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Jan 2023
Business Breakfast: Harrogate solicitors renews Salon North sponsorship
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Harrogate-based Berwins Solicitors has announced it has renewed its sponsorship of Harrogate International Festivals’ Salon North series.
The series of speaker-events will return in February with six TED-style talks.
Martin Whincup, associate director of Berwins, said:
Sharon Canavar, Harrogate Festivals chief executive, said:
The three confirmed for the first Berwins Salon North of 2023, taking place on Thursday, February 9 at the Crown Hotel, Harrogate,, are professor of circadian neuroscience Russell Foster, fashion psychology expert Dion Terrelonge, and geneticist and science populariser Adam Rutherford.
For more information on the series, visit the Harrogate International Festivals website.
Harrogate charity appoints experienced CEO as chair
Sir Alan Langlands, new chair of trustees at Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Harrogate’s Yorkshire Cancer Research has appointed an experienced chief executive as its new chair of trustees.
Sir Alan Langlands, whose career in the NHS, universities and health charities spans 50 years, will take up the post.
His career includes significant periods as the chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, chief executive of the NHS in England, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee, and vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds.
Sir Alan, who lives in Harrogate, said:
Sir Alan replaces Graham Berville who served as a Trustee for 10 years, chairing the Board over the last five years and playing a central role in developing a new strategy for the charity.
Graham said:
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