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Digital Growth Practical advice from local web development firms about maximising your web presence Issue #02 AUTUMN 2017 John Grogan MP this issue q Keighley’s new MP lays out BUSINESS AWARDS 2017 4 q WEB DESIGN ADVICE 6 his plans for the future q LOCAL BREWERIES 12 q BUSINESS DIRECTORY 17 2 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 3 contents keighley business

connectThe Keighley Business Club Magazine from the chairman

PUBLISHER Keighley BID

EDITORIAL Editor: Keighley BID Phone: 01535 618085 [email protected]

Welcome to Business Connect CONTRIBUTORS Richard Cook Steven Burles Tom Gatenby elcome to the second edition of Keighley Business Connect, I hope DESIGN CWJ Media you enjoy reading this issue and W PHOTOGRAPHY finding out about the many exciting business We launched the Keighley Business Club and Bob Smith Chris Jones developments in the town centre and the Business Connect Magazine earlier this year surrounding area. to highlight the fantastic work that goes on in PRINT Cougar Print The BID has had a busy few months with our area, and to further promote Keighley as a GENERAL ENQUIRIES some new projects getting off the ground. The centre of business. See the back page of this Postal Address BID area covers a relatively small section of issue for details about our upcoming events, or 68B North Street 04 Keighley BD21 3RY 10 Keighley, but within the town centre there is a visit keighleybusinessclub.co.uk. West vast range of businesses from every sector, and To find out more about the BID’s work visit Phone: 01535 618085 featured [email protected] 12 we aim to support them all. discoverkeighley.co.uk discoverkeighley.co.uk Digital media spotlight on local ABOUT KEIGHLEY BID 06 The Keighley BID (Business web and online marketing firms Graham Benn Improvement District) is an Chairman, Keighley BID organisation set up to manage 09 October’s Business Club speaker, the funding and projects contained within the Keighley Will Holman BID Business Plan 2015 – 2020. 10 Interview with John Grogan, One of the major components of this plan is ‘Backing Business’, Keighley’s newly elected MP and with this aim we founded the Keighley Business Club in 12 A focus on the growth of the 2016 to support professional local brewing sector from the BID team service industries in the town and provide networking 14 Fitness is good for you and opportunities with companies your business he past few months have really flown by across the region. and looking back a surprising amount has Thappened. Following the snap election in June, we interview John Grogan, the new MP for Keighley and (see page 10). Make sure you give it a read for his view on the local economy and future opportunities for Keighley. Elsewhere, it’s now been a year since our first 09 Keighley Business Club event with guest speaker Will Holman, Bank of agent for Yorkshire regular and Humber. This month Will returns to update us on the BoE’s predictions for the future, see Chairman’s Statement 03 page 9 for a preview of that event. The Bid Team (left to right): Phil Walker and Paul Howard COPYRIGHT Business Awards 04 The business club itself has continued to All material appearing in Business Connect Magazine Keighley BID Update 08 expand, we were pleased to welcome more I’d like to thank all of the contributors to is copyright unless otherwise Business Advice Column stated or it may rest with the 16 than 50 businesses to Keighley Golf Club in this edition for their hard work. To come provider of the supplied material. Business Directory 17 July for our first summer lunch. The business along to one of our Business Club events visit Business Connect Magazine takes all care to ensure club also acted as headline sponsor for the keighleybusinessclub.co.uk. information is correct at time of printing, but the publisher fantastic Keighley and Airedale Business Awards accepts no responsibility or in June; see page 4 for a breakdown of the Paul Howard liability for the accuracy of any information contained in 16 worthy winners. BID Manager the text. 4 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 5

connections Keighley and Airedale Business Awards – Meet the Winners 2017 And the winner is: MILNER APPRENTICE AWARDS Best Skills Development – Dan Milligan Best Academic Achievement – Adam Muzyka Overall Achievement – Harry Conn

NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Customer Service Award of the Year winner, AWB Charlesworth. Winner – Yvonne Sinclair Consultancy Special Recognition – The Stitch Society

SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Winner – The Stitch Society Special Recognition – Yvonne Sinclair Consultancy

LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Winner – Snugpak Special Recognition – Acorns in Eldwick

INDEPENDENT TRADER OF THE YEAR Winner – Rooms

Independent Trader of the Year winner, Rooms. Special Recognition – Modo Creative

