 to support wedding businesses in the local area, starting out as a networking event, by 2017 it had turned into a wedding planning website.

She said: "Increasingly people go online to plan their wedding, I realised people were finding amazing ideas on blogs – but then discovering the creators were based the other side of the UK or even the world.

"I created Engage Weddings as a way to show case the talent and creativity we have in the wedding industry, on our doorstep. If you find an amazing wedding idea on our site, I can put you in touch with the person who created it, they will live just down the road.

Having left a career working in television and radio, Becca now runs her wedding blog from her home office in Bedfordshire whilst juggling two small children.

Becca added: "It’s been a great piece of good news to win an award during lockdown, the wedding industry is really suffering right now, but Engage Weddings is doing all we can to support all of our wedding business owners, and help them keep their business visible online during lockdown.

"Next year will be a massively busy year for a lot of businesses, particularly the wedding industry.

"The pandemic has encouraged businesses in this industry to be more creative, we are doing tips for virtual weddings, gatherings in gardens, online hair and beauty tutorials."

The Global Wedding Awards was launched to recognise the extraordinary work of companies all over the world who shine brightest.

Lux Life Awards Coordinator Jazmin Collins said: “Currently, the wedding industry is facing an unprecedented challenge, though it is one that I know we can power through and emerge stronger on the other side.

"The wedding industry has long been a difficult one to excel in, and all of our winners are made of outstanding stuff.

"I am proud of each and every one of my winners and I hope to hear more about your success in the years to come.”

For tips and advice on planning your wedding locally visit: www.engageweddings.co.uk.