In brief: Pilgrimage flights for LBA; PKF seminar addresses tax
SKY Fly Connections is to operate three special flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Jeddah and Madinah for the first time this year during the Hajj annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
The Hajj is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world and is associated with the life of Muhammad.
The ritual of the pilgrimage is considered to be an obligation that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so and involves thousands of people, who simultaneously converge on Mecca for the week of the Hajj, and perform a series of rituals.
Sky Fly Connections are operating two flights to Jeddah and one to Madinah from Leeds Bradford Airport for this important religious event which is taking place between 06 and 09 December 2008.
Tony Hallwood, Commercial & Aviation Development Director at LBIA comments “Leeds Bradford Airport serves a diverse and multi cultural region so it is fantastic that our customers are able to attend this extremely important event and fly from their local airport.”
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YORKSHIRE accountants and business advisers, PKF, alongside local patent attorneys, Franks & Co and HM Revenue & Customs, are hosting a free seminar next month, helping businesses to make the most of research and development tax credits.
Aimed at managing directors, financial directors and financial controllers from businesses of all sizes, the seminar – Making Innovation Pay – is designed to increase awareness of intellectual property, how to manage it and how to claim cash back or maximise tax reliefs from research and development costs.
The seminar takes place on December 3, at the Brooklands Hotel in Barnsley.
For further information or to register for the seminar contact Lucia Chow at PKF on lucia.chow@uk.pkf.com or call 0161 832 548.
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EIGHT universities in Yorkshire and Humberside joined forces in Leeds to improve links between companies and the academic world.
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) has been working for more than 30 years to build links between businesses and universities. As a result more than 1,000 partnership projects have been developed enabling business and industry to benefit from universities’ cutting edge research.
The aim now is to increase the number of projects to nearer 2,000.
The University of Leeds has played a key role in developing partnerships.
The eight universities of Yorkshire and Humberside hosted the annual KYP conference in Leeds Town Hall. It was attended by 170 delegates.
