Promoting YOUR Business at Venturefest Yorkshire 2010

On Wednesday 10th February York Professionals will be promoting the professional and financial services provided by its members. We have a fantastic stand, designed and produced at cost by Owen Turner of United by Design . We urge you get involved, if only by spending an hour of your time at the stand, ideally we would like to have a representative of each sector throughout the day (volunteers contact hjackson@york-professionals.co.uk) We are also sponsoring ‘The Art and Science of Networking’ seminar, presented by York St John University Business School who are active members. This is an interactive session, well worth attending.

Supporting a Prosperous Economy

We are pleased to announce Stephen Kennedy , MD of CPP as speaker at York Professionals Annual Dinner on Thursday 20th May. Stephen will be sharing his views on the significance of the private sector coming forward with collective messages to government concerning measures needed to support growing and prosperous economies, particularly here in York and in the City Region. The dinner will take place at York Racecourse, bookings are now being taken for tables of 10 and individuals.

Visions for York 2010

January’s event was attended by a record 75 members, who heard Kersten England (CEO of the City of York Council ) speak about her plans for recovery for the City in 2010 and her commitment to showing that York is ‘open for business’. Gillian Cruddas gave a fascinating insight into the challenges and benefits of tourism and how Visit York and businesses can work together for mutual benefit. John Yeomans presented a summary of York Professionals goals for 2010:

• Promoting our member’s services in York and beyond
• Creating and launching an interactive website
• Promoting the requirements for business success to the City Council
• Supporting the success of Make York
• Supporting the future development of Venturefest 

Working to Boost Sector

A working group (sub-group of YP Board) has been formed to look into how best to promote the use of York's professional services. Let us know of any success stories which we could use as case studies. Watch this space for more details of the action plan...