The event takes place on Thursday 2 August at Flaxby Golf & Country Club, between Harrogate and York, and costs £200 plus VAT for a team of four players for 18 holes.

The price also includes for a bacon sandwich and tea/coffee on arrival, followed later by a two-course carvery dinner.

Christine Armstrong, managing director of the Met Club, said: “This event is just one of several exciting ones we shall be hosting over the coming summer.

“Golf days are always great for entertaining clients as well as making new contacts, and the Flaxby golf course is in a wonderful setting adjacent to the A1.

“The event is open to non-members of the Met Club, and if anyone is struggling to make up a team we can arrange that.”

The course at Flaxby Golf & Country Club was designed by leading golf architect David Hemstock.

The par 72 18-hole course is nearly 7,000 yards from the championship tees but offers tee positions for juniors as well as ladies and gentlemen.

Further details of the golf day are available on 01423 525622 or email lorraine@themetclub.co.uk.

The Met Club Futures will hold its first event on 19 April at the offices of Ford & Warren solicitors, in Leeds.

The new group is aimed at top young professionals under the age of 35, and will enable them to meet and build their business networks to help them with their future careers.

Christine Armstrong, managing director of the Met Club, said: “The Met Club Futures is dedicated to helping companies get the very best out of their talented young professionals by enhancing their networking potential with peers of a similar age

“The meetings will be very informal and will be held between 8.00am and 10.00am in a sponsor’s office, and we are immensely grateful to Ford & Warren for hosting the inaugural event.

“Participating companies will also benefit from the marketing opportunities that come with these events; while a senior member of the hosting business will also address attendees on a relevant sector subject.”

The Morley and Outwood MP will be at the Met Club lunch on Friday 18 May, which will be at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, in central Leeds.

Ed Balls is currently the Shadow Chancellor, and when in government he was the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.

The lunch is open to non-members of the Met Club, and runs from 12 noon until 2.30pm.

Christine Armstrong, managing director of the Met Club, said: “We are very honoured to have Ed Balls as our guest speaker for our May lunch, especially considering how busy he is as a senior MP.

“He joins our ever growing list of high-profile MPs, such as Nick Clegg, that have joined us for lunch to share their knowledge of the political world.”

Ed brought together schools and children’s policy for the first time in the Children’s Plan and pushed through radical and progressive policies including raising the education and training age to 18.

He was also instrumental in reform of the social work profession, as well as establishing the support staff negotiating body and extra investment in youth services and short breaks for disabled children and their families.

In opposition (1994-1997) and then as chief economic advisor to the Treasury (1997-2004) he worked on policies including independence of the Bank of England, the windfall tax and New Deal jobs programme, plus Sure Start, tax credits and the national minimum wage.

The luncheon is £29.00 + vat for members or £39.00 + vat for non-members. Further details are available at www.themetclub.co.uk or telephone 01423 525622.

The site for Silcock Leedham Group, in Horsforth, sees the company’s branding move away from its original blue and black corporate imagery to a softer light grey.

The new site also makes better use of the available space so it is less cluttered, and also has new pages for case studies, which is split into 10 industry specialisms, and vacancies.

Silcock Leedham also has offices in York and London, and was established in 2001.

Andy Topps, Vital Online Studio’s sales director, said: “As building services consulting engineers that have been named one of the top 50 fastest growing companies for the second year in a row by Building Magazine, this new website truly reflects the expertise and professionalism of the business.

“The new website adds to our growing portfolio of construction industry-related clients that includes the Owin Group and Mabey Hire.”

Mike Silcock, managing director of Silcock Leedham, said: “As a business we appreciate the importance of having a strong web presence, particularly as we continue to grow our national and international business portfolio.

“The new site enables us to effectively introduce new services to existing and potential clients and to showcase the work that we have done across a wide range of different business sectors.”

The Vital Data Vault safeguards a client’s business by ensuring they have access to industry-critical applications in the event of unplanned downtime.

The advanced Vital Data Vault v2 means that should a business be hit by an IT system outage such as equipment failure or even a severe disaster such as a fire, flood or theft, full operational access to key IT systems and applications can be reinstated in a matter of minutes rather than hours or days experienced with traditional backup methodologies.

The Data Vault is a unique suite of hardware and software technologies put together by Vital’s IT experts to specifically address the needs of SMEs, and is backed by cloud recovery leader Doyenz.

By taking a regular snapshot image of a client’s server, which is securely stored both onsite and offsite, they benefit from a thorough backup, business continuity and disaster recovery solution, including a complete standby cloud IT environment that is ready to go in as little as 10 minutes.

Lee Evans, Vital Network Solutions managing director, said: “Research has shown that the majority of small and medium-sized businesses are often ill prepared to recover quickly from a disaster or even a fairly routine equipment failure.

“Unplanned downtime can result in loss of revenue, damage to a business’ reputation, and studies show that cases of severe data loss can seriously threaten the very existence of a business.

