David Parkin on Ant and Dec, local TV and cycling to IKEA

EVER since the Leeds Arena opened I've been touting for an invitation into one of its executive boxes.

I've tried to do that in as subtle a way as possible, but clearly this softly-softly approach has failed miserably.

So I resorted to the direct approach while enjoying an eve of Yorkshire Day barbecue hosted by law firm DWF at the Cross Keys pub near our office a couple of weeks ago.

Discovering that DWF shares a box with Arup, I proceeded to recount my executive box sob story to DWF events queen Jessica Peacock.... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...