March 2017

ON the day that the government triggered article 50 which will lead to the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, to be hosting an event aimed at helping businesses create and grow overseas trade opportunities, seemed entirely appropriate. We were working with the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to deliver Let’s Talk…Selling Overseas […]

THE jamboree that is Welcome to Yorkshire’s annual conference to promote the region took place this week. I hadn’t been to one of the events since Y15 two years ago, so was interested to see what this year’s event would be called. So there I was at Y17 at the York Theatre Royal. While the

I’VE found the secret to eternal youth. It’s called the Bradford Club Annual Dinner. I was invited by long-standing member Craig Burton, who runs The Works Recruitment firm. The thick shag pile carpet at the impressive club in Piece Hall Yard saw me trip as I walked through the door. It makes a change, I

CYCLING is described as the new golf in business circles these days. Executives meeting in coffee shops on Monday mornings no longer discuss their performance in the golf club medal at the weekend, more likely their lycra-clad escapades on two wheels across the British countryside. And this hobby is also big business now. You only

I PAID a visit to my alma mater the other day. No, not Borstal or Rampton. In the spirit of political correctness, younger readers should refrain from Googling those names. Anyway, I visited the University of Huddersfield thanks to an invitation from Professor Bob Cryan, the vice chancellor, who took part in a round table