Raworths, Harrogate’s leading firm of solicitors has launched its new networking club at Harrogate’s renowned tea and coffee venue, Bettys. The Raworths Business Club held its first event at the Imperial Suite at Bettys Café Tea Rooms on Parliament Street with a menu of breakfast combined with short talks on a range of business subjects.
Over fifty guests from a range of local businesses attended the event which included talks from David Bentley, managing director of the Wetherby and London web design and development company, Deborah Boylan, head of employment at Raworths, Simon Morris, head of corporate and Jonathan Mortimer who specialises in dispute resolution. David Bentley of NetConstruct Limited whose clients include Cadbury, the NHS, National Trust, Balfour Beatty and Thomson Reuters, spoke about the changes in the way companies will trade online over the next eighteen months. This was followed by a talk from employment partner, Deborah Boylan on the way to deal with staff issues resulting from the private use of communication devices in the workplace. The final two talks covered corporate finance and ten ways to avoid a legal dispute.
It is intended that the Business Club will meet every six months and members will suggest speakers and topics for each event, giving the floor to local and national business leaders to provide a wide scope of knowledge for each event.
Managing partner Christopher Butterworth says, ‘We were delighted at the amount of interest from local businesses who found the opportunity to network at a more senior level than is usual at such events extremely valuable. We have had a number of suggestions from attendees regarding the direction that future meetings should take and we look forward to providing more high calibre speakers covering a range of business topics at our next meeting”.
