CHRIS Lamont, partner at the Cumbrian-firm of accountants Lamont Pridmore, has been named as an ambassador of business by a leading business organisation.

Chris, 33, from Burgh-by-Sands, has been named as one of the North West Director of the Year Ambassadors Group by the Institute of Directors (IoD).

The group is made up of past winners of the awards over the last 10 years. Chris has also been named as a financial judge for the IoD North West Director of the Year awards in 2015.

On being named a business ambassador for the North West, he said: “It is an honour and a privilege be named North West Director of the Year Ambassador, recognising mine and the firms’ work with the business community in Cumbria and the wider region."