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YORKSHIRE BUSINESS MARKET Monday 30th April 2012 11.00-17.00 at Pavilions of Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate |
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YORKSHIRE BUSINESS MARKET 2010 Click for photo album on our Facebook page
After a welcome by the Mayor of Harrogate, Councillor Pat Jones, the Yorkshire Business Market was opened once again by Phil Willis, the retiring MP for Harrogate & Knaresborough. He complimented the Chamber on their achievement in once again filling all the available space with a vibrant display of small and medium enterprises from all over Yorkshire and attracting a record number of visitors. He said that this was a clear demonstration of the success that our small businesses were having in recovering from the recession.
The Chamber’s President Robert Whiteley said "It’s been a fantastic day to do business and everyone turned out in force. I’m very pleased with how the day has gone and I would say it’s been a huge success again." Harrogate Chamber Chief Executive Brian Dunsby said "A total of 173 Exhibitors had booked display spaces with so many of them wanting larger spaces that they have taken up nearly all the space occupied by the 200 Exhibitors last year. This is good sign of their confidence in this event, the largest business-to-business exhibition in Yorkshire. Visitors were encouraged to pre-register on-line and over 1,400 did so, which was well up on last year. About half as many more registered on the day, taking the final total past 2,000, with visitors coming from all over Yorkshire and adjoining areas such as Derbyshire, Teesside and Lancashire."
The Business Market was sponsored by Business Link Yorkshire, Harrogate College and Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency. Enterprise Director at Yorkshire Forward Alex McWhirter explained; "Yorkshire Forward works with the public and private sector to grow the region’s economy. In the current climate, we are prioritising support for our region’s businesses and workforce, through practical business support, from finance to workforce development. And we’re committed to maintaining our region’s regeneration activities wherever possible, providing strategic leadership in dealing with the challenges currently facing the region, whilst continuing to invest in its long term sustainability." FREE Business Link Yorkshire Taster Workshops
A new feature this year is a
series of FREE Taster Workshops by Business Link Yorkshire, in which they have
turned a number of their popular and high quality seminars into shorter taster
sessions, covering the following topical subjects:
In addition Harrogate Chamber of Trade & Commerce has organised three Business Seminars in conjunction with the leading professional Institutes on the following marketing and public relations topics:
FREE ASK THE EXPERTS CLINIC The scope of this year’s Business Market was also expanded with a new “Ask the Experts Clinic” offering confidential one-to-one discussions with any business owner or manager facing problems or considering new ideas or potential new businesses. The Experts Clinic was staffed by several advisers from Business Link, MAS, Train to Gain and UKTI plus specialists from the Yorkshire Branches of the professional institutes for Accounting, Business Consultancy, Management, Marketing, Patents & Trade Marks, Personnel Development, Trusts & Estates, Venture Capital, etc. BEST STAND PRIZES Ackrill Media Group Editor, Jean MacQuarrie toured the Yorkshire Business Market judged the best stands for both design and approach in three stand size categories. The winners were:
Commended: Actionzone; Superior Stay Best Medium Stand: Rudding Park Commended: Berwins Solicitors; Cloud Eleven HR Ltd; Old Swan Hotel; Kariba; Best Large Stand: Keybury Fire & Security Commended: Cedar Court Hotel; HACS Training The winners were each presented with a Best Stand Certificates plus a large iced Celebration Cake specially decorated for the Yorkshire Business Market by Betty’s & Taylor’s. Click here for photos of Best Stands and presentation of certificate and cake. The Chamber has booked the Pavilions of Harrogate again for Monday 9th May 2011. FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE 2011 Brian
L Dunsby, Chief Executive or Maggie Hall, Chamber Administrator – Tel:
01423 879208 (2 lines) Fax: 01423
870025; E-mail:
info@yorkshirebusinessmarket.org Web
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Organised by Yorkshire Business Market Ltd PO Box 8, Harrogate, HG2 8XB Tel: 01423 879208 Fax: 01423 870025 E-mail: info@yorkshirebusinessmarket.org Website: www.yorkshirebusinessmarket.org |
The sixth Business Market
organised by Harrogate Chamber of Trade & Commerce was voted a great success by
exhibitors and visitors alike. The event was again held at Pavilions of
Harrogate, on the Great Yorkshire Showground, just south of Harrogate town
centre. 
The
four Exhibition Rooms in the Pavilions were thronged with business visitors,
right from the opening at 11am until well past 5 pm. Many of them expressed
appreciation for such a wide ranging display of local business products and
services which was unmatched in the whole region. Visitors enjoyed free parking,
free refreshments, free business seminars and a free Ask the Experts panel.
Exhibitors had a hot breakfast, free refreshments all day and an evening drinks
reception, aimed at maximising networking with other exhibitors. 
A Raffle in aid of the
Harrogate at Christmas Fund was run by the Retailers Forum assisted by the
Soroptimists, which raised over £400.
