Miles Templeman, Director General of the Institute of Directors (IoD), will meet some of the region's emerging and entrepreneurial business leaders at an event in Nottingham next week which recognises the high value of education and industry links.

Nottingham Business School, part of Nottingham Trent University and the University's enterprise centre, The Hive, home to many successful new business ventures, will be visited by Miles Templeman on Thursday 5 May. He will have discussions with Nottingham Trent University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Neil Gorman, other business experts and students.

Miles Templeman will be at Nottingham Trent University to officially launch the IoD's new city centre East Midlands Regional Office base in the Nottingham Conference Centre, housed in the University's Newton Building. He and the IoD's East Midlands Chairman, Peter Fothergill will also host a regional business lunch.

Ron Lynch, IoD East Midlands Regional Director, commented: "We are now part of a thriving university community which also offers our members modern business facilities and an executive lounge. It is a further link between business and education, which is so important to us and the growth of the regional economy."

Several Nottingham Business School students will meet the Director General to discuss how their activities are making an impact in the business community. They will also be guests at the lunch with Lucy Herreras-Griffiths, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Chair of the IoD's proactive Young Directors' Forum. Lucy is a Graphic Design graduate from Nottingham Trent University and co-founder of KuKu Apps.

Professor Neil Gorman said; "At Nottingham Trent University we work with over 6,000 employers globally and maintain mutually beneficial relationships. Not only do our students gain valuable experience from access to these companies, but they in turn can access our expertise through the consultancy work we provide. These sorts of two-way relationships between universities and businesses are vital and so we're very pleased to be building on this with the IoD and welcoming them into the University."