“SMEs are increasingly recognising that simply having a backup in the traditional sense is just not good enough in the modern business world, and are looking for true business continuity that allows them to recover their operations in a predictable and rapid manner even in the face of the worst of disasters.”

He added: “Utilising Doyenz’ cloud recovery environment to power the latest version of our Vital Data Vault solution means we can now offer an even more comprehensive business continuity facility that includes an offsite recovery environment at an affordable level for our SME clients.”

The Liverpool FC Legends event, at Cinnamon Lounge in Horbury Bridge, will be hosted by David Johnson, who won three European Cup medals with the club.

He will be joined by three other players from that era at the event on Monday 19 March, which will help raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Restaurant owner Sam Miah said: “David Johnson and his former team-mate Alan Kennedy were good enough to support the opening of Cinnamon Lounge in central Wakefield last November, where they helped raise around £500 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

“On the back of that launch we are now looking to host regular sportsman’s dinners, and it’s great that David has agreed to host the first one.

“Expect some great banter and stories between David and his guests and, of course, first class food.”

Tickets for the five-course dinner are £30 and are available from the Bridge Road restaurant, or telephone 01924 281555.

Welcome to Yorkshire’s chief executive Gary Verity will be the guest speaker at a business lunch held by the Met Club in Leeds, later this month.

Gary has helped successfully raise the profile of Yorkshire on a national and international level having overseen award-winning marketing campaigns and major tourism initiatives.

The lunch is on Tuesday 28 February at Mint Hotel, Granary Wharf, and runs between 12.00pm and 2.30pm.

Gary works closely with tourism businesses, local authorities and other partners to further grow the county’s visitor economy, which has increased £7b since his appointment.

Christine Armstrong, managing director of the Met Club, said: “Gary is a dynamic and motivational leader, and has gained a strong reputation as a results-driven MD with international experience in brand building and managing complex businesses.”

A passionate Yorkshireman, in his spare time Gary is an award-winning Dales’ sheep farmer and lives on a working farm near Leyburn. He is also an advocate of cancer support and has raised just under £450,000 for charities in Yorkshire.

The luncheon is £29.00 + vat for members or £39.00 + vat for non-members. Further details are available from the Met Club or telephone 01423 525622.

Guests at the networking breakfast, which is open to non-members, will hear Lee Evans of Harrogate-based Vital Technology Group give non-technical overview of some of the main benefits and downsides of cloud computing.

Lee Evans said: “Cloud Computing is the delivery of IT resources over the internet as opposed to hosting or operating the services in-house, but one of the biggest obstacles in the adoption of new technologies is trust and security.”

He added: “Reputable cloud providers should have strong business continuity and data recovery solutions in place, and the business breakfast will see me discussing all of this in a very simple way.”

The breakfast is at the White Hart Hotel, Harrogate, and runs between 8.30am and 10.00am. It costs £15.00 + vat for members or £20.00 + vat for non-members. Further details are available at www.themetclub.co.uk or telephone 01423 525622.

The MD of Blue Sky PR client Vital Technology Group has been re-elected vice-chairman of a lobbying forum set up by the leading global IT industry association.

The CompTIA UK Channel Community was only established last year with Lee Evans being chosen as vice-chairman.

As a lobbying group, CompTIA brings together executives from across the full spectrum of the UK IT sector to take on the challenges that are unique to the British market.

Lee Evans said: “CompTIA is one of the most respected organisations within the IT industry and I’m delighted to be re-elected vice-chairman.

“The forum offers a fantastic opportunity to develop the UK IT sector, and brings together vendors, distributors and resellers to work collectively in the interests of the wider community”.

Members of the group take part in face-to-face and online networking events and educational programs, as well as working together on the development of funded and managed initiatives designed to benefit and develop the UK IT Channel.

CompTIA, the Computing Technology Information Association, was established in 1982, and operates educational programs, networking events, timely research and public policy advocacy to help the industry grow.

The managing director of Blue Sky PR client Vital Network Solutions has been a guest speaker at an IT industry conference, in Utrecht, in the Netherlands.

Lee Evans was invited to the GFI Max European Customer Conference where he spoke about the benefits of remote IT monitoring and management.

The annual conference was organised by GFI Software which provides award-winning IT solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as managed service and IT support providers such as Vital Network Solutions.

Lee said: “Being invited to speak at the European conference to a group of IT industry peers was an honour.

“It is a real testament to and recognition of the hard work all of the team at Vital have put in to ensure we are leading the way in using the best technologies and processes available to deliver the best IT support service possible to our customers.

His presentation discussed how remote monitoring and management can be integrated into an IT service provider business to deliver the best possible customer experience.

Lee added: “Choosing the right tools to proactively monitor and manage client IT systems, and getting the most out of them, is crucial in the modern IT service provider market and I was honoured to be invited by GFI to present on the subject.

“This was my first experience presenting on the continent and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the delegates who had travelled from across Europe, and finding out about the cultural and economic differences in their markets.”