MANUFACTURER/ENGINEERING BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Winner – Snugpak Special Recognition – Wydean

APPRENTICE/TRAINEE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR Winner – AWB Charlesworth – Charlotte Gooch Special Recognition – Northcliffe Mortgages – Tom Davison This year’s awards were once again hosted by BBC Look North’s Harry Gration (inset) FINANCIAL/LEGAL SERVICES BUSINESS OF THE YEAR he deserving winners of the Trader of the Year, they said, “We were Winner – Mortgage Q Keighley and Airedale Business delighted to receive the accolade of Special Recognition – Northcliffe Mortgages Awards were announced in the ‘‘We couldn’t have done the best independent business in the T FOOD AND DRINK BUSINESS OF THE YEAR annual awards ceremony at Victoria Hall any of it without our area, as it means all of our hard work Amici Restaurant receive Special Recognition for Food and Drink Business of the Year. in June. Applicants were whittled down has paid off. But most importantly, we Winner – Goose Eye Brewery to a short-list of two per award, with an fantastic customers.’’ couldn’t have done any of it without our Special Recognition – Amici overall winner and special recognition fantastic customers, who have visited prize awarded in each category. us throughout the years and as the CHARITY BUSINESS OF THE YEAR The awards were previously known The evening was hosted by Look shop has grown.” Winner – One in a Million as simply the “Keighley Business North Presenter and long-time The Keighley Business Club was Special Recognition – Dementia Friendly Keighley Awards” but added in the “Airedale” supporter of the awards Harry Gration, proud to act as headline sponsor for this year to encourage participation who entertained more than 200 guests this year’s event and we would strongly CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD OF THE YEAR from businesses in the wider area. The with his usual wit and charm. The three encourage every local business to Winner – AWB Charlesworth wide range of categories allows for course dinner and awards ceremony consider an entry for 2018. Special Recognition – Headway Recruitment businesses of all sectors and sizes to were followed by live music and dancing be recognised, with each of the winners into the night. For more information about The Keighley OVERALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR offering something entirely unique to The town centre business Rooms and Airedale Business Awards, visit Winner – Snugpak their customers. took home the award for Independent www.keighleybusinessawards.co.uk The Mayors of Bradford and Keighley enjoy the evening’s entertainment. 6 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 7

business focus Making the Commissioning Web Content Digital Strategy Web Work...

