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I wanted to be part of the discussion because if businesses can come together to better understand the unique sector, and the commercial opportunities that drives the sport, the region will be better equipped to capitalise on its success.”  Ribble Cycles, which was recently acquired by a private equity business, is a client of FDYL Woodrow Mercer and David Stacey brought along one of their own bikes, an Aero 883 Disc – a mere three grand, which I’m told is pretty reasonable in cycling circles.It certainly attracted the attention of plenty of people in the audience.Indeed, I observed that I’ve not seen grown men staring at something like that since the last time I was in the Purple Door.A couple of wags in the audience asked me to explain what the Purple Door is.I said it was an exclusive venue a little like the Leeds Club, where stressed executives go to network and unwind.ARE you involved in a growing business that is already selling overseas or thinking about making that next step?Opening the door to international markets is all about working with the right partners and getting real supportThe Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) can provide that real support and will be bringing together some great examples of successful businesses at an event later this month.Unlike some organisations, the LEP communicates with businesses in a way they understand, indeed, it is currently running a campaign called ‘Let’s Talk Real Business’.It has canned the jargon – a sentiment I agree with, if someone else offers to “reach out” to me I’ll slap them – and is focused on truly supporting firms across the city region, which stretches from Barnsley in the south to Craven in the North.Hosted by brand design agency Elmwood – which is based in Leeds but has studios in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Melbourne and a host of international clients – the speakers include Kevin Butterworth of Seabrooks Crisps, Victoria Hopkins of catering equipment manufacturer Hopkins, Robin Hilton of fast growing ResearchBods and Jonathan Sands OBE of Elmwood.Even the lunch served will have a Leeds City Region theme, provided by Friends of Ham, Baltzersens, Northern Bloc and Tarte & Berry.If you would like to join us for the event on March 29th, click here to book or email [email protected] for more informationTop of that list currently is Labour’s shadow education secretary Angela Rayner.She’s the female equivalent of football manager Billy Davies, a man who combines the outlook of a demented wasp with the paranoia of a North Korean dictator.Given that Ms Rayner spent her time as a paid official for the union Unison before entering Parliament, I’m sure she’s had plenty of practice at working herself into a frenzy about the terrible Tories.But I can’t help thinking that a Conservative government in power is not the real source of her ire.Being part of a shadow cabinet being led by a man that looks completely unelectable probably is.SOCIAL media was abuzz last week when the genteel town of Harrogate starred in Ant & Dec’s Saturday Takeaway.Apparently celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was the subject of an elaborate wind-up by the Geordie pair when he visited his Jamie’s Italian restaurant in the North Yorkshire spa town.Given that Oliver is as rare a visitor to his restaurants as a Eurasian Wigeon to these shores, you will have to forgive my cynicism.I can’t help thinking that following the recent closure of six of his Italian restaurants, which Oliver blamed on “Brexit”, he will be keen to boost the fortunes of the remaining outlets.So putting one of them front and centre on prime time Saturday night TV can’t have done any harm, particularly as the former Restaurant Bar & Grill across the street will soon be turned into a Gino D’Acampo Italian restaurant.At least Gino D’Acampo turned up to the recent opening of his restaurant in Leeds.Someone breathlessly informed me that they had secured an invite to the event which would be “full of stars” including Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.When Gino opens up in Harrogate, that’ll be two places serving bland, over-priced Italian food full of diners gormlessly looking for a celebrity chef in the kitchen, that will be well worth avoiding. 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See our IF anyone was in any doubt that hosting the Grand Depart of the Tour de France would help deliver a serious cycling legacy in Yorkshire, then this week’s announcement that the 2019 Road World Championships will be held in the region probably dispels those doubts.The annual competition, which features around 1,000 cyclists from 75 countries, has only been held four times before in Britain since it started in 1921, the last time was in 1982.Delivering the “grandest of Grand Departs” and two subsequent successful Tours de Yorkshire means that cycling chiefs from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) can be confident that Welcome to Yorkshire and its partners don’t offer so much as a safe pair of hands for the event, more like mitts encased in spangly gloves doing a jazz hands dance.They have won the right to host what will be the biggest sporting event in Britain in 2019.From recent conversations with senior figures at the regional tourism body, I got the impression they were pretty confident they were in with a strong shout to win the event.A delegation travelled to Qatar for the announcement this week, made during the current Road World Championships being held in Doha.And while the 1,000 racers are backed up by almost 6,000 additional participants – from national federations, delegations, technicians and journalists – there has been a poor turnout of fans to watch the event which has taken place in temperatures pushing 40C.One leading competitor, Dutch Olympic silver medallist, Tom Dumoulin, having seen a sign for a ‘spectator entrance’, described it as “hilarious”, adding: “There are simply no fans.

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