Our past events....
See what we've been up to in some of the best venues, cities and towns in Yorkshire and the UK...
MODERN INDIAN DINING & COCKTAIL EXPERIENCE, DE BAGA, CHAPEL ALLERTON, LEEDS
Delightful De Baga!.....
Thankyou to everyone who joined us for an evening of amazing food, lovely cocktails and most of all...lots of laughter and socialising!
It was lovely to see so many of our wonderful work friends and also seeing them meeting, some for the first time, socialising together.
Thankyou to De Baga Chapel Allerton for their great hospitality as always, it was safe to say everyone loved the food! Modern Indian dining at it's finest.
Thankyou to everyone for also supporting the raffle which raised £200 for Simon on the Streets and the people facing homelessness they support.
All in all, a brilliant night. Thankyou everyone!
SIMON ON THE TEE GOLF DAY, MOOR ALLERTON GOLF CLUB, LEEDS
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Simon on the Tee golf day, a great day out on the golf course, with nearest the pin and longest drive competitions as well as lots of nice food, networking and socialising.
Thank you to Elliot from Sett Mortgages for sponsoring the dinner and to everyone who bid on lots on the silent auction and also bought raffle tickets, we had a great day supporting Simon on the Streets, thank you!
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SOCIAL, TATTU, LEEDS
Wow, we loved the social at the stunning Tattu....thankyou to everyone who joined us on the beautiful mezzanine level under their signature blossom tree.
We loved seeing everyone, some familiar faces along with some new ones, all from different sectors and businesses having great conversations and meeting new contacts.
Thankyou to Tattu and Beth Wright for your excellent hosting skills as always, with stunning canapes and lovely drinks reception.
Thankyou to everyone for also taking part in the raffle, you helped raise a fantastic £240 towards us helping people facing homelessness. Thankyou so much!
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SOCIAL, GAUCHO, LEEDS
We had a great time at the Gaucho Corporate Social, thank you to everyone who came along to socialise, enjoy a little bit of magic and the amazing canapes kindly provided by Gaucho.
It was such a nice evening, to see some of the Charity's regular supporters, our friends and business contacts as well as some new faces, a lovely atmosphere and we raised a fantastic £210 on the raffle, thank you to the team at HN Magazine for donating the prizes.
Thank you so much to Katie and the Gaucho team....the steak and empanadas were amazing and what a beautiful venue!
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SHOWCASE, CHARLTON MORRIS, 34 BOAR LANE, LEEDS
What a night we had at the Corporate Showcase, it was so nice to see so many businesses all under one roof coming together to raise an incredible £1700!!!!!
Thankyou so much to the businesses who showcased, to the team at Gaucho for providing delicious canapes, to The Alcohol Free Drinks Company for the non alcoholic fizz on arrival, to TRIB3 fitness for prizes and competitions, and also to Spirit Sisters for bringing us beautiful corporate gift ideas AND free gin and tonics from Leeds 1893 Gin.
Thankyou to Fowler & Powell and Sett Mortgages for bringing a lot of helpful advice on the property market and first time buying.
Thankyou to Clean Kitchen for providing healthy lunch alternatives and delicious samples to try. To The Lowecal for providing a pay as you feel bar, with their zero carbs, zero sugar lager, which proved to be a hit, thankyou so much!
Thankyou to Randyman Productions and Love Leeds Events for showcasing their DJ'ing and live entertainment. Thankyou to Tim Pickford and Charlton Morris' Harris and Louise for providing the amazing music.
Thankyou so much to the team at Charlton Morris for letting us use their beautiful office space, it was amazing!
Last but not least, thankyou to everyone who attended, we loved meeting you and seeing everyone socialising and networking, making new contacts and for supporting the charity by buying raffle tickets and drinks at the pay as you feel bar, we're so grateful for your support!
WINCHESTER CHRISTMAS MARKET ON BEHALF OF THE HOMEMADE BROWNIE COMPANY
Voted one of the best Christmas Markets in the UK, we were super excited to be asked to help The Homemade Brownie Company in their Christmas Chalet and what a fun few days we had!
