Author name: David Parkin

GOLF is not something I spend much time playing these days but when an invitation was received from David Ansbro, the former UK and European boss of law firm Eversheds, I jumped at the opportunity. David is one of those rare individuals who combine warmth, humour, intelligence and wisdom along with a complete absence of […]

THE BBC 4 channel had a surprising TV hit on its hands last year when it put a camera on the footplate of a train travelling down the East Coast Main Line. I think I’ve come up with a sequel. I’m going to get a drone to fly over the champagne bar at York Racecourse

EVERY week I spend part of my Friday morning deleting several hundred automatic email out of office replies to this blog. Most of them have the usual message about being away from the office on holiday or on a day off and details of when the person will be back at their desk. You spot

I’M always impressed by the passion that the people running Yorkshire’s accountancy and law firms have for the region as a whole. Of course, if the region in which you live and work thrives, then there is a good chance that your own business will do pretty well. But putting in the hours for the

LAST week’s blog caused quite a kerfuffle. Not from any of the words in it, but the photograph that accompanied it. I described a trip to London to speak to the YEWTGH Club – which stands for Yorkshire Exiles Waiting To Go Home. The photograph of me with members of the semi-regular dining club for

UNTIL a few months ago I was unaware of the existence of an organisation called the YEWTGH club. It’s like a Yorkshire version of SPECTRE, except a bit more secretive. YEWTGH stands for Yorkshire Exiles Waiting To Go Home and is a dining club for ex-pat Tykes who live and work in London. Previous guests

FORGIVE me for not being bothered about the two biggest stories that have obsessed the BBC and the rest of the mainstream media this week. The Beeb threw all its resources at both the announcement of the new Dr Who and the publishing of a list of its 96 best paid broadcasters and actors. While

  THIS time last week I was hosting the launch of Export Exchange, a new initiative from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership and the Department for International Trade with funding from the European Union’s Regional Development Fund. The scheme is aimed at bringing together a group of experienced exporters, known as ‘Patrons’ to share

IT’S been a musical week. And I’ve not even been to Glastonbury. Much to the chagrin, I’m sure, of the BBC, which put so much effort into the music festival it almost hurt. I couldn’t think of anywhere worse to go. I’m sure there are people working for the Beeb that would not understand that

THE latest restaurant to launch in Leeds opened its doors this week. Issho is part of the D&D stable, the London-based chain that acquired the Conran group and already operates Crafthouse and Angelica in Leeds. The new venue is in the Victoria Gate shopping centre and boasts a restaurant, bar and roof terrace with sweeping,