LEEDS CHAMBER DINNER
President says devolution needs sorting!
Leeds Chamber’s popular black-tie dinner took place in January
at the Royal Armouries with a 300 strong business audience.
Guest speaker John Sergeant impressed and entertained with
his political stories while Chamber President, Gerald Jennings
paid tribute to Leeds City Council for their response to the
Leeds floods.
Gerald also commented on some of the policy wins for the
Chamber, including the decision for a single-station solution for
HS2 and thanked the business community for their contribution
to this and other Chamber initiatives.
In his speech, he spoke out about the lack of progress by the
government on devolution and warned the ‘clock is ticking’,
adding that it was disappointing to see discussions had become
overtly political in nature.
Visit the Chamber website to see the full speech and more
dinner images here http://chmbr.co/leedsdinner
WITH THANKS
The night included a charity prize draw for the Leeds
Community Foundation when a whopping £3,292 was raised
thanks to the generosity of the audience.
We’d also like to thank the following organisations for kindly
donating prizes:
■ Stratstone BMW Leeds
■ Raven Computers
■ Trinity Leeds
■ Mercedes-Benz of Leeds
■ Chaophraya Leeds
■ Royal Armouries International
The evening was sponsored
by First TransPennine and the
Business Enterprise Fund.
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LEEDS ANNUAL DINNER
West & North
Yorkshire Chamber
of Commerce
West & North
Yorkshire Chamber
of Commerce
LEEDS ANNUAL DINNER
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