So much festiveness in the air.....from the setting with the beautiful cathedral in the background, to the chalets, the mulled wine and roasted chestnuts, mistletoe, live bands and school choirs, it definitely made us feel festive!
We loved being a part of this and being able to help out, manning the stall for 3 days, sampling and selling....resulting in them having the best midweek sales they'd had! We love doing our face-to-face sales! As well as the selling, we gained really useful feedback from customers, all loving the fact the brownies are gluten free as well as the vegan options, and posting on our socials throughout.
Thank you to The Homemade Brownie Company for having us along for this very merry Christmas Market!
KNARESBOROUGH CHRISTMAS MARKET
ON BEHALF OF DECORRUM
One of our favourite Christmas Markets in North Yorkshire, we applied for and secured a stall at the very festive Knaresborough Market for Decorrum honey spiced rum.
With over 100 stalls, food, drink, independent and exciting new brands, music, bands, carol singing and a firework display, we loved being a part of this market....and the results say the customers did too.....from selling, sampling and generally doing our sales thing.....we sold out on the first day!!!
A lovely market and we thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this, thank you to Decorrum for letting us get them into this market and promote and sell their product at this wonderful Christmas market.
SIMON ON THE STREETS CHRISTMAS CORPORATE SOCIAL, TATTU, LEEDS
Tattu.....wow! We love Tattu but with their snow scene for Christmas.....even more beautiful!
Holding the Christmas Corporate Social on their stunning mezzanine level, with lots of familiar faces but also lots of new contacts which was great to see, it was so much fun.
We were treated to welcome drinks, beautiful asian inspired canapes and the sounds of Tim Pickford on the acoustic guitar, a lovely ambience to the last Corporate social of the year.
Thank you to Tattu for having us, and to everyone who joined us!
SIMON ON THE STREETS STARLIGHT BALL, QUEENS HOTEL, LEEDS
After the success of the Sleepout, we were asked to organise Simon on the Street's Starlight Ball and we absolutely loved being able to do this.
From the welcome drinks and Choir in the Grand entrance singing Christmas carols and festive songs, through to the live pianist, Beth Ibbotson in the bar area singing Christmas classics, and later we had the amazing CB3 Trio playing pop classics and Tim Pickford on saxophone and Randyman productions on percussion and DJ, we were spoilt with entertainment to get us in the festive mood.
We also had a silent auction which included amazing prizes with experiences, trips, sports memorabilia, and lots more.
A delicious 3 course Christmas dinner was served, before lots of dancing ensued.
Thank you to Elliott Benson and Sett Mortgages for sponsoring the event, Dale Bartleson of YO1 Radio for compering the night, all the businesses who donated amazing raffle prizes, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Leeds for joining us with their table and to the Lord Mayor for saying grace, and of course everyone who joined us for the night, it certainly got us in the festive mood!
LEEDS CRAFT AND FOOD MARKET, BRIGGATE, LEEDS
ON BEHALF OF DECORRUM
Working on behalf of our clients, Decorrum, we applied for, booked and worked at the Leeds Craft and Food Market on the main street of Leeds, Briggate.
Applying for a TEN licence, filling out the application form, setting up the stall and selling on the day. We had a great day, receiving positive feedback for our client Decorrum from customers face to face as well as upselling some customers to 2 bottles, we sold out an hour before the end of the market!
DECORRUM TAKEOVER, P A S T E L, LEEDS
Proposing the idea, planning, organising and implementing the Decorrum takeover was such a fun event for Lets Market. Well known in Manchester, being stocked in some of its most prestigious venues including Gotham, The Lowry and Peaky Blinders, we wanted to invite some of the owners and managers of the most reputable bars and restaurants in Leeds along to try the multi-award winning honey spiced rum.
We organised the venue, the beautiful P A S T E L, the entertainment, with sax and bongos as well as a bar full of people, this was a great night with the result being customers loved the cocktails made and Decorrum are now in talks with independent spirit shops, retailers, bars and restaurants in Leeds.
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SOCIAL, HONEST BURGERS, LEEDS
After joining us at the Big Sleepout, we couldn't wait to go back and try some more burgers and onion rings with some of our contacts at the Honest Burgers corporate social.
