UPCOMING (& Scheduled) EVENTS - 2009
Here is a list of upcoming events for the Forum. Full details can be found in our Members area with contact information, venues, timings etc.. To view this full information you would have to be members, but if you wished to attend one of the below events as a guest of the Forum then you would be welcome. In this case please e-mail us on events@ywtf.co.uk or telephone on 0114 2308855, and we would be happy to discuss these further.
LATEST UPCOMING EVENTS :
15.10.2009 C H I N A - VISIT To the Canton Export & Import Fair, in Gangzhou, China.
- 19.10.2009
03.09.2009 NABARRO NATHANSON - (start 18.30hrs) -
Details T.B.A
24.06.2009 GRIPPLE Ltd - (start 19.00hrs - for 19:30) -
"Successful Export Stories"
(a) Members Address from Mr Andy Davies - Business Development Director of Gripple Ltd
(Latest winners of the Yorkshire Post Awards for export)
(b) Case Study by Mr William Beckett - William Beckett Plastics Ltd
(Queens award for Export 2008, & Best Overseas Investment in the Yorkshire
Forward 'Going Global' Awards).
10.03.2009 HATFIELDS Ltd ~ ~ ~ JAGUAR , (start 18.30hrs) -
Sharrowvale Road, Sheffield, S11 22D , directions
Our March event should be a lively metting with the following program confirmed:
(a) Guest Speaker, Paul Fullerton, of the Bank of England ~~ "Life with the Credit Crunch"
(b) A member address of "how i cope with this mess"
(c) Q&A, Networking
FUTURE EVENT DATES UPCOMING IN 2009 - 25th/June, 24th/September, 26/November,
- event details to be announced -
October 2008 - Members dinner at 'West 10' wine bar in Ranmoor Sheffield.
25.09.2008 SHEFFIELD ASSAY OFFICE - (NEW PREMISES) - BEULAH ROAD, SHEFFIELD
(start 18.30hrs) - for directions please see link
For event Booking please contact us at tel: 0114 2308855, email: admin@ywtf.co.uk
22.05.2008 NAMTEC, (National Metals Technology Centre) ROTHERHAM (start 18.30hrs) -
Swinden House, Moorgate Road, Rotherham, S60 3AR directions
Our May event should be a lively metting with the following program confirmed:
(a) Introduction from Dr. Alan Partridge, CEO of Namtec
(b) "Business Financing in todays Money Markets" by Nick Parsons, Head of
Market Strategies, Yorkshire Bank Plc.
(c) "How to encourageexporting" by William Beckett (William Beckett Plastics Ltd)
(d) Q&A, Networking
For event Booking please contact us at tel: 0114 2308855, email: admin@ywtf.co.uk
DIARY DATES
OVERSEAS TRADE MAGAZINE - (the magazine for UK Trade & Investment) Diary Dates for 2007 / 2008 please follow this web link to the magazine site (www.overseastrade.co.uk) alternatively to see a copy of these diary pages here click this link
22.11.2007 BARNSLEY FOOTBALL CLUB- (Executive Lounge, start 18.30hrs) - directions
UK Export Markets Event
Presenting the board of the UK International Trade Forum, the national body of all
regional export organisations, of which our forum is a founding member.
Guest Speaker: David Tinsley (UK Economist of Yorkshire Bank)
Q&A, Networking
For event Booking please contact us at tel: 0114 2308855, email: admin@ywtf.co.uk
27.09.2007 DONCASTER AIRPORT- FINNINGLEY (start 18.30hrs) - directions
Autumn Event (hosted by one of our patrons - Yorkshire Bank)
- " Commodities - risk and chances" -
Speaker: Commodity Trader of Yorkshire Bank (name t.b.a)
Q&A, Networking
Duxbury Theatre, Armstrong House, Finningley Airport.
For event Booking please contact us at tel: 0114 2308855, email: admin@ywtf.co.uk
30.5.2007 A Morning with Eurostar : Thursday 30-May-07, Sheffield University - Owen building
room 1031, City Campus, Howard Street, Sheffield.
The event has been organised to brief key stakeholders about how Sheffield will benefit
when international rail services launch from the new St. Pancras International station
in central London on Nov.14th -07.
A Director from Eurostar will talk about how people in Sheffield and the surrounding area
will benefit from easier access to the continent, as well as the benefits to business and
inbound tourism.
RSVP needs to be as soon as possible to get a place,
Please contact Melissa Brown tel: 0207208 2722 email: melissab@consol.co.uk
26.4.2007 YWTF Spring event at AESEAL, Rotherham,
Our Spring Event will include the introduction of our new Patron, Yorkshire Bank, and
new sponsors of Business Link, and Yorkshire Forward.
