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As China develops, a growing middle class has plenty of disposable income. What was a trickle of Chinese tourists to the UK, has become a flood, 250.000 visited last year. Tapping into this growing market is Yorkshire based company, This Pampered Life. This Pampered Life creates bespoke experience packages for corporate and personal clients. It recently signed a contract to offer its services through the popular We Chat Pay app to Chinese tourists visiting Yorkshire. We Chat Pay is an online platform similar to WhatsApp and is used by over one billion Chinese customers Through the We Chat platform, tourists visiting Yorkshire from China can now purchase experience day packages directly with one click on the We Chat app. This saves them the hassle of currency conversion and time consuming bank transfers. Speaking about this latest exciting development, founder of This Pampered Life, Minoti Parikh said “This comes at the perfect time. It is aligned with our plans to expand internationally. Now with the We Chat pay, we will be able to offer our bespoke experience packages to the tourists from China who can directly book through the app in a hassle free way!” Together WeChat and WeChat Pay will make it far easier for visitors based in China and traveling to Yorkshire to take advantage of this new facility to explore all the unique facets of the region.

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Bromleys Solicitors has renewed and increased its sponsorship of Curzon Ashton FC for the 2018/19 season. The Tameside law firm last season became the official...

Sunderland-based Salamander Pumps, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of shower and domestic water pumps, has appointed Simon Platts as National Account Manager following six successful years in the business.

Sustainable urban developer Citu has appointed Steve Savage, former manufacturing manager at BMW UK, as operations director to oversee the manufacture and construction of its pioneering Climate Innovation District in Leeds’s South Bank and Little Kelham development in Sheffield.

The 300-year legacy of a charitable foundation supporting education in Redcar – which started with the wishes of just one man – is set to continue following a major college merger.

The Executive Insight programme launched by accounting and business advisory firm HURST to help entrepreneurs drive growth in their companies has been shortlisted for a top national award. Executive Insight is a finalist in the mid-tier firm innovation of the year category at the 2018 British Accountancy Awards. HURST launched Executive Insight earlier this year to offer exclusive events and inspiring content to north west entrepreneurs.

With an eye on further global expansion, a new identity for one of the North’s leading search firms has been released today as Hudson James Human Capital and Vitae Selection re-launch the business as Monocle International this month.

The Northumberland Hen Harrier Protection Partnership is delighted to announce that three pairs of hen harriers have managed to successfully nest in Northumberland this...

Two of Hartlepool’s leading businesses have joined forces to support this year’s Moonlight Memory Walk, in aid of Alice House Hospice

A £100,000 flooring superstore has opened in York.

Jacob Hill – a Yorkshire entrepreneur and founder of ex-offender employment specialist Offploy – has urged MPs to be more aware of the need...