With more than 170 members, York Professionals is an established and trusted voice of the city's professional services community.

Founded in 2001, the original aim of York Professionals was for York to be recognised as a leading centre for business and enterprise, with a professional services sector that drives innovation, investment, and economic growth.

Today, we continue to strive to promote that vision, by putting York’s commercial community at the forefront of our activities. York is now recognised as one of the region's leading centres for business and technology, supported by a thriving and influential professional services community that continues to shape the city's success.

Clear priorities

Our priorities are clear: to deliver our vision, champion York's professional services sector, and help shape the city's business agenda to support sustainable economic growth.

We achieve this by promoting the expertise and value of our members, creating meaningful connections that generate opportunities, and working closely with key partners to ensure our members have access to the people, networks, and decision-makers that matter most.

York Professionals Board
Brainkind

Shared expertise

York is home to an exceptional breadth of knowledge, skills, experience and expertise. One of our key roles is to create opportunities for members to learn from one another, helping individuals and teams develop new skills, share ideas and build valuable connections.

That's why York Professionals membership is company-wide. When your organisation joins, anyone in your team can attend our events, giving you the flexibility to choose who will benefit most from each event throughout the year. Whether it's developing technical expertise, building leadership skills or expanding professional networks, your whole team can make the most of your membership.

Here are just a few of the reasons why people become - and remain - York Professionals members:

We've been proud members of York Professionals for the past few years and were absolutely delighted to be chosen as Charity of the Year 2025. Through the generosity and support of The York Professionals community, almost £6,000 was raised for our charity. Just as important, our association with this incredible organisation has helped raise our profile, introduce new supporters and put us firmly on the map.

Tracy Calcraft

Head of Fundraising, Brainkind

Begbies Traynor have been a member of York Professionals for over 10 years, and our membership has been incredibly beneficial to the business. We really value the informal and welcoming nature of the organisation, which has helped expand our network across the city and build many valuable business connections.

James Crawford

Senior Insolvency Manager, Begbies Traynor

York Professionals is a valuable network that brings together an incredible pool of talent, showcasing the very best of York's professional services community. The opportunities to connect, collaborate and build meaningful relationships make membership truly worthwhile.

Michelle Mook

Managing Director, Pro-Development (UK) Ltd

As a college and university centre, through membership of York Professionals, our external partnerships team has created fantastic opportunities to promote internships, work placements and apprenticeships, building valuable long-term relationships with key businesses in the city. The network has been an invaluable way of strengthening links between education and the business economy.

Sue Newton-Denton

Business Partnerships Manager, York College & University Centre