'His strength, generosity and dedication will continue to guide and inspire us every day'

TRIBUTES PAID BUSINESS LEADER WHO SUPPORTED CHARITY AS A THANK YOU FOR CANCER TREATMENT

- By DEBORAH HALL

ORGANISERS of a charity which has raised more than £20m to fund advanced screening for the detailed early detection of cancer, heart disease and dementia have led tributes to a Hull business owner who became one of its most passionate supporters.

George Baker, managing director of KRL Group, made the Daisy Appeal his company’s charity of the year for 2025 to coincide with its “Mischief of Rats” sculpture trail.

The campaign culminates this weekend with a grand auction featuring the rat sculpture sponsored by the company. The trail extended to locations across East Yorkshire from the beginning of May until the end of August, and George donated as a thank you to the charity which he said had helped to keep him alive after he was diagnosed with myeloma in 2010.

He died earlier this month but his support for the charity will continue with mourners asked to donate to the Daisy Appeal when his funeral takes place at St Helen’s Church, Welton, at midday on Monday, September 22. George was born in Rothwell, West Yorkshire, in March 1960 and worked as a mechanic after leaving school but soon made the move to a nearby office products business.

He stayed in the sector, working in Leeds, Newcastle and then Hull where Kingston Reprographics initially hired him to look after clients in Leeds, who included Burton Group, local authorities and transport businesses. George left Kingston in 1984, a year before the company rebranded to KRL Group.