A lovely group joined us for welcome drinks, burger bites, onion rings and their delicious and very moreish rosemary salted chips in a lovely restaurant with a great bar area.
Thank you Honest Burgers for having us!
SIMON ON THE STREETS BIG SLEEPOUT, LEEDS
Lets Market were privileged to organise The Big Sleepout for Simon on the Streets in October.
The event aimed to raise awareness of the increasing issues faced by those rough sleeping, sofa surfing and at risk of homelessness in our region.
For every participant taking part, Simon on the Streets' incredible sponsors, Dusk, the online homeware retailer, based in Leeds, donated brand new bedding to accommodation in the city which helps house the vulnerable and homeless.
Over 150 people slept out under the stars and we organised tea and coffee provided by D&D London, delicious burgers, rosemary chips and onion rings from Honest Burgers, entertainment including sax by Tim Pickford, percussion and DJ by Randyman Productions, an interactive quiz from Kwizzbit and bacon sandwiches in the morning courtesy of RRT. Participants were asked to aim to raise £100 sponsorship for taking part with all proceeds raised going to Simon on the Streets.
With over £29,000 raised, Lets Market are very proud to have organised this event. Fay even slept out and took part, and raised £1070 towards the overall amount.
What a privilege to be a part of!
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SOCIAL, ANGELICA, LEEDS
Thank you to the team at D&D London for hosting us at the beautiful, stylish, sixth-floor restaurant with terrace.....Angelica!
A great night with lots of business contacts, welcome drinks, delicious canapes, raffle with some great prizes up for grabs and lots of opportunities to network all overlooking the skyline of Leeds in beautiful surroundings and with amazing cocktails.
BAVARIAN THEMED SOCIAL, ALPINE SUITE, PRYZM LEEDS
We loved our Bavarian themed Social...
A cosy Bavarian feel in the beautiful Alpine lodge at Pryzm Leeds - a hidden gem and perfect for all your Autumn and Winter get togethers. A log cabin in the heart of Leeds!
We had Pretzels, Bratwurst, sauerkraut and German beer alongside Oktoberfest music and sax player.
Thank you to Kelsie and the team at Pryzm for looking after us, we absolutely loved the room and will definitely be back for cosy Christmas and Bavarian feels! Thank you to everyone who joined us, a lovely group as usual with lots of new contacts made and familiar faces.
SIMON ON THE STREETS CORPORATE SOCIAL, GRAND PACIFIC, LEEDS
Simon on the Street's Corporate Socials to come at the stunning Grand Pacific.
We invited friends, supporters, trustees, CEO's and our corporate sponsors down for some beatiful food, drinks and to find out more about the amazing charity and the tireless work they do.
Simon on the Street's CEO, Natalie Moran, spoke passionately and we were joined by 2 outreach workers who gave an insight into the every day life of rough sleepers and homelessness.
We were delighted with the outcome and had some great conversations with some fantastic businesses about sponsorship, events and volunteering.
Thank you to the wonderful team at Grand Pacific and to everyone who took the time out to join us.
BUSINESS SOCIAL,
P A S T E L, LEEDS
P A S T E L.......beautiful bar + beautiful people + bongos = fantastic evening of conversations and definitely a few amazing cocktails....
It was great to catch up with familiar faces and were over the moon to welcome lots of new faces which is ultimately what networking is about.
Thank you to Lesley Dutton from Virgin Money talking about her lovely co working, office and events space right in the centre of Leeds (definitely go check it out).
And of course the entertainment from the very talented Randolph Robinson and Caroline Heelbeck of Love Leeds Events with a brilliant start to their speech...entering playing bongos!
Thank you to the team at P A S T E L for looking after us, some of the best cocktails going and such a beautiful venue.
From financial services, hospitality, construction, car dealerships, entrepreneurs, office space, banking, solicitors, retail to name a few...what a great blend of people all under one roof. Great to see people meeting and chatting for the first time, swapping business cards.
We've said this many times before, it's not about quantity, it's about quality....there's no bigger asset to your business than your network.
