An East Yorkshire business networking group is celebrating after setting a number of records.

Its performance has earned the Beverley branch of Business Network International (BNI) top slot in the organisation's Yorkshire and Lincolnshire league table.

The group has set records for business referrals, the number of visitors attending events and the number of businesses applying to join.

In the past year, membership has swelled from 19 to 29 and the meeting venue has moved to Beverley Racecourse.

BNI allows only one person from each trade or profession to join one of its groups.

Over the past six months, the Beverley group has passed more than 800 business referrals between its members, who are on track to generate more than £300,000 of business for each other this year.

The performance has placed the group in the top 10 of BNI groups across the UK.

Helen Bissett, membership co-ordinator, said the group's success was down to being run like a business, by setting goals and achieving results.

She said: "All of our members make a commitment when they join to actively participate in seeking referrals for other members.

"Each week, members come ready to make a contribution to the meeting in the form of a business referral, testimonial or a confirmed visitor."

The group meets every Thursday and is looking for people in trades including painters and decorators, garden landscapers, event management and florists.