Business Events

January 15

The Barnsley HR Network, which provides advice on human resources to local businesses, is holding its 10th free event. It will focus on coaching and mentoring staff and will be held at the Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre between midday and 2pm. To attend the next Barnsley HR Network event, register at www.enterprisingbarnsley.co.uk/events/hr-network-coaching-and-mentoring

4Networking Barnsley launches at Frankie & Benny’s at 8am. Mark Beaumont-Thomas, of Profile Builder, will be offering some tips about networking.

January 16

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Card Factory founder Dean Hoyle will be addressing business leaders on how he created and built the company into the largest card retailer in the UK at a Masterclass event organised by the Connect Gazelles. The event will be taking place at Bowcliffe Hall, Bramham near Wetherby, just off the A1, from 5.50pm for 6pm-8pm. It is for Connect Gazelle members but non-member companies that wish to attend as guests can email [email protected]

January 17

Approach PR is throwing open its doors for an open evening. The PR agency, which moved to Ilkley last year, is offering invited guests the chance to network and look around their new office and training centre from 4pm to 8pm, with catering by the recently opened Forster’s Bistro and Deli.

January 22

Accountancy firm Garbutt & Elliott has teamed up with SCY and GrowthAccelerator to provide a free workshop for SMEs to introduce the GrowthAccelerator programme, which aims to help businesses achieve rapid and sustainable growth. The two-hour workshop will take place at Garbutt & Elliott’s offices in Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington, York, at 8.30am. Contact Rebecca Green on 01904 464100 or at [email protected]

January 26

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. LoveTEFL recently secured contracts with schools throughout Thailand and China to fill 650 teaching positions for graduates. Graduates are invited to the recruitment day, which starts at 9am and finishes at 6pm. There are three presentations at 10am, 1pm and 4pm. Call 0113 829 3300 or visit www.lovetefl.com/recruitment- day/

January 29

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Yorkshire Talking Heads – Tom Riordan, former CEO of Yorkshire Forward, will be talking about his career, his views on the challenges faced by Leeds and the business community at The Leeds Club, from 6.30pm. Tickets £25 including a two-course dinner. Reduced price options available. See http://yorkshiretalkingheadsjan2013.eventbrite.co.uk/#

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]

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.

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