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Leading B2B event returns to support growing businesses

The 11th annual Yorkshire Business Market returns to Pavilions of Harrogate on Monday, April 27.

With more than a decade of successful business-to-business promotion to back it up, Yorkshire Business Market is one of the best value events in the region.

Attendance for visitors is completely free, giving you a valuable chance to meet businesses offering all the services you need. From accountancy and public relations to food hampers or even wine for valued customers, you will find everything you need under one roof. As well as two large halls filled with outstanding Yorkshire businesses, there is a programme of seminars run by experts in their field, offering visitors the chance to learn new skills including the basics of social media, support for start-up businesses, and even how to get the best deal from your business’s energy suppliers.

For the first time this year, free one-to-one mentoring sessions are available for new businesses in the first year of trading, or people who are planning to set up a new business. Our team of expert business mentors, led by Julian Horrocks, will guide you through the process of establishing and growing your new business in those first tricky months. Places on the mentoring programme are expected to fill quickly, so early booking is recommended.

If you would like to promote yourself to a new audience, there are still a handful of exhibitor spaces left – but hurry, as new enquiries are coming in daily. Stalls for established businesses are available from just £320, offering a low-cost way to promote your company to the hundreds of business visitors filling the halls throughout the day. For start-up businesses in their first year of trading, a new micro-stand is available, giving you the chance to promote yourself alongside more established businesses at a very affordable rate of just £220. A limited number of these stands are still available, but must be booked as soon as possible to avoid missing out.

As well as the hundreds of business visitors at Yorkshire Business Market, there will be numerous VIPs touring the halls. The Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Barry Dodd CBE, will be meeting many of the exhibitors, along with local dignitaries and members of the media, including Look North presenter Harry Gration. Whether you want to launch a new product or service, raise your profile across the region, or simply make hundreds of new contacts in one day, Yorkshire Business Market is the place to be.

To find out about exhibiting at Yorkshire Business Market, call 01423 879208 or email info@yorkshirebusinessmarket.org.

Attending as a visitor is free, but advance registration is required. Visit www.yorkshirebusinessmarket.org/visit2015.php to register - then simply collect your badge on arrival and get straight into our halls to meet the exhibitors.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Yorkshire Business Market .