Business Events

Wake up to PR with Approach! Award-winning Bradford consultancy Approach PR is inviting businesses to ‘Wake Up To PR’. The team is offering an insight into how PR can work for any business, using real-life case studies and results-driven campaigns. Time: 9am to 10am, with half an hour for questions and networking. Tickets for the briefings are free and available from http://wakeuptopr.eventbrite.com/ For further details, contact Verity Hudson or Suzanne Johns on 01274722552 or email Verity@approachpr. com

Bradford Met Club are holding a meeting at the Bradford Yo Yo Restaurant. Time: 5.30pm- 7.30pm. For further details, contact: [email protected] or telephone 01423 525622.

July 21

Seabrook Factory visit at Seabrook House, Bradford. Time: 5-7pm. Members of the Young Directors Forum (YDF) have organised this event to tour the successful Yorkshire factory and hear from the company CEO and chairman, Ken Brook-Crispin. Tickets cost £15 + VAT members and £30 + VAT non members to book visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley on 0113 243 0152.

Inaugural ‘Be Inspired’ lunch, Hotel du Vin, Harrogate. Neil Warman, Chief Commercial & Finance Officer at HML, part of Skipton Building Society will address members. Lunch starts at noon. To book visit www.iod. com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley 0113 243 0152.

Chadwick Lawrence – employment law seminar at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium in Leeds. The subject is Gross Misconduct Dismissals – Avoiding Unfair Dismissal Claims. The seminar will start with registration and a light breakfast at 7:30am with the presentation commencing at 8am and lasting for one hour, following which Neil Wilson will answer any questions. For further information call Gaynor Haliday on 01484 519999, or email [email protected]

City of York Council is hosting a seminar with the regional Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), to look at what lessons can be learned from the work of Yorkshire Forward. Venue: University of York. The seminar will run from 5.30pm-7.30pm. To book a free place, email [email protected]. For further details, contact· Claire Duggleby on tel. 01904 551068.

July 27

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, is to speak at a private breakfast hosted by the Chamber. There will be an off the record talk on the economic situation followed by a question and answer session. The event is taking place 7.30am-9.15am at the Northern Ballet, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PA. Tickets are priced at £25 +VAT for Chamber members and £35+ VAT for non-members. For further details, email [email protected]

The Met Club are holding the Sheffield LinkedIn seminar at the Holiday Inn. Time: 3pm-5pm. For further details, please contact Lorraine Malatesta on 01423 525622, or email [email protected]