SENIOR business and council leaders have been brought in from across North Yorkshire to discuss the opportunities and challenges around creating economic growth in the county.

In the first event of its kind, North Yorkshire County Council invited around 60 businesses and 80 representatives from the public, private and voluntary sector from across the county to the Delivering Growth in North Yorkshire conference at Harrogate Convention Centre.

The event was an opportunity for the County Council to open a dialogue with businesses, talk about how it is working closely with district councils and other partners to support and encourage growth, and to listen to businesses’ experiences of being in North Yorkshire and what the local authority could do to help them further. The conference heard from a range of speakers.