Author name: David Parkin

WHEN a successful entrepreneur confides in you that watching Leeds United is “enjoyable” then you realise how tough his day job must be proving. I called in for a cup of tea with Simon Berwin, the fourth generation of the family tailoring business Berwin & Berwin, founded back in 1885. He’d seen last week’s comments […]

I LEFT Eversheds’ Leeds office suitably inspired the other day after hosting their Yorkshire’s Finest event. A celebration of the best of the region’s food and drink, white rose bunting adorned the law firm’s glass atrium in Bridgewater Place, Yorkshire’s tallest building. And the Yorkshire’s Finest theme didn’t just apply to the refreshments – it

IF anyone was in any doubt that hosting the Grand Depart of the Tour de France would help deliver a serious cycling legacy in Yorkshire, then this week’s announcement that the 2019 Road World Championships will be held in the region probably dispels those doubts. The annual competition, which features around 1,000 cyclists from 75

IT is never a good thing when you receive an email from a company which begins with the words: “We’ve been sent your blog by our solicitors”. Deep intake of breath. Having avoided the threat of litigation from Ken Bates when he was chairman of Leeds United, I don’t really want to start answering to

NEVER before have so many talented individuals who have given so much been gathered together to show off the precious metal they had earned in pursuit of greatness. And that was just the mayors present. Yorkshire’s Rio Heroes homecoming parade through the streets of Leeds on Wednesday evening and the civic reception which followed it

TRADE secretary Liam Fox appears to have got back in his box following his comments about British business being fat, lazy and too keen to play golf on a Friday afternoon. The comments were pretty idiotic and ill-thought out. For a man facing the Himalayan task of helping negotiate Britain’s trade position post Brexit, he

THEY’VE been predicting the demise of cinemas for decades. But they are undergoing a renaissance, led in no small part by “boutique” cinema chain Everyman. This independent business opened its 19th cinema in Harrogate last week. Having visited the Everyman in Leeds’ Trinity shopping centre, what I like about their approach is the individuality in

I DEFINITELY need to get out more. Why, you ask? Well I’ve just had one of the best days out of my life…in Hull. Yes Hull. I suppose I’ve only got myself to blame. Invited to a lunch a few months ago at the offices of Chameleon Business Interiors overlooking the choppy Humber Estuary, I

FAREWELL then Gene Wilder. I hadn’t realised until I listened and watched the radio and TV reports on the death of the US comic actor at the age of 83, quite how many great films he had appeared in. I also didn’t realise he was that age. Having suffered from Alzheimer’s in later life, he