The line-up for this year's Yorkshire International Business Convention has been finalised and includes a host of big names.

The keynote speaker at the event, which is being held at The Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate, is Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York,

Martin Bashir, the award-winning journalist who recently hit the headlines with his Michael Jackson interview, will also be speaking at the event on June 6.

Satirical impressionist Rory Bremner, who opened the first ever convention eight years ago, will make his fifth return visit to the show. Digby Jones, wo since January 2000 has been director general of the CBI, will also speak at the event, along with Miles Hilton-Barber.

Mr Hilton-Barber, 54, has climbed the highest mountain in Africa, walked across the Sahara Desert in temperatures of up to 120 degrees, hot-air ballooned over the Nevada Desert, abseiled off tower blocks and raced a 200kph sports car around Malaysia's Sepang Grand Prix circuit - despite being totally blind for the past 20 years.

Convention organiser Mike Firth said: "Everyone of our speakers will challenge, inform, inspire and above all entertain the delegates, and that blend of speakers is ultimately what the convention is all about.''