POPULAR NEWS THIS WEEK
TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL
Handshake report highlights tough graduate jobs market, offers tech powered solution
A new report from Handshake shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting graduates’ ability to find jobs, and for SMEs to find graduate...
YPS Spring Into Business In Brighouse
Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS), the UK leaders in flexible wrapping solutions, have embarked on a new and exciting chapter as they opened a state-of-the-art...
MARKETING & PR
Digital marketing specialist appoints four new staff in response to demand
Yorkshire integrated digital marketing specialist, Fishtank Agency, has appointed four employees to support the ongoing demand for its services as businesses seek to enhance...
VOODOO casts spell over national pizza restaurant to secure significant mobile...
A Huddersfield-based mobile communications specialist has secured a significant slice of the bulk SMS messaging market after being awarded the exclusive contract to deliver...
MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRY
The Vita Group signals further investment with the launch of Accrington...
The Vita Group, Europe’s leading flexible foam solutions provider, has unveiled its fourth innovation hub with the launch of its new Innovation Centre in...
Think Hire announces a new collaboration with EV3 Power to provide...
Leading UK plant hire company, Think Hire, are pleased to announce a major collaboration with environmental energy providers EV3 Power. The partnership will allow construction sites to access fully environmentally friendly plant
STARTUPS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Darlington business owner sponsors adorable Guide Dogs pup Selsey
Meet Selsey, the six-week-old Guide Dog puppy which is being officially sponsored by a Darlington business owner.
Derek Lancaster, who runs oven valeting company Ovenu...
National Gas Centre for Excellence opens with aim of driving up...
The National Gas Centre for Excellence (NGCFE) has opened its doors to tackle the national shortage in qualified heating engineers.
Managing director Michael Hunt said...
PROPERTY & CONSTRUCTION
Historic Bradford city-centre school building up for auction
Glyde House, a grade II listed 19th century former chapel school designed by one of Bradford’s most renowned firms of architects, is due to...
Continued growth for NSS as it bolsters senior team
BGF-backed specialist services provider - NSS - has reported a 20% increase in revenues following a series of significant contract wins across the facilities...
FINANCE & INVESTMENTS
Corporate finance specialist Ben Bradley promoted at HURST
A corporate finance specialist at north west accounting and business advisory firm HURST has been promoted to associate partner.
Ben Bradley joined HURST as a graduate trainee in September 2011 following a 12-month university placement.
B-Compliant expands consultancy team
Manchester-based B-Compliant is strengthening its team of financial specialists with the appointment of two compliance consultants with more than 50 years’ combined experience.
BUSINESS EVENTS
ConferenceLeeds joins forces with English Core Cities to create the Hybrid...
ConferenceLeeds, the conferencing bureau for the city of Leeds, is joining forces with seven other English Core Cities to come together in a UK...
Leeds event company reacts to the lockdown exit plan
Leeds based AYRE Event Solutions reacts to the government announcement of the plan to ease lockdown restrictions and what this means for the events...
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Seriös Group eyes expansion with recruitment drive
Seriös Group is embarking on a new scale-up strategy after it exceeded its first-year revenue forecast, which includes the creation of new jobs.
The Newcastle-based...
Cartime wins top industry award for second year running
Cartime, which has showrooms in both Bury and Rochdale, has been announced as Car Supermarket of the Year in the Motor Trader Independent Dealer Awards for the second consecutive year.
Bramhall care home receives NHS award
The team at New Care’s Bramhall Manor care centre on Robins Lane in Bramhall has received a special Making a Difference award from Stockport...
LEISURE TIME
Salford Distillery raise £600 for ‘So Let’s Talk’ as the hospitality...
Salford’s SIS4ERS DISTILLERY have raised more than £600 for So Let’s Talk through the sales of its limited edition ‘Home at Ten’ gin.
Launched in...
Bannatyne Darlington Hotel opens doors to support key workers
The Bannatyne Hotel in Darlington opened its doors on March 1st to provide accommodation for key workers and essential travellers.
The hotel will offer Covid-safe...
FOOD & DRINK
Hundreds of jobs saved as Yorkshire-based Fazenda restaurant chain bought out...
Julian Pitts and Bob Maxwell of Begbies Traynor in Leeds were appointed joint administrators of City District Limited, which trades as the Fazenda Rodizio...
Kingsland Drinks enhances bag-in-box capabilities with six-figure investment
Kingsland Drinks has announced plans to boost its bag-in-box wine capabilities in 2021 with a six-figure investment in additional production line machinery that will...
RETAIL
LSH Auto rolls out rapid workplace Coronavirus testing
LSH Auto, part of LSH International, one of the largest dealer groups for Mercedes-Benz cars worldwide, has begun offering rapid Covid tests to colleagues...
Vromo partners with Square to offer increased functionality for efficient food...
Restaurant Delivery management software company VROMO has announced that it will be integrating with Square’s point-of-sale and payment-processing platform to offer increased functionality for restaurants that manage their own food delivery process.
THIRD SECTOR & EDUCATION
Female homelessness highlighted ahead of International Women’s Day
Simon on the Streets, a West-Yorkshire homelessness charity is raising awareness of female rough sleepers ahead of International Women’s Day this year.
Hard-pressed charities get lockdown boost on Belle Vue buses
A transport company is giving hard-pressed charities and community groups in Greater Manchester a welcome boost by providing them with £25,000 of free advertising on its buses.
MORE NEWS
New digital broker launch puts customers in control
Manchester’s Wrapper will plug the personal lines e-trading gap with a sophisticated digital-only approach.
CBILS backing helps Notts business deliver 28 million PPE items to support frontline workers...
A Nottinghamshire-based creative agency, which drew on its international export expertise to keep the nation safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, has successfully delivered more...
Was The Budget A Blockbuster For Business?
Now the dust has settled, was it a ‘Budget Bonanza’ or a ‘Budget Buster’ for UK businesses?
21-year-old entrepreneur launches animation and illustration studio
Manchester-based young entrepreneur and animator, Ben Wild, has successfully secured significant investment enabling him to launch Ben Wild Studios.
Ben Wild Studios has been co-founded...
Region’s business leaders react to Rishi Sunak’s budget announcements
The creation of a Treasury North campus in Darlington and the granting of freeport status to Teesside, were among the measures hailed by business...
YFM’s £14m VCT fundraising fully subscribed in just four weeks
Having opened its two managed Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) for non-prospectus top-up offers in early February, YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has announced that they...
R3 responds to the Budget
Eleanor Temple, chair of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings Chambers in, responds to the Chancellor’s Budget...
3D print company set to become a global market leader after raising a further...
A UK company which is on course to become a world leader in the 3D printing industry has raised a further £2.5m after announcing a partnership with a global industry player.
Gateshead based Vertu Motors invests in robot technologies
Vertu Motors has invested in robotic process automation (RPA) to help improve productivity across previously manual data entry processing tasks.
The Group is using RPA...
Skipton care homes supplier acquired by Bunzl
A North Yorkshire business that has been supplying the care home sector for over 20 years has been acquired by Bunzl plc, a FTSE...