BUSINESS SOCIAL,
MANAHATTA, YORK
We always have fun when we visit York and Manahatta was no exception - we had our friends at YO1 Radio join us and carry out interviews thoughout the night with brilliant publicity for our guests.
We tried our hand at shaking and making cocktails in their cocktail masterclass....and we had the amazing Alex Johnson of Face Paint York giving us all temporary tattoos...some of which may become permanent as they were so good!
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the evening, thank you to Wayne Chadwick and Dale Bartleson of YO1 Radio, Alex Johnson of Face Paint York and Holly Atkinson and the team at Manahatta for looking after us all night!
MAYOR'S PARLOUR & BANQUETING SUITE,
MORLEY TOWN HALL
What a brilliant social in Morley, thank you to the Mayor of Morley, Councillor Oliver Newton for asking us to be involved and help support this social.
It was a great night, with lots of businesses and influential contacts from the local community coming together at the beautiful Morley Town Hall.
With £24 million worth of investment secured in projects to transform the town and new businesses, startups and opportunities appearing in Morley, it's such an exciting time..we can't wait to see what the future holds for this town!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, REVOLUCIÓN DE CUBA, LEEDS
Shot limbo at a social?!! It's a new one that went down well with our City & Suburb Guests at our June City Social at Revolucion de Cuba in Leeds.
A lovely night at the Cuban themed venue, with Cuban tapas, frozen strawberry daiquiris, a latino band and shot limbo, as well as happy hour discounts all evening.....we had a great time going Cuban!
Thank you to everyone who came along on the evening, it was a great mix of some of our amazing regular City & Suburbs guests, one celebrating their birthday with us which we loved (he had no choice but to enjoy the shot limbo a few times!), some new faces, and some lovely contacts who had never been networking before who said they'd definitely be back, a great night! It was lovely to hear some of our guests are now working together too, from meeting at our previous event at The Canary....this is what we love to do - connect, introduce and encourage partnerships and collaborations!
¡Gracias a todos! ¡Hasta pronto!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, IMPOSSIBLE YORK
After the success of our York launch at Revolution, we were so excited to come back to the beautiful city, and York....you didn't disappoint! What an amazing social at Impossible in their beautiful Wonderbar.....an amazing room which influenced the interiors of the Titanic and based inside the Grade II listed Terry's Chocolate Orange building....a beautiful and historic place.
A brilliant atmosphere, we were so pleased to be joined by the fabulous Dale Bartleson and YO1 Radio, who were carrying out interviews and videos with local businesses at the event. Not only this, but we were joined by the amazing Decorrum Rum, giving out goody bags with their brand new and delicious Spiced Rum.
Delicious canapes from Impossible including roast beef and mashed potato and mini quiches, we will definitely be back to taste their main menu!
A brilliant vibe from our lovely York City & Suburbs guests, a brilliant sense of community and wanting to help each other....we can't wait to welcome you back to our next social!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, NEIGHBOURHOOD LEEDS
Neighbourhood, the New York-inspired bar with trendsetting cocktails and global inspired sharing menu, which we were lucky enough to try. We were treated to their delicious sushi and also a nod to Jubilee with Pimm's.
It was lovely to see so many of our friends and familiar faces as well as lots of new contacts meeting and connecting.
Thank you to the team at Neighbourhood for providing such a great venue with amazing food and drinks. Thank you to Elliott Benson of Sett Mortgages for speaking in the 5 minute spotlight, he is the man to see if you are thinking of buying your first house or remortgaging. We also heard from Natalie and Tracey from Simon on the Streets, thank you for giving us an insight into the wonderful work the Charity does in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield.
BUSINESS SOCIAL,
REVOLUTION YORK
YORK!!! What a night!!
Brilliant first social in York at Revolution.
It was sooo nice to meet so many great contacts and a mix of businesses from the thriving business community in York and it's surroundings. We loved our first event in the beautiful city and can't wait to come back next month....keep your eyes peeled for upcoming dates!
Massive thank you to Revolution for hosting us, providing lovely canapes, amazing cocktails and for letting us have a go at making our own.
