HIGH-POWERED business brains will converge on York to take part in a questions session next week.

Lord Digby Jones, former Minister of Trade and Investment as well as former Secretary General of the CBI; Dennis Turner, the chief economist of HSBC and Greg Dyke, chancellor of the University of York and former Director General of the BBC, will form part of the panel on Monday.

They will field questions for the International Business Network at the National Science Learning Centre at the University of York, and a networking lunch is also included.

The event, co-hosted by UK Trade & Investment and the University of York, will concentrate on all aspects of international business.

Anyone who wants to take part and pre-submit questions should register on a booking form at ibn@uktiyh.org.uk

There will be a nominal £20 charge to cover the cost of refreshments.

Further information can be obtained from Mandy Kirk, phone 0113 3949825.