A NOT-FOR-PROFIT company that promotes Basingstoke through its projects and events has welcomed a new core partner.

Destination Basingstoke has joined hands with TrustMark to support its work in promoting the town through showcase events and projects.

Those behind TrustMark, based in Basing View, are keen to get more involved with the community and support Destination Basingstoke’s work that includes the Basingstoke Half Marathon, the Place to be Proud of Awards, Hampshire OctoberFest, and the Inspire Business Awards.

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Simon Ayers, managing director of TrustMark, said: “Destination Basingstoke offers us the chance to get more involved in the community we are proud to be part of, they have such an exciting range of projects that we are keen to get staff enthused and engaged with and we are looking forward to becoming really embedded in the local business scene."

Mr Ayers will join the board of Destination Basingstoke.

In addition, TrustMark is also sponsoring the New Business Award category of the Inspire Business Awards.

Mr Ayers added: “This award is about recognising the opportunism and enthusiasm of new businesses taking their first difficult steps to get established, we understand the challenges they face and hope that entering the award will help them take a step back and realise what they have already achieved.”

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Felicity Edwards, managing director of Destination Basingstoke, said: “We are proud that TrustMark, a growing business that has found success in Basingstoke, recognises the value of our work and want to be part of it.

“We are excited to have an enthusiastic new partner to work with, after a difficult period through the pandemic this is a really encouraging vote of confidence that Basingstoke businesses are ready to invest in projects and events that make a real contribution to life in Basingstoke.”