In the second of our series about digital media businesses, we talk to three local web design and marketing agencies about the key things to look for when commissioning and marketing a website. Tom Gatenby, Creative Director at CWJ Media owner Chris Jones explains Steve Burles, founder of Puddle Digital, rom relatively humble beginnings at CERN in 1989, Squashed Pixel, identifies the principal why time spent developing the right site talks about how a multi-channel approach the world-wide-web has become a focal point of considerations for building new sites content pays dividends in the long run can transform your online marketing Fbusiness interactions. There are now over 1.2bn websites online globally, a massive growth over the STARTING a new website or WHILE the expression “Content is NO SINGLE channel marketing past decade from 120m in 2007. eCommerce project can seem King” may sound like a cliché, it’s activity will bring you enquiries or Many businesses are now reliant on generating the daunting. It can be a very technical, more relevant now than when Bill sales. A multi-channel approach bulk of leads and sales through online channels, and acronym laden industry but we’ve Gates first coined it back in ’96. with a clear strategic plan in place to those without a “web-presence” are increasingly seen helped countless people get online The internet has changed the way maximise the conversion of traffic as out-dated. Regardless of how web-savvy you are, over the years, here are some top people make decisions and solve is what will make your investment making an initial judgment about a company from its tips we’ve picked up: problems. The power has shifted bear fruit. website has become second nature for most of us. WHAT – Ignore the tech and to the buyer, and the information So what do I mean by a multi- Like most towns around the country there are focus on what you need your new site to do. Are you selling you share needs to be compelling, authoritative and, most channel approach? I’m talking about SEO, Social Media, no shortage of web design and internet marketing products or services? Do you prefer emails or phone calls? importantly, provide the answers being sought. PPC, Website Optimisation and Content Generation. All of companies in Keighley. We probably all know a web Order each function on your site by importance, this will The crux of this is high-quality content that you can use which have analytics which can be tracked, measured and designer, whether a guy in his bedroom who can keep you focussed and should dictate which technology on your website and other online channels. Whether that’s experimented with on an ongoing basis. build a site for a few hundred quid, or someone at a stack is right for you. your product and services information, a blog, or a post or One of the ways we approach this at Puddle is via a design agency building large, WHO – When approaching an agency, be very clear: What tweet on social media, it needs to be of value to clients and workshop we call WarCamp. WarCamp has the business technically complex solutions. do you want to achieve? How will you measure success? help elevate your brand authority. and ourselves in a room for as long as it takes and we But deciding on a web “In 2017 Ask lots of questions. Do you own the site, or do they? Who And that starts with your website content. Without going discuss your business as a brand, its services or products. design firm to build and there are is responsible for updates? Where is it hosted? Ask to see into technical detail, when I say content, I’m referring to Your mission statement, your 6, 12, 24-month plan, your market your website can be reviews, speak to previous clients. Make sure that you’re as everything; including the page structure, headings, body employees and what you want to achieve. We get a perfect a difficult process, fraught over 1.2bn good a fit for them as they are for you. text, images, videos and meta information – the underlying picture of the business first before we present our strategy. with potential pitfalls. There websites DON’T FORGET TO PLAN – What happens post go live. definitions that search engines use to understand your site. At Puddle, we’ve been able to add over £20k in a single are plenty of horror stories How you are going to get people to your site? Social media, My starting point with clients is to understand their month to one client’s E-commerce website. We’ve created about sites half built or non- globally” SEO, print ads and blog articles are all great but you need a proposition and then undertake keyword analysis that a brand new area for a legal business and now have over functioning; sites penalised plan for how they are all going to work together for you. identifies the search popularity of phrases relating to their 100 keywords within the top three on Google. We’ve for black-hat SEO practices; or uneditable sites that HOW MUCH – There’s no set price for a website. Take into services. From this process we can identify the “phrases introduced Brand Ambassadors to a well-known outdoor contain information long past its sell-by date. account how you found the agency: Were they responsive? that pay” and use them in developing the site content. manufacturing company and skyrocketed their reach on The eye-wateringly rapid development of browser, Did they understand your business? Would you want to It’s a well-established process that provides the best social media. All of these results have come from a carefully and device technology, along with Google’s insistence work with them again and, more importantly, can they help chance of listing highly in SERPs (Search engine results crafted strategic plan that we stick to like glue. on changing the field rules on a regular basis, mean that you grow your business? Most agencies take an upfront pages) and pays dividends in the long-term. But it’s by no If you’re serious about increasing sales or enquiries, most business owners are constantly playing catch-up. deposit followed by smaller payments at key milestones. means a panacea. There’s a wide range of other online get your strategy in place before investing your money in While it’s almost impossible to say where we’ll be 10 Be wary of web designers that take 100% payment upfront. activities that contribute to rankings, but it’s a good start. any one channel. years from now, having some of the fundamentals in place will at least have your site is operating in the now. For more information visit squashedpixel.co.uk For more information visit cwjmedia.co.uk For more information visit puddle.agency 8 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 9

the business improvement district business club speaker Two years of Keighley BID What interest rate How the BID can rises may mean for support your business your business There are many recent and upcoming projects launched by Keighley BID to Will Holman is the Bank of England’s Deputy Agent support our member businesses. All are available to BID levy payers completely for Yorkshire & Humber and the speaker at October’s free of charge, and we’d like to encourage Keighley Business Club Network Evening. everyone to get involved.

