SUNDAY Times Business columnist Luke Johnson was the guest speaker at the latest in EMC Corporate Finance’s hugely popular series of Entrepreneurs’ Question Time evenings.

An audience of more than 60 local businessmen and women were at the Pub du Vin in Brighton to meet and hear from Luke, one of Britain’s most prolific and successful entrepreneurs.

He owns Brighton Palace Pier.

EMC Hovebased director Mike Pay said: “The evening was a tremendous success.

“Luke is not only a top businessman, he is also a brilliant speaker and his obvious passion and support for entrepreneurship was clearly evident in his talk.

“We are most grateful to him for taking time out from his busy schedule to share some of his thoughts and experiences with our audience of mainly local business owners.”

This was the seventh annual Entrepreneurs’ Question Time event organized by EMC, this time in conjunction with private banking and wealth management firm Arbuthnot Latham.

In each case speakers have been people with enviable records of entrepreneurial achievement and business success.