SEVENTY representatives from the region flocked to the second Yorkshire Business Forum held at the National Coal Mining Museum .

Staged by Huddersfield Town, the museum and Wakefield First, the event was sponsored for a second year by Chadwick Lawrence, who backed a series of similar networking events held by Huddersfield Town during 2008.

Speakers were Keith Hinds, partner at Grant Thornton; Nick Cable of IRUN Business Intelligence, and Richard Saward, director at the National Coal Mining Museum. The event was hosted by Neil Wilson of Chadwick Lawrence.