One of the UK’s leading business coaches will take to the stage and tell firms that organise conferences what they should be doing to target Generation Y.

That’s typically the age of people born between the late 1970’s to mid 1990’s and a major conference is being held in Leeds for firms and organisation tasked with creating conferences for a new generation with higher expectations and skills wanting to attend such gatherings.

Stuart Powell will be staging a seminar and he said: “I’m really excited to be involved with this conference.

It is absolutely vital for the future of the conference industry that it responds to the demands of Generation Y.

“To help them do that, I will be integrating thought-provoking and topical strategies into my seminar to show those attending what they should be doing to achieve success.”

Also known as Generation Me, this new talent pool of young people are creating businesses with high expectations and a high degree of techno-skills and, as a result, changing the way the conference industry works.

Stuart, along with Rob Davidson, a senior lecturer in Business Travel and Tourism at London’s University of Westminster, will be speaking at the Conference and Hospitality Show taking place on March 18th at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Stuart is well-placed to take such a role. Only 29 years old himself, his training company, Inspiring Influence, is aimed at developing the next business generation.  He works with a number of organisations across the UK helping businesses engage with their younger employees.

In 2009 Stuart was highlighted by the Yorkshire Post as being one of the top 100 people in Yorkshire most likely to influence the region in the coming years.

He said: “These are exciting times for the conference industry generally. My seminar will examine the characteristics of this ambitious, hungry for knowledge and confident generation who are not happy to just sit back and listen at conferences and meetings, but need to be out there, involved and fully participating to keep them motivated.”

Householders in West Yorkshire are exposing themselves to crime because of the type of lock used in their uPVC doors.

Police in the county last week issued an appeal for householders to get their uPVC door locks checked and replaced after a spate of burglaries.

This follows an increase in break-ins where vulnerable and cheap ‘Euro-profile’ locks have been forced. Burglars use a simple tool to smash the lock in a technique well known among criminals.

Around one in four burglaries in West Yorkshire involves the Euro-profile locks, which are extensively used in uPVC doors, particularly older ones.

Neil Goldup, Chief Executive of CASAC (Community Action and Support Against Crime), said: "January is a bumper month for burglars and many people just don’t realise how vulnerable they are if they have these locks fitted.

“It’s incredibly easy for criminals to gain entry once they realise what type of lock is in the door.

“But here at CASAC we offer a free service across most of West Yorkshire to check a property and we have new fully-tested Eurocylinder locks which are guaranteed to be unbreakable.”

CASAC is one of the country’s leading social enterprises and they are among a handful of outlets which have the new locks to fit.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman confirmed: "There has been an upsurge in ‘Euro-profile’ lock snap burglaries across the whole county. Over 20 percent of house burglaries in the Kirklees Division have been committed by offenders breaking such locks on UPVC doors.”

Contact CASAC for more information about the service they provide on 0113 380 5644.

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