Members of the Institute of Directors North Yorkshire gathered for their annual Burns Night Dinner at Rudding Park, Harrogate.

The themed evening is always a popular event bringing together business leaders over drinks and dinner.

The event was co-hosted by Charles Runcie, former head of BBC Sport and Natalie Sykes, IoD regional director, with music from Ellie Coast.

Classically themed to mark the birthday of the Scottish bard, Robert Burns, guests acknowledged that ‘Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race’ with pipes sounding and a glass raised to the coming year in business.