Big shoutout and thank you to Dale Bartleson of YO1 Radio for giving a brilliant speech too!
Thank you to everyone who came and joined us, it was so good to meet you, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
BUSINESS SOCIAL,
GUSTO, COOKRIDGE
What a beautiful business social....
We met some truly fantastic people at our Suburbs Business social at Gusto Italian Cookridge.
We met an amazing content writing agency, amazing charity, restaurant owner, academic, business owner and some great hardworking professionals.
We really enjoy our Suburbs socials, firstly because we get to meet amazing people that can't make it to the City and secondly, we get the opportunity to build something special together.
A massive thank you to all our new friends and contacts, and a big shout out to Gusto for the amazing food!
BUSINESS SHOWCASE,
2-WORK, LEEDS CITY CENTRE
What an amazing night we had bringing lots of different businesses together with lots of activities, food, drink and pop ups as well as lots of networking!
An evening to celebrate amazing Businesses in Leeds City centre and the Suburbs, in an amazing space connecting likeminded people.
From goody bags full of offers and treats, welcome drinks on arrival by Arc Inspirations, delicious pizza provided by Gusto Italian, amazing cocktails by Northern Shakers, Gin and Tonics to celebrate the launch of Leeds' newest Gin Leeds 1893 with Spirit Sisters, a pop up stall by Clean Kitchen, Games with prizes from Flight club and TRIB3 Fitness, fashion pop up from The Revelry Collective and Health and Wellbeing from The Brighter Diaries.....so much going on!
We also had a raffle with amazing prizes to support our Charity Partner for the evening, Yorkshire's Brain Tumour Charity and raised a fantastic £370 towards the charity and support they provide.
Thank you to everyone that came along on the night, to 2-Work for hosting us in their amazing co-working space, all the businesses that had stands and showcased with us and everyone who bought raffle tickets to support Yorkshire's Brain Tumour Charity.
BUSINESS SOCIAL,
EIGHTEEN90, MORLEY
Our Suburb Business social was such fun in Morley...
It's such an exciting time for the Town at the moment with all the investment, new businesses and opportunities that are happening. We are so excited to be putting on Business socials at such an exciting time.
We met some truly amazing Business owners, people and even the Deputy Mayor.
We want to thank Rachael Kennedy for such an insightful and amazing talk about all things Morley and their amazing plans for the future.
We want to thank Eighteen90 and the team for having us and of course we want to say thank you to everyone that came along to the social in Morley, was great to see you all!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, CANARY BAR, LEEDS CITY CENTRE
Thankyou to everyone that came along for our 'City' social at the amazing Canary Bar....We loved the Terrace and we think everyone else did seen as we were out there all night!
So many lovely people, some of which we are pleased to call our friends, some which we are just meeting, but all lovely.
We had craft beer, wine and the lovely Imogen Froggatt from Leeds Folk Magazine talking about the exciting new Leeds Magazine and their launch party.
The water taxi went down well with the best way to arrive at a social...with Skipper Simon at the helm.
Thanks to everyone who came along to join us at the Canary!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, NUMBER 8 COCKTAIL BAR, MEANWOOD
What a great atmosphere at our 'Suburb' Business Social, with lots of different businesses at the very cool Number 8 Cocktail Bar, Meanwood.
We had amazing cocktails made by the very talented James and Jess, as well as delicious pizza from local favourites, Culto! Our guest speakers, Meanwood Valley Partnership told us about their projects for the year including Window Wonderland, the Junction and Meanwood Festival 2022 and Meanwood Radio took us in to the night with their DJ set, with most people staying later than the social!
Thank you to everyone who joined us!
BUSINESS SOCIAL, DIRTY MARTINI, LEEDS CITY CENTRE
Thankyou to everyone that came to the beautiful Dirty Martini and made the evening such an amazing success.
It was great to see people out and about, sharing ideas, shaking hands, hugging, laughing, smiling and connecting.
Congratulations to Carey for winning the rose Bollinger in our prize draw.
With amazing cocktails, lots of new connections, a Business card prize draw, what a great night we had!
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