A relaxed PR coffee morning for small business owners. Bring your questions, chat over coffee, and leave inspired to pitch to journalists.

📅 Date: Mon 19th October

🕰️ Time: 10:00am – 11:30am

📍 Location: NatWest Accelerator, Innovation Centre, Innovation Way, Heslington, York, YO10 5DG

🚗 Free parking available on site

📝 Description

Back by popular demand! After a sell-out first session in July, we're delighted for Linda & Jo's return to demystify the PR world for our founders. So what's it all about?

If you're curious about PR but not sure where to start:

This free, relaxed PR Coffee Morning is designed specifically for small business owners in Yorkshire who want to understand how PR works — and how it could work for their business.

Bring your questions, grab a proper brew (or decent coffee ☕), and leave with practical ideas, expert insight, and greater confidence to start pitching journalists and getting your business featured in the press.

This isn’t about glossy theory or hard selling.

It’s about real conversations, honest advice, and making PR feel accessible and achievable.

💡 What to expect

A warm, informal welcome with coffee and introductions

Open, no‑question‑is‑too‑small conversations about PR

Practical advice you can actually act on

Insight into how journalists work and what makes a story land

Encouragement and confidence to start pitching your business

We keep these sessions small, supportive and practical, so everyone has the opportunity to ask questions and get value.

👥 Who this session is for

✅ Small business owners based in Yorkshire

✅ Founders who want to raise awareness of their business through PR

✅ Those who prefer honest conversation over jargon

🚫 Please note:

This event is not suitable for PR or comms professionals, or PR students. We keep this space specifically for small business owners — but we’d still love to connect with you elsewhere.

👩‍💼 Hosted by

Linda Harrison – a trained journalist who’s written for The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and MailOnline, now specialising in supporting small businesses with PR.

👉 www.lindaharrison.co.uk

Jo Leatham – an experienced PR professional who’s worked with a wide range of brands and businesses.

👉 www.joleatham.co.uk

🎟️ Tickets & info

Free to attend

Limited to 25 places to keep the session interactive

Tea, coffee and biscuits provided ☕🍪

If you run a small business in Yorkshire, we’d absolutely love to see you.

For questions, contact:

📧 linda@lindaharrison.co.uk

📧 pr@joleatham.co.uk

And if you’d like to stay in the loop about future PR Coffee Mornings, you can sign up to Linda’s newsletter here:

👉 https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/980035/134728241467360595/share

Description supplied by the event organiser.