LOCAL television celebrity Fred Dibnah is the guest speaker at a Festive Business Dinner and Dance to be held by the East Bolton Business Forum at the Club Mistry in Derby Road, Bolton, on Wednesday, December 18.

Tales are expected to cover steam engines, bridges and his work with the BBC.

Tickets, which cost £15, are available from members of the forum or business adviser Ted Martin on 01204 336158 or on-line at www.business4eastbolton.co.uk

The Forum is part of the East Bolton Regeneration Business Support Programme -- one of the initiatives contained in the Government's £20 million SRB 6 (Single Regeneration Budget) improvement programme.