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Free business group memberships available to Harrogate district SMEs
The Institute of Directors offers free memberships to Harrogate district small and medium sized businesses and a Harrogate funeral company has a lead role in a major conference.
Free business group memberships available to Harrogate district SMEs
The Institute of Directors is offering free memberships to all small and medium sized businesses in the Harrogate district.
The IoD provides advice, discounted professional development and events to businesses and also lobbies government.
The free memberships are being offered with the support of Harrogate Borough Council, using government covid recovery funds.
The IoD, which was founded in 1903, has 20,000 members.
Caroline Pullich, chair of IoD North Yorkshire, said:
“The IoD exists to supports members to become better directors and develop their businesses.
“We look forward to hearing from directors in the Harrogate district and welcoming them to our community."
To be eligible, directors must work for an SME business based in the Harrogate district and not have held an IoD membership within the previous two years from the date of enquiry. A maximum of two memberships are available per eligible business.
To apply email senior branch manager Helena.drake@iod.com.
Harrogate funeral directors partner on annual conference
Full Circle Funerals, which is based in Harrogate, is the lead partner for this year's annual conference of Leeds Bereavement Forum.
Next month's conference will focus on the Lancet Commission's recent report The Value of Death: bringing death back to life.
Held on May 19 at the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds, the event includes talks with experts including palliative physician Dr Ros Taylor MBE.
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