Business Events

Leeds firm LoveTEFL, which specialises in finding jobs for teachers, TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) training them and then ensuring that they are looked after throughout their placements, is holding a recruitment day at The Queens hotel in Leeds. It starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm. Call 0113 829 3300 or visit www.lovetefl.com/recruitment- day/

January 29

The Court of Protection Practitioners Association (CoPPA) Yorkshire and the Humber is holding a meeting to discuss the philosophy and development of the Court of Protection with District Judge Ashton as the speaker. It will take place from 5.30pm until 7pm at Clarion’s offices on Queen Street in Leeds with a fee of £5 per attendee. To book a place, contact Jane Leadbetter on 01924 443900 or email JaneLeadbetter@brearleyssolicitors. com

January 31

The deputy agent for the Bank of England in Yorkshire & the Humber, Will Holman, will be the guest speaker at the Met Club lunch at Doubletree by Hilton, in Granary Wharf, Leeds, between noon and 2.30pm. The event is also open to non-Met Club members. The lunch is £35 +vat for members, and £45 +vat for non-members. Contact Lorraine Malatesta on 01423 525622 or email [email protected]. uk

Finance experts Russell Copley and Andrew Sacks will share their experiences with the region’s creative businesses at a free event hosted by Barnsley Digital Media Centre. The free funding clinic takes place at the DMC on County Way, Barnsley, and businesses seeking finance can sign up for 30-minute appraisals from Russell and Andrew. To book an appraisal at the DMC Funding Clinic call 01226 720700.

The next Calderdale and Kirklees Manufacturing Alliance (CKMA) event will take place at the Briar Court Hotel, Halifax Road, Huddersfield from 5.30pm and will be followed by a buffet. Speakers include Calder Valley MP, Craig Whittaker. Places are limited. To book, contact [email protected]

February 6

Finance, staff recruitment and retention, the use of IT systems and marketing are topics that will be covered at a Managing Growth session, aimed at helping small businesses overcome some of the hurdles they face when increasing the size of their operations or taking on staff for the first time. Being run by Streets Chartered Accountants, it takes place at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe, between 8.30am and noon. To register visit www.renewablesnetwork.co.uk/Events/ManagingGrowth.aspx or call 01472 898768.

February 7

JWPCreers, The Parsonage Country Hotel, Escrick, York, free 8.30am breakfast seminar on implications of HMRC Real Time Initiative (RTI) to be introduced in April and which will effect the PAYE payments of every UK employer. Spaces limited. To book, please email Sue Espiner: [email protected] by January 31.

February 15

Keighley accountancy firm Stirk Lambert & Co is running a free seminar to help businesses prepare for the switch to real time information (RTI) PAYE reporting, which comes into effect in April this year. The event, which is being presented in conjunction with AWB Charlesworth solicitors, will be held at Central Hall, Alice Street, Keighley, at 9am. To book a place contact Kath Vidic on 01535 662686 or by emailing mail@stirklambert. co.uk