Business diary.

Friday, October 2: Novus Young Professional networking lunch takes place at Oddfellows, in Bridge Street, Chester, at 12pm and costs pounds 27.50. The speaker will be Jay Williams, cofounder of press agency 72 Point, who will be talking about how to get national PR coverage. To book, call 01244 330000.

Monday, October 5: The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, together with the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and market experts Copernicus, are having a Netherlands International Business Day. Companies can receive a free 45-minute individual consultation to explore the opportunities within this market. To book, contact Elena Enciso on 0151 227 1234.

Tuesday, October 6: The next 1stuesday breakfast event is at 7.45am at Foodini Restaurant, The Heath Business and Technical Park, Runcorn. It is free to Halton Chamber members and pounds 10 for non-members. To book, contact Nicola Holland on 01928 516142 or e-mail [e-mail]. Wednesday, October 7: A seminar will go through the process of taking an idea to market, from initial concept, design and development, to creating a hit seller in the market. The event will look at a variety of case studies, including examples from the biomedical and medical devices sector. The free event is at ic2, at Liverpool Science Park, from 4pm-6.30pm. To register, visit tinyurl.com/ideatomarket A Champagne reception to mark the Liverpool launch of Heritage Capital Investment is being held at Liverpool's Hard Day's Night Hotel from 6pm. The group has adapted a property investment model to allow anybody with as little as pounds 1,000 to access to the investment opportunities offered by the residential property market. To attend, contact Gill Torres on 07764 487 284 or e-mail [e-mail]. TO GET details of any of your forthcoming diary events included in this section of LDP Business, e-mail [e-mail]