am one of the Bank of England’s Professional Photography two representatives in Yorkshire, and I live in the region, in . It is Every month we organise sessions with the role of myself and my colleague, professional photographer Bob Smith. Bob IJuliette Healey, to be the eyes and is happy to adapt the session to suit your ears of the Bank of England in the needs, whether you’d like team photos for region. your website, external shots, or a showcase We report what we discover to the of your work. The photos are used by nine members of the Monetary Policy the BID to promote your business on our Committee (MPC), whose job it is to website and social media channels, and can hit the Bank’s 2% inflation target. The be used by the featured business in any of Keighley businesses show their support for the Business Improvement District. MPC decides the level of Bank Rate, your own promotional material. an important benchmark interest rate, It’s been two years since businesses decisively voted in with the aim of keeping price inflation Online Support low and stable. favour of creating a Business Improvement District for Business Connect Speaker: Will Holman, Bank of I spend most of my time travelling England’s Deputy Agent for Yorkshire & Humber. We have an online directory at Keighley, where is the project now? around the region, visiting companies discoverkeighley.co.uk which lists and talking to their business leaders businesses from all sectors in Keighley Town ith the recruitment of manager Many of our projects aimed at face-to-face about business The other part of my job is to Centre. Your directory entry can feature Paul Howard at the start of the professional services and B2B companies Marketing Keighley: Since its inception in early 2016 conditions. There’s no shortage of present the Bank’s overall view of photos, a description, opening hours and BID’s five-year term, activities come under the heading “Backing Keighley BID has produced a range of marketing media things to talk about right now, not the UK economy and the outlook much more. We also promote town centre W to promote the town centre, including a new website, soon commenced with monthly events Business”. In the first year of the BID printed town guides, the launch of a Business Club least the prospect of Brexit, the rise in for inflation, as formed by the MPC offers and events on our website, Facebook, for the public and promotion of the we launched the Keighley Business magazine and new town centre signage. inflation and the challenge of finding based on the analysis they receive and Twitter, so let us know what you’re up town through a new website, marketing Club to encourage further collaboration skilled staff. from Bank staff, and from their own to, and we can help to spread the word. literature and social media platforms. between local companies and to promote telecoms and merchant fees. Meercat Through these conversations, we judgement. The BID took over many of the Keighley as a regional centre of business. Associates specialise in working with are able to build up a picture of the In its August Inflation Report the Business Cost Saving Scheme functions (and the office) of the KTCA Businesses can also access a wide BIDs, therefore harnessing the buying economy that is often more timely MPC judged that inflation was likely when it came into place in early 2016. variety of services for free through the power of thousands of SMEs across the and colourful than can be picked up to pick up a little in the near term, Our partner in this project Meercat However, a BID is not the same as a BID, including professional photography country. Working on a zero commission from national statistics. It’s a privilege but would fall back to just above Associates, has been meeting with our town centre association. In addition to and video marketing. basis, businesses are able to access to have such a direct view of the target over the coming few years. members to save them money on a raft promoting Keighley as a great place to In 2017 we have taken this a step more competitive rates than if they went region’s businesses. That was based on a projection of services such as telecoms and utilities. shop and visit, the BID has many other further by launching this magazine, through a traditional broker. This project for modest UK growth, and the Don’t miss this free of charge and free of functions, which seek to support the and also increasing the frequency of is still in its early stages, and thousands expectation that Bank Rate would commission opportunity to lower your wide range of businesses in the area. our business club events. In the last of pounds worth of savings have already Keighley Business Club was launched rise by around half a percent over day-to-day running costs. Many businesses The BID business plan is made up of few months we have also begun a been identified. with the support of Keighley BID to the next three years. have already taken advantage and are four key areas: partnership with Meercat Associates promote collaboration and growth It’s my second talk for the Club, saving thousands on their bills. • Marketing and Promotion to offer a cost reduction scheme for If you’re a BID member who would for businesses of all sizes in Keighley, after speaking at the event last year • Safety and Security businesses across all sectors. BID levy like to get involved with any of these the Aire Valley, and beyond. For – I can only hope that Keighley’s Contact Phil Walker on 01535618085 or • Backing Business payers have the opportunity to realise projects, please contact our office on more information about events visit: traders put on similarly fantastic email [email protected] to sign up • Ease of Access savings across their electricity, gas, 01535618085. discoverkeighley.co.uk/business-club food to last year! to these schemes or find out more.

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the interview With sites on North Street, Q>Cavendish Street and East Keighley’s new MP John Parade all in development, what do Grogan talks to Business you think the town centre needs Our Man moving forward? Connect about his plans and priorities for the Keighley needs to avoid a hole A

Goose Eye Brewery: Best selling beer “Chinook Blonde” made it through to the final judges table at the Great British Beer Festival 2017.

Timothy Taylor: A Keighley institution since 1858, Taylor’s produce a range of award-winning beers using water exclusively from the private spring at the Knowle Spring site. Wishbone Brewery: Based in Keighley, Wishbone has a reputation for brewing “flavoursome beers” in a broad range of styles.

