News in Brief: Thursday March 20
THE Venture capital pioneer Jon Moulton will deliver the Leeds University Business School's Corporate Wisdom Lecture in April.
Leeds University Business School Corporate Wisdom lecture series, run in association with the leadership consultancy firm Whitehead Mann, is now a firm fixture in the Yorkshire business calendar attracting the region's top chairmen and chief executives.
The event is sponsored by law firm DLA Piper and supported by Marketing Leeds.
Mr Moulton's ability to see value where others can't has led him to invest nearly £2bn on behalf of Alchemy Partners' investors. Best known for his abortive attempt to buy MG Rovers in 2000, he is also known for his acquisition of a number of British Coal's properties.
The lecture will take place on April 8, 2008 at 6.00pm at the Yorkshire Bank Lecture Theatre, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds.
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A franchisee of more than 21 McDonald's restaurants across West Yorkshire has added a further two restaurants in North Yorkshire to his existing portfolio.
Pritpal Singh has added two restaurants to his portfolio which are located on Cambridge Road Harrogate and St James Retail Park, Knaresborough.
Mr Singh, who has worked at McDonald's for 25 years is one of only six Joint Venture Partners (JVP) in the UK employing more than 1,000 members of staff.
The JVP scheme is part of McDonald's three year franchising plan to accelerate franchising in the UK.
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COUTTS & Co has announced the appointment of Tracey Bromley as a private banker to its Sheffield team.
Ms Bromley will be advising the growing client base in the region, with a particular focus on the local entrepreneurs market.
She joins Coutts following two years as an investment adviser at JP Morgan Invest in Liverpool.
Prior to this, Ms Bromley spent 13 years at HSBC within a variety of roles throughout the Northern region, including senior private client manager and independent financial adviser for their Commercial IFA arm.
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LEEDS-BASED television company Screenhouse Productions has won an international award for its film The Hidden Children.
The CINE Golden Eagle award was given to the company by a panel of judges in Washington who praised the moving film which was broadcast as part of the BBC2 history series Timewatch.
The Hidden Children told the story of four Jewish children who were forced into hiding in France after their parents were taken to concentration camps.
The CINE Golden Eagle awards are recognised internationally as symbols of the highest production standards in film-making and videography.
