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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T15:48:38.000Z",
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    "Speaking to GB News earlier this week",
    "St George's Day parade SAVED by local businessman after council threatened to axe event",
    "Patriotic Britons fight to SAVE St George's Day parade after being threatened with cancellation by London council",
    "St George's Day parade risks being CANCELLED as council accused of 'anti-English agenda'",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA British businessman has told GB News he has been left \"overwhelmed\" with the praise handed to him by Havering locals after saving the community's St George's Day celebration.\n\nDean Floyd, CEO of Chigwell Construction, donated £9,000 to save the Saint George's Day Scout parade in Romford after the local council threatened to axe the event due to \"traffic management costs\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSpeaking to GB News earlier this week, Havering Councillor Michael White celebrated the fundraising efforts of Mr Floyd and residents who have enabled the annual parade to go ahead.\n\nMr White told host Martin Daubney: \"The good news is, the parade is going ahead. I want to say thank you to all those who contributed, and in particular, Chigwell Construction, who are a local business.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"They have stepped up to the mark and have made a sizeable donation to the JustGiving page.\"\n\nRevealing why he donated the £9,000 the council needed to give the parade the green light, Mr Floyd told GB News that when he learned that the event was at risk, he was \"disgusted\" by the \"poor decision\" of the council.\n\nHe said: \"I got a telephone call from Councillor Ray Best, who said to me that this event was in jeopardy. I thought it was very poor, and it should be allowed to go ahead.\n\n\"Yes, £9,000 is a lot of money, but in the scheme of local authority, the Metropolitan Police, it's not a lot of money. We're talking about children here, this is a Scout's march, it's not any other march.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"And for anyone to cut the funding, in my opinion, was disgusting.\"\n\nTelling GB News about the response he has had from locals following his donation, Mr Floyd said it has been \"overwhelming\" to see the praise on social media, and assured he is \"not a hero\".\n\nHe said: \"We certainly didn't do it for publicity, we done it purely just to help out the local community, as we always do. But if you look at the Facebook, the amount of comments that we've had, it's been overwhelming.\n\n\"I've got one chap in the pub on the Victoria Road, he said, come down and I'll buy as many pints as you like. It's been overwhelming, and I've been portrayed as a hero, but I'm certainly not a hero.\"\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:\n\n\n\n\n  * St George's Day parade SAVED by local businessman after council threatened to axe event\n  * Patriotic Britons fight to SAVE St George's Day parade after being threatened with cancellation by London council\n  * St George's Day parade risks being CANCELLED as council accused of 'anti-English agenda'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nNoting how his company works with housing associations in the community to help maintain \"social value\", Mr Floyd admitted he and his company do a lot of charitable work for local residents.\n\nHe explained: \"We're in social housing, we do a lot for social value, that's part of what we have to do in order to secure contracts, and I work very hard with a lot of housing associations in the London Borough of Havering.\n\n\"We've got showrooms in the London Borough of Havering, and over the years we've done a number of supportive things, the carnivals and the Christmas celebrations where we hand over our showroom to the local community.\n\n\"We have about 700 children come in there and we fund a prize for every child, generally the first Friday of every December.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nIn a statement, a spokesman for Havering Council told GB News: \"We want local events to take place safely, and we work closely with organisers to help them meet the legal requirements that apply to all processions using the public highway.\"\n\nActing Chief Inspector, Charlie Routley told GB News: \"We fully support the Scouts St George's Day parade in Havering and understand how important it is to the local community.\n\n\"We are continuing to work closely with local partners in the hope that the event can take place.\n\n\"In line with national policing guidance, responsibilities such as road closures sit with the event organisers and local authorities, allowing our officers to focus on wider safety issues, risks and responding to ambulances.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Local businessman left 'overwhelmed' by praise after saving St George's Day parade with huge donation: 'I'm not a hero'"
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