The brewing industry in Keighley is in rude “Yorkshire has a tremendous reputation for beer and that helps. Plus the locally Heads you win health. We talked to some of the main players available services are excellent.”

im Dewey, Chief Executive of explains that the brewery recently sourced new boilers from “We moved this summer to a bigger premises, down the valley “Keighley could be a brilliant place for veteran brewery Timothy Taylor, Keighley and a set of fermentation vessels from close by in from Ingrow Bridge to a new site at Crossflatts and have since brewers if more local pubs developed Tpauses when he thinks of the one Halifax. “And also our people are local, from our brewers, to our tripled our production. We’ve got a new brewery kit but we their cask and keg ranges. Some Keighley thing that could be improved to make gardeners and admin staff. Most come from Keighley.” treat the water the same, use the same hops and malt and our pubs are in lovely old buildings with a lot Keighley a better place for a beer maker. As does the water. Timothy Taylor established its first beer is now as good and perhaps even better.” of history… but landlords need to look at “Perhaps better roads,” he says, after brewery in the centre of Keighley in 1858, and moved to its Consistency is key to their success, reckons Atkinson, as is the current beer market trends and offer a few seconds. “Before my time there current Knowle Spring site in 1863. They have used the water access to an expanding and appreciative market. “In Keighley what the discerning drinker wants.” used to be a joke at Timothy Taylor about from a private spring ever since and it has bought them a we are close to some renowned ale towns like Hebden Bridge This, reckons Chapman, will stop export meaning taking beer over the magnificent reputation and a plethora of awards. “We once or Halifax… And now the Yorkshire Dales has changed too. Not people heading to Bradford, or border to Lancashire. That’s changed of tried using water from another spring, only about quarter of a so long ago the Dales was dominated by big-boy breweries, but Manchester for a night out. “There are course and we now take our products all mile from the original one,” explains Dewey. “And we have no that’s no longer the case.” opportunities in Keighley for a couple over the UK. Keighley’s central location idea why but the taste was just not the same.” Ironically, Atkinson says Keighley’s town centre is possibly of new brewing businesses,” concludes is great but we could certainly do with a For Dave Atkinson, who heads the team at the family-run one of Goose Eye’s poorest markets. Chapman with a cryptic smile, “but I’ll few more dual carriageways.” Goose Eye Brewery in Crossflats, the very fact that Timothy “There aren’t enough real ale pubs,” he says. “We have seen leave it for someone else to figure out Despite the traffic jams, Dewey Taylor call Keighley home was enough of a reason to set up a what can happen if there is a bit of rejuvenation in a town what they are.” reckons Keighley has plenty of strengths. brewery in the town. “They have made such a success of it. We centre. Like in Bingley or Saltaire. They are now busy places “Yorkshire has a tremendous reputation knew it must be a decent-enough place to start.” with lovely pubs.” www.timothytaylor.co.uk for beer and that helps. Plus the locally Goose Eye Brewery opened for business in 1991 and, It’s a sentiment echoed by Adrian Chapman, who runs www.goose-eye-brewery.co.uk available services are excellent.” Dewey according to Atkinson, has continued to grow ever since. Wishbone Brewery on Chesham Street with his wife Emma. www.wishbonebrewery.co.uk 14 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 15 sector focus business news

