Business Events

The Met Club Sustainable Energy Seminar at Evergen’s Carbon Negative Offices, Sheffield. 9am-11am. For details, contact Lorraine on 01423 525622 or email lorraine@the metclub.co.uk.

July 12-14

Great Yorkshire Show at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. For details, contact 01423 541000.

July 13

Approach PR series of introductory briefings to its training expertise. Inviting businesses to Wake Up To PR. The briefings start on Wednesday for four weeks and run from 8am-to 9am with half-an-hour for questions and networking. Tickets are free from http://wakeuptopr.eventbrite.com/. For more information, contact Verity Hudson or Suzanne Johns on 01274722552 or email [email protected]

North Yorkshire IoD breakfast meeting. 8am-10am. Charlotte McCormick of the charity Teach First, which aims to encourage talented graduates to consider teaching as a career while they help disadvantaged young people. Tickets cost £17.50 + VAT for members, £24.50 + VAT non-members and include breakfast. To book, visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley 0113 243 0152.

The Met Club is holding a meeting in Leeds at the Mint Hotel. 5.30pm-7.30pm. For details, contact Lorraine on 01423 525622 or [email protected]

July 14

North Yorkshire IoD host David Cutter, chief executive of the Skipton Building Society. He will discuss the causes of the credit crunch and how long he thinks it will continue. Coniston Hotel, Coniston Cold, Skipton. 6pm. Tickets £17.50 + VAT for members, £24.50 + VAT non-members. To book, visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley 0113 243 0152.

Seizing Global Opportunities one-day event for the services sector with UKTI. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Leeds. For details, contact Jo Butterworth on [email protected]

July 18

Yorkshire Institute of Directors Meet up Mondays – The Young Directors Forum. Sky Bar, The Mint Hotel, Leeds. 5pm-7pm. Free informal networking event; members are encouraged to bring a guest. For more information, visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley 0113 243 0152 .

July 20

Bradford Met Club a meeting at the Bradford Yo Yo Restaurant. 5.30pm-7.30pm. For details, contact: [email protected] or telephone 01423 525622.

July 21

Seabrook factory visit, Seabrook House, Bradford. 5-7pm. Young Directors Forum. Tickets £15 + VAT members, £30 + VAT non-members. To book, visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley on 0113 243 0152.

Inaugural Be Inspired lunch, Hotel du Vin, Harrogate. Neil Warman, chief commercial and finance officer at HML, part of Skipton Building Society, will address members. Lunch starts at noon. To book, visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events or call Susanne Foxley 0113 243 0152. The first 12 young directors can book for free thereafter tickets are £21.67 + VAT members and £30 + VAT non-members.

Chadwick Lawrence complimentary employment law seminar, ‘Gross Misconduct Dismissals – Avoiding Unfair Dismissal Claims’. Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Leeds. The seminar will start with registration and a light breakfast at 7:30am. For further information, call Gaynor Haliday on 01484 519999, or email [email protected]

July 27

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, is to speak at a private breakfast hosted by the Chamber. 7.30am-9.15am. The Northern Ballet, Quarry Hill, Leeds. Tickets £25 + VAT for Chamber members, £35 + VAT for non-members. For further details, please email [email protected]