Arts&Culture Stage is set for next phase of city's Eurovision 2023 bid Senior councillors in Leeds will next week be asked to give the green light to the latest stage of the city’s bid to host the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. A special meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board will take place on Monday, September 5, to discuss plans By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Flourishing Ripon farm services opens new Malton depot Ripon Farm Services (RFS), one of the leading agricultural machinery suppliers in the UK, has moved into a new depot at the 30-acre Eden Business Park near Malton. RFS has taken possession of a high-quality 22,000 sq ft building at the multi-million pound business park, which is located immediately By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leading refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler secures 10-year lease The UK’s longest established refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler, Dean & Wood, has agreed a ten-year lease on a newly refurbished Towngate PLC property near central Leeds. The company has a long heritage in offering quality, reliability, and market-leading refrigeration and air conditioning brands including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Danfoss, By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink New bar set to bring music, cocktails, and good vibes to New Briggate New Briggate has welcomed brand-new independent bar, Delirium and Revelry. Delirium & Revelry is now open, promising the people of Leeds inventive cocktails, eclectic music, and vintage-inspired interiors with a modern spin. The bar is located at the Grand Arcade, just next door to Brotherhood and on the doorstep of By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Sheffield nurse takes to the water for charity A Stocksbridge nurse will take on a gruelling open water swim in support of a Chapeltown-based rare disease charity. Iain Armstrong, a nurse consultant at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital’s Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, will tackle the ‘Swim Serpentine’ challenge in London’s Hyde Park on Saturday 17 September. He By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Cleanology moves into Leeds in major new expansion drive Award-winning commercial and office cleaning contractor Cleanology is bringing its sustainable and ethical approach from London to Leeds. After 20 years servicing the capital, and nearly 10 years in Manchester, Cleanology is forging ahead in Leeds. Now working in 14 cities across the UK, national clients include a well-known electric By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Beverley Building Society appoints new chief financial officer Beverley Building Society has announced Christopher White as its new chief financial officer, subject to regulatory approval. Christopher takes up the position at the Beverley after Janet Bedford, who previously held the position, was promoted to the role of Society chief executive. Christopher, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Future-focused plans to develop digital campus for Barnsley town centre community Bold new plans to transform Barnsley’s landmark digital business district into a smart and sustainable urban village for the 21st century have been unveiled. The Seam digital campus in Barnsley town centre - home to two Digital Media Centres and Barnsley College’s SciTech building – is already established as By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Yorkshire tech start-up hosts global industry leaders at first-of-a-kind Digital Twin Consortium From September 27-29, 2022, Slingshot Simulations, a decision intelligence software-as-a-service (SaaS) Leeds, UK-based tech start-up is hosting the first ever Digital Twin Consortium meeting to be held outside of the United States. The Digital Twin Consortium is the global authority in ‘Digital Twin Technology’- synchronised virtual representations of real-world By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Poet to launch Ilkley Literature Festival Tickets are now on sale for the Ilkley Literature Festival, which runs 7- 23 October 2022. The ‘Bard of Barnsley’ Ian McMillan will open the 2022 festival on Friday 7 October. Ian will talk on his new book, My Sand Life, My Pebble Life: A memoir of a childhood and By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture East 59th puts the Art in Party Leeds’s venue East 59th is putting a whole new meaning on get messy, teaming up with Paint Away Events to put the art in party. Sip and Paint at East 59th, Leeds’s coolest rooftop restaurant, bar and terrace from 2pm – 6pm on Sunday 11th September, when the venue By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshire businesses seek funding for growth, despite economic climate Nearly half of mid-sized businesses in Yorkshire will seek funding for growth in the next 12 to 17 months, despite the current economic climate. According to BDO’s Rethinking the Economy survey, 48% of companies in the region intend to look for investment by the end of 2023, with 42% By The Editor • 1 min read
