NEARLY 50 business people in Scarborough spent a lunchtime playing bingo. It was the latest tactic used by St Catherine’s Hospice to help raise awareness of its work. The event took place over a two-course lunch at The Mount Hotel in Cliff Bridge Terrace.  At the blast of a whistle the guests moved in between courses to a different table as part of the networking and filled in bingo cards from numbers stuck on to each person. This was the fifth such lunch to have been hosted by the hospice.

Lee Barker, the hospice’s chief executive, said: “Everybody seems to have been busy networking. “This is the first time we have done a bingo session. We try to vary how we do the networking at each lunch. “It is a very worthwhile event, not just for different businesses to meet each other and get feedback but also for the hospice to raise awareness of our work among the business community.”