A LOCAL recruitment agency has agreed to part-sponsor the 2015 Otley Carnival.

Blue Octopus, run by managing director brothers Liam and Chris Coleman, will fund the event’s poster competition next year.

Carnival committee treasurer Ann Steval said: “Without the generous support of the local businesses who sponsor various aspects of the carnival we would struggle to raise the money to stage the event and give donations to our beneficiaries.”

The committee has set up the Friends of Otley Carnival Group and anyone interested in joining should send an e-mail to Samantha Roberts at otley carnival@gmail.com Other businesses interested in sponsoring part of next year’s event, meanwhile, can find out more by contacting Ann Steval on 01943 466995, email steval@btinternet.com