As the cultural, commercial, legal and financial hub of West Yorkshire, Leeds is second only to London in the scale of its business scene.  It’s difficult to imagine nowadays that the original name of Leeds – ‘Loidis’ – actually derives from the area of forest that originally covered this region.  As time passed, the focus of this name became more specific, with the name morphing into Leodis, Ledes, and eventually the name with which we are familiar today, the city of Leeds. In 1207, a small town grew alongside a river crossing that linked the church and the corn mills. Through this town ran a new road that was known…