DUO Fitness Studio Fit for Business Newly opened on Cavendish New Locations for Property Firms Street Duo Fitness Studio offers mental and physical development opportunities, personal training, classes, conditioning, nutritional plans he latest business openings in and more. They guarantee a great Keighley Town Centre include Day atmosphere, positive attitudes and T& Co Estate Agents located in a support along the way. newly refurbished unit on Cavendish www.facebook.com/duogaz Street. Opened in August 2017, the branch is run and managed by Chris Hi-Energy Health Club Day, who has successfully run the Your Move Keighley branch for the last six Hi-Energy Health Club on Russell years. Prior to this, Chris also managed Street is a premier ladies only gym, successful branches for William H fitness and well-being centre. If you Brown in Morley and in Halifax, dating are looking for a gym in Keighley that back to when he first started in the can provide you with friendly and industry in 2005. professional advice, an individual Being born, bred, and still residing in fitness programme that is tailored to Oxenhope, Chris has a wealth of local your specific goals and requirements, knowledge. He is also well known for then look no further. Membership appearing on popular TV show ‘Homes starts from as little as £15 per month, under The Hammer’ on a number of Fit for Life: Regardless of your current level of fitness or experience, you will find helpful so it’s affordable too. occasions - something which he likes to friendly and professional advice, without a hefty price tag, here in Keighley. hienergyhealthclub.co.uk regularly remind people. n this issue, Business Connect looks over a week through a variety of Chris is ably assisted in the business A very warm at the positive impact of fitness upon activities. by sales consultants Sally Whitaker and Sports Direct Fitness welcome to this Iourselves, our businesses and our People are less active nowadays, Lynn Moriarty (pictured right). staff, and how we can all live a healthier, partly because technology has made Sports Direct Fitness on Cavendish new venture to longer and more productive life. our lives easier. We drive cars or take Retail Park has extensive facilities, Chris and the team at Day & Co can be Keighley Town Exercise can reduce your risk of major public transport and spend more time including a studio running Spin contacted on 01535 664609, email illnesses, such as heart disease, strokes, in front of a TV or computer screens. and Express Spin, D130s, Box Fit, [email protected] Centre. type 2 diabetes and cancer by up to Fewer people are doing manual work, Kettlecise, Zumba, Pump, Body and or through their website at 50%, and lower your risk of early death and most of us have jobs that involve Soul classes to name but a few. www.dayandcoestateagents.co.uk by up to 30%. little physical effort. Work, house Professional staff with specialist There’s strong scientific evidence that chores, shopping and other necessary skills in strength conditioning, diet being physically active can help you lead activities are far less demanding than and nutrition are on hand to provide a healthier and even happier life and for previous generations. help at this great club with a friendly familiar name throughout “We welcome the increasing research shows that physical activity We move around less and burn off atmosphere for all gym users. Keighley and beyond is Hayfield regulation being introduced to the can also boost self-esteem, mood, less calories than people used to. www.sportsdirectfitness.com ARobinson. From September industry and believe our dedicated sleep quality and energy, as well as Research suggests that many adults Hayfield Robinson Lettings and lettings office gives us the springboard reducing your risk of stress, depression, spend more than seven hours a day truGym Management moved into shiny new to keep growing and expanding our and the onset of dementia diseases sitting down, at work, on transport or in premises on North Street for more managed portfolio. Our overall aim is to such as Alzheimer’s. their leisure time. truGym on Worth Way offer a low space and a prominent shop front. ensure we as agents keep improving.” Given the overwhelming evidence, For many of us with busy lifestyles it cost but luxury gym membership A spokesperson told Business it seems obvious that we should all be is all too easy not to dedicate enough experience. Membership includes Connect: “The main aim is to raise our The team at Hayfield Robinson physically active. It’s essential if you time to looking after our health. But unlimited access, members lounge, profile in the town and emphasize our Lettings and Management can be want to live a healthy and fulfilling life for those of us working in Keighley extensive cardio, free weight and Lettings and Management services. It is contacted on 01535 980060, email into old age. there is help at hand, with a wide resistance zones, spin room, free our firm belief that the Lettings Industry [email protected] or To stay healthy, adults should try to variety of specialist health and fitness group classes and sauna and steam has been under-serviced and it is our [email protected], or be active daily and aim to achieve at professionals based right here in the relaxation rooms. goal to keep trying to raise the bar in you can find more details on their website least 150 minutes of physical activity town centre. www.trugym.co.uk the lettings world. at www.hayfieldrobinsonlettings.co.uk 16 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 KEIGHLEY BUSINESS CONNECT AUTUMN 2017 17 member advice In each issue of Business business directory Connect we ask a local On the right track finance or legal professional for business advice that our ACCOUNTANCY for a legal career members may find useful. 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Not content with just the one professional networking group, we are also assisting the Keighley Young Professionals to set up their own networking opportunities. They are calling for all young professionals in Keighley and The Aire Valley to join forces and really push for a strong future for the local business community.

Accountant, estate agents, mortgage brokers, bankers or other professionals aged 35 or under are invited to join the new network group which is establishing itself in the local area and looking to provide an opportunity for young professionals to network, grow professionally and have fun with like-minded people. Events will occur on a regular basis and will vary between quizzes, hikes, and informal networking with occasional guest speakers or charity events.

The group’s first event is scheduled to take place in early December and each attendee will be provided with a complimentary drink. For more details on the Keighley and Aire Valley Young Professionals To register or buy tickets and to receive your invite to the first event, please contact: for events, please visit Christopher Cooper at [email protected] Charlotte Gooch at [email protected], or keighleybusinessclub.co.uk Richard Stratton at [email protected]