Author name: David Parkin

IN a week’s time President Elect Donald Trump gets given the keys to the White House. And those hoping that since his election win in November he has had the chance to reflect and perhaps become more statesmanlike only had to tune into his press conference this week to realise there is not a cat […]

WADE through the umpteen gongs for Britain’s Rio Olympians and Paralympians and the honours given out to civil servants for simply doing their jobs and there were some interesting and worthy recipients of New Year Honours. I’m not saying our sporting stars didn’t deserve recognition, but the volume dished out did tend to obscure the

BRADFORD doesn’t seem to get much positive publicity these days. Through a combination of unjust views from those outside the city and a local authority which hasn’t always made the best decisions, Bradford has not really been seen with its name in lights very often. So it was great to see that David Hockney’s home

IT seemed a good idea at the time. After a boxing training session I was chatting about fitness to my friend Nathan Lane of Campfire PR. I told him he lacked stamina and he told me he didn’t. One thing led to another and suddenly a challenge was laid down that we would box each

BRITAIN bid a fond farewell to aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious this week after 32 years in service with the Royal Navy. The ship, which weighs 22,00 tonnes, is 210 metres long and has sailed 900,000 miles across the world’s seas, left its home port of Portsmouth for the final time after the Ministry of Defence

IT is rare that you go to an event and the speech by the sponsor makes headlines. But yesterday’s Forward Ladies National Women in Business Awards Grand Final lunch certainly did that. I was a guest of James Cliffe, UK head of business banking at global group HSBC and he told me he was planning

I’M thinking of reporting the BBC to trading standards. Not because I’m consumed by that ‘licence fee waste’ paranoia that obsesses some newspapers. But I’m worried that many innocent people may be planning trips to Blackpool after the Strictly Come Dancing special from the seaside resort on Saturday. The way the presenters Tess Daly and

IF there is a more historic and impressive venue to celebrate your degree graduation than York Minster, I’d like to see it. Oxford and Cambridge colleges boast so much heritage amid their dreaming spires, but when it comes to breathtaking buildings, York Minister takes the biscuit. I joined an audience of well over 1,000 people

I’VE been to enough events to know what makes a bad one. I’m sure you have too. So when discussion turned to an event that the region’s corporate finance community would enjoy attending, we knew what it shouldn’t have. The Big Ticket night out for Yorkshire’s dealmakers will have no awards, no bow ties, no

TO London at the start of this week for the annual Barclays and CBI reception for Yorkshire MPs and business people. If the aim of the event was to encourage clear thinking debate then they certainly achieved it: there wasn’t an alcoholic drink in sight, just soft drinks and tea and coffee and industrial quantities