Representatives of businesses across the Bradford district will be at the city's Cathedral on Monday when a festival to celebrate the success of the area's commerce is held.

The service will be led by the Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David James, and a host of products and services produced locally will be on display.

They range from bonnets made for premature babies to car graphics, Asian foods to components for nuclear particle accelerators. Denise McIlroy, of Pica Pica in Thornton Road, Thornton, will also be displaying her three-foot high papier mache cats.

Sandy Needham, chief executive of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, said the service was the first of its kind in the country.

"The first week back to work after the holiday, when business is swinging back into action, is the perfect time," she said.

"The service will give thanks for the immense wealth of talent and hard work in the district. In the Chamber we see so many fascinating and successful businesses - we wanted others to know what is going on."

The service, open to people of all faiths, starts at 6pm.