Swinton site manager wins first Pride in the Job award

A site manager working at Bellway’s The Brackens development off Campbell Road in Swinton has received a prestigious National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride...

Mercia opens NPIF & CBILS applications to SMEs in the Northern Powerhouse region

Finance provider Mercia is now offering NPIF loans of £100,000 to £750,000 backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).

IGF appoints Adam Bradbury as ABL Business Development Director to support growth in the...

Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a leading independent commercial finance provider, has appointed Adam Bradbury as ABL Business Development Director. Adam joins IGF after two years at BNP Paribas Commercial Finance, as Business Development Manager.

Extra holidays for low carbon travel could devastate small businesses, says Darlington HR expert

The offer of extra holidays to encourage greener travel abroad could be detrimental to SMEs, according to Darlington-based HR2day. The scheme, which is being piloted...

Waddington Street Centre receives makeover ahead of post-lockdown reopening

A makeover project delivered by the developers of Milburngate and North East construction company Tolent at Durham mental health charity, the Waddington Street Centre,...

Active’s Jess is first class

A client support officer at Active Chartered Financial Planners is celebrating after achieving a first-class honours degree at Teesside University. Jessica Armstrong, 25, from Middlesbrough...

Business distress in Sheffield up by 7% amid Government financial measures to reduce covid...

Despite Government initiatives to protect business from the effects of lockdown and the coronavirus, financial problems among Sheffield businesses had increased by 7% to...

Acquisition strategies and the role of private equity

Roshan Puri, Investment Director, YFM Equity Partners: Buy-and-build, roll-up, bolt-on – these sounds more like manufacturing processes than strategies to grow a business. While the...

HW Global appoints RG Corporate Finance to support acquisition strategy

RG Corporate Finance has been appointed by HW Global to support the international executive search firm’s continued growth and acquisition strategy. Launched in 2006, HW...

Law firm hires Yorkshire telecoms specialist

Stephen Sawley – an experienced wayleave professional with more than 20 years’ telecoms sector knowledge – has joined Hampshire-headquartered Trenches Law. He has taken on...