Please contact us direct to attend, (Paul) 0114 2308855, e-mail: admin@ywtf.co.uk
see the photos of this event at : www.photobox.co.uk/album/5604044
Previous 2006 Events
14.2.2006 Huddersfield: Establishing "presence in China"
15.2.2006 Leeds: Chinese Lantern Festival
23.2.2005 Networking event at Ponds Forge, Sheffield with YFM business enterprise
Westfield "Sheffield Sharks ./. Scottish Rock"
28.2.2005 Rotherham: ASD Lighting Tour.
07.3.2006 Four South Yorkshire Chambers Networking event hosted by Rotherham Chamber
This event costs £38.95 +vat to non chamber members, but if you book through
us we can offer the discounted rate of £18.95+vat - (benefits of membership! )
for more info on event visit this link, to join us please e-mail to events@ywtf.co.uk
19-23.3.2006 Trade Mission to Rumania
23.3.2006 Visit Nottingham East Midlands Airport / DHL
5.4.2006 Members and Guest event at Gripple Ltd in Sheffield
29.6.2006 Members and Guest event. venue and details t.b.a.
30.6.2006 Sheffield Multilingual City Forum Conference
The Forum is the organisation that promotes all forms of languages learning in
Sheffield and South Yorkshire. It promotes the lifelong learning of languages and
the use of the city and regions language community.
Some Highlights from YWTF Events - (it's been a busy year)
Europe in Crisis
Event held at Gripple Head Office
|
Ex MEP Nick Clegg (Centre) with YWTF Board Members Bernd E Klein (L) and Chris Middleton (R) |
Nick successfully exposed some of the European Myth in the UK concerning the introduction of new laws. Much legislation is introduced and supported by the British Government or brought in by Whitehall, even though some of the public believe it is imposed from Europe.
Having been working in the European parliament for the past 4 years, Nick is now Sheffield Hallam's MP and part of a European "Think Tank" in Bruxelles.
Nick was able inform the Forum's members about how the European parliament works; comparing it to the UK parliament; how the Bruxelles administration works and how much the UK is involved in it. A lively discussion followed after Nick's introduction.
No wonder, the evening went on for more than one hour longer then originally planned!
06.09.2005 Forum Visits Sheffield's Lord Mayor
|
YWTF Board Members Bernd E Klein (L) and Kenneth L Torres (R) with The Lord Mayor and John Link of Link Pumps |
On 6th September 2005 Lord Mayor Roger Davidson welcomed two of YWTF's board members Bernd E Klein and Kenneth L Torres together with Mr John Link of Link Pumps, Melbourne, Australia for an informal discussion. The subjects covered included the lack of an attractive website for Sheffield and any form of tourist point.
The Lord Mayor welcomed very much the Yorkshire World Trade Forum activities as he himself has always been interested in exports and international trade. He also offered his parlour as the venue for one of the next YWTF events. This event will feature a guest speaker whose name is being kept secret for the present.
It is good to have Sheffield's number one citizen as a supporter of YWTF.
Sheffield Schools visit Yorkshire World Trade Forum
|
Head Teachers Ken Dunn and Roger Maleham with YWTF Board Members Prof. Anthony Fretwell-Downing (L) and David Pinder OBE (R) |
Head teachers Ken Dunn of City School, Sheffield and Roger Maleham of Fir Vale School, Sheffield - both schools been awarded with the business and enterprise status- where guests at the Forum's last board meeting, which took place on 12.9. at the offices of YFM at the Quadrant, Sheffield. The 3rd school with this status award, Newfield School (Peter Feek) had to cancel the visit on the last minute. The school head teachers presented their school and their ambitions/ future programme and their ideas how the Forum and its members could help to succeed. After discussions it was agreed that student visits should be arranged to member firms, discussions between the students and the company's management to be part of it. It was agreed, that this could help the students to understand better the real world of manufacturing/ business and international trade.
26.10.2005 Member-Networking event at Whirlow Brook Hall, Ecclesall Road South,Sheffield
INVITATION ONLY! (Nibbles and drinks)
YWTF GIVE THUMBS UP TO MADE IN SHEFFIELD
Some of the region’s highest profile exporters and importers have added their backing to the "Made in Sheffield" mark, thanks to the Yorkshire World Trade Forum (YWTF). Members of the YWTF showed their support for the "Made in Sheffield" mark, which is intended to promote the city’s high quality production industries.
Guest speaker, Charles Turner, co-chairman of Sheffield Manufacturers Group, the organisation leading the "Made in Sheffield" campaign, was joined by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Roger Davison, who welcomed the YWTF’s activities in promoting world trade and supporting UK manufacturing.
Also in attendance was Peter Matthews, chairman of the Midlands World Trade Forum, who highlighted the rise of his organisation, which now boasts a membership of almost 500 and gave an overview of its influence within the midlands international business community as a model for the YWTF.
Bernd Klein, chairman of the YWTF, said: "Our members agree that the "Made in Sheffield" mark is seen as a sign of quality and would benefit their businesses when trading abroad. I would like to thank all of our guests for attending this meeting, which showed again that the forum is becoming the voice of those actively involved in international business." (pictured above: Bernd Klein, Peter Matthews, Charles Turner, Lord Mayor Roger Davison)
(to find out more visit the website www.madeinsheffield.org)
19-23.3.2006 Trade Mission to Rumania
AMBASSADORS RECEPTION - Bucharest, held at Ambassadors private residence.
Pictured from left to right:
Lord Mayor of Leeds, Amdassador of Great Britain, Bernd E Klein, Secretary to the Ambassador,
Mr Lungu Jnr & Mr Lungu Snr (of Impex, Bucharest).
|
