April 2016

David Parkin meets a Parliamentary heavyweight and a stockbroking star

PERHAPS it was the glorious bright Spring morning. Perhaps it was the lure of a speaker who has been lauded as one of our great Parliamentary orators. A capacity audience of 100 invited guests from the Yorkshire business community packed the offices of law firm Irwin Mitchell last Friday right in the heart of the […]

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David Parkin on entrepreneurial growth, a Town Centre trip and winning the war on terrier

THERE is always a real buzz and no shortage of energy when you get entrepreneurs together. That was certainly the case this week when I compered an event for KPMG, Irwin Mitchell, Business Growth Fund (BGF) and the London Stock Exchange. Focusing on the funding opportunities available for companies to accelerate their growth, it brought

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David Parkin on a YABL night out and a drug dealer with a difference

The Yorkshire Asset Based Lending Dinner attracted 500 people to New Dock Hall in Leeds last night for an event that has already become something of an institution in the Yorkshire business community in just five years. I pointed out to the audience that I hadn’t seen a gathering of that much talent from the

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David Parkin on the Boss in Madrid, banking on football failure and getting naked in Hull

MADRID is one of my favourite European cities for a short break. It’s got everything you would expect a major capital city to have – but without being the size of London and other sprawling metropolises. You can easily traverse the Spanish capital on foot in a day, but I’d suggest plenty of stops for

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David Parkin on a mountaineer on a mission, popular politicians and suffering Rising Damp

WHAT do you get if you put a runner, a rugby player, a mountaineer and a broadcaster together? Not your usual night out is probably the answer. After announcing running legend Steve Cram and rugby league star Jamie Jones-Buchanan, we completed the line up for the Lord’s Taverners Balloon Debate this week with the addition

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