A young entrepreneur who has won a host of awards has been named as business speaker for the Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce annual dinner later this year.

Jacob Hill, of Brighouse, shot to entrepreneurial recognition in February, 2012 with his invention, The Lazy Camper, which provides a complete outdoors kit with everything needed for camping in one bag.

Alongside running his business, Jacob studies enterprise development at Huddersfield University and has been named as one of 12 winners to receive the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Awards. He visited Buckingham Palace to receive the award from Prince Andrew, now a patron of the university.

The Lockwood-based chamber has also announced that this year’s dinner will be compered by BBC Look North presenter Clare Frisby.

The dinner – taking “enterprise” as its theme – will be held on Thursday, October 17, at the Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top.

It will be the key evening dinner during Kirklees Business Week – which also includes Kirklees Business Conference, to be held on Wednesday, October 16, at the John Smith’s Stadium in Huddersfield.

Clare Frisby is best-known for appearing on BBC Look North each weekday. She also joined the BBC One Politics Show in 2007. Prior to this, Clare spent four years in local radio at BBC Radio York and reported during the Gulf war, before moving to Look North in Leeds as a presenter.

Chamber chief executive director Andrew Choi said: “Jacob is the epitome of a young entrepreneur, and is therefore the perfect speaker for our enterprise themed 2013 annual dinner.

“He’s young and ambitious and in an era where young people are finding it more difficult than ever to find work, we look forward to hearing how his hard work, creativity and determination has got him to where he is today.”