KIRKLEES businesses will get a chance to discuss the economic outlook with a top market commentator at a seminar in Huddersfield this week.

Tom Vosa (pictured), a well-known UK economist and Yorkshire Bank’s head of market economics, will address an audience of 100 local business people at the breakfast seminar on Friday, February 18, at Huddersfield University’s new business school.

The two-hour seminar, which will include a questions and answers session, is being staged jointly by Yorkshire Bank’s Bradford-based West Yorkshire Financial Solutions Centre and Huddersfield chartered accountancy firm Wheawill & Sudworth.

Mr Vosa joined Yorkshire Bank in 2001 after seven years as an economist with the Bank of England, where his roles included studying foreign exchange markets and the efficacy of central bank intervention.

Kevin Newson, Yorkshire Bank West Yorkshire FSC senior partner for Kirklees and Calderdale, said: “The economic outlook remains challenging for many businesses and I am sure that the greater clarity created by Tom Vosa’s talk will be of interest.”

The West Yorkshire FSC covers Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and has 45 staff in multi-discipline teams covering corporate banking, wealth management, treasury services and credit.