Don’t miss out on TheBusinessDesk.com’s upcoming events for early 2025

The New Year may be less than three days old but TheBusinessDesk.com in Yorkshire can already reveal an exciting, diverse line-up of events to help keep you occupied over the next three months.
On 23 January we’ll stage our York Property Networking Lunch with Helmsley Group, which will focus on a major regeneration project in the city.
The Coney Street Riverside scheme will create 250,000 sq ft of mixed-use retail, leisure, commercial and residential space.
This lunch takes place from noon to 3pm at York Minster Refectory and tickets are available now. Click here to book.
Also this month, look out for our Changing Face of City Centres seminar, which will be held at Department, Leeds Dock, from 8.30am on 29 January.
Our panel of experts will share their perspectives on how our cities are positioned and how they can change and progress in the years ahead. Click here for free registration.
We’ll be back in Leeds next month for our black tie 2025 Yorkshire Business of the Year Awards, which will celebrate the very best business successes from across the region.
Accolades will be presented to firms in 15 different categories at New Dock Hall, Leeds, on 20 February.
For tickets to the evening, which begins at 6.30pm, click here.
25 February sees our Finance Futures: The Executive Summit land at Leeds Marriott Hotel.
It will bring together finance leaders and professionals to learn from and connect with in an engaging half-day conference.
The event will provide must-know information on the outlook for the Northern and national economy in 2025.
Tickets are available here for the summit, which starts at 8.30am.
Leeds’s renowned Royal Armouries Museum will play host to our 2025 Yorkshire Leadership Awards on 20 March.
We created these awards to celebrate the people who are role models within their organisations and who raise the bar for their competitors.
For tickets to the evening, which will see awards presented in 17 categories, click here. The event will begin at 6.30pm.
As we finally leave winter behind, we will be holding our 2025 Rainmakers Conference on 26 March.
It will feature more opportunities to network, to hear amazing speakers, to hear from inspiring entrepreneurs, and also to interrogate the challenges of value creation.
The conference takes place at The Point, Manchester, starting at 9.30am. Tickets are available here.