March 23: Business Events

The Met Club are holding a meeting in Sheffield at the Hilton Hotel at 5.30pm until 7.30pm. Contact Lorraine on 01423 525622 or email [email protected]

March 24

Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce are holding a seminar: Build Your Workforce. 4.30pm-7pm. Pinsent Masons, 1 Park Row, Leeds. LS1 5AB. The event is free. Pinsent Masons, the Chamber and Leeds College of Building have set-up an opportunity to explain how businesses can benefit from involvement in the delivery of the Construction and the Built Environment Diploma for 14-19 year olds. Details from the Events Team: 0113 247 0000 or 01904 567838.

A seminar at Sheffield United Football Club will offer guidance from Halliwells on employment law legislation. Kerstie Skeaping will address areas such as agency workers, new study leave rights, fit note certificates and religious discrimination. The half day event begins at 9am with breakfast and registration, and costs 95 plus VAT. Contact Lianne Sutherland at Halliwells on 0161 618 5275. [email protected]

Businesses can access free advice on how to improve their environmental performance from Envirowise and Business Link Yorkshire. Village Hotel, Henry Boot Way, Hull. Contact Business Link Yorkshire on 0845 604 8048 or info@businesslink yorkshire .co.uk.

York Society of Chartered Accountants Annual Dinner with the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu. Gimcrack Suite, York Racecourse, 7 for 7.30pm, 45. Contact John Butler 07725 564513 [email protected]

March 25

IoD Connect – On The Ball a free networking event with guest speaker Adam Pearson, chairman of Hull City who will answer questions about the club, 5.30pm-7.30pm, KC Stadium, Hull, HU3 6HU. Details: Pat Coyle on 01482 337318 or email [email protected]

The IoD hosts Give Them Something to Talk About, a breakfast networking and brand awareness event with leadership brand coach Jennifer Holloway of Spark. 8am-10am, RSM Tenon, 2 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP. 20.50 IoD members, 28.50 non members. To book contact Susanne Foxley on 0113 243 0152 or visit www.iod.com/yorkshire/events

Leeds, York & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce business lunch in Leeds, noon-2pm, Village Hotel Leeds North, 186 Otley Road, Headingley, LS16 5PR. Members 28 + VAT, non members 40 + VAT. Speaker is Mike Tomlinson, widower of Jane Tomlinson the fund-raiser who suffered from terminal cancer. Details: the Events Team 0113 247 0000 or 01904 567 838.

March 26

Women are invited to The Journey to the Boardroom, part of the Women into Leadership series organised by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering, Technology and the Built Environment (UKRC) with the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network (WYLLN). It will be opened by Gillian Arnold, director of Ag Resourcing plus Janice Scanlon, director of appointments for the NHS Appointments Commission and Allyson Reid, director of strategy and communications for the Technology Strategy Board. Venue: Rose Bowl, Leeds. Details: www.wylln.ac.uk/Events or contact Sarah Clothier on 077 402 02728.