Business Scarborough Specsavers invests £20,000 into cutting-edge optical technology and store revamp Directors at Scarborough Specsavers have invested £20,000 into the store, to provide higher-grade optical technology for customers in the region and to accommodate for post-lockdown demand. Earlier in the year, the store invested in new 3D scanning OCT machine, to help support the community’s eye health, which has By The Editor • 1 min read
National Catch up with a fantastic season of fascinating and inspirational stories Got 45 minutes? Haven't had the chance to catch all our podcast episodes just yet? Join us and the likes of Judy Murray, Jah Wobble and Tim Henman as we round-up our best podcast moments from season one. In this bonus episode of Ventur Further, we bring you By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Wakefield College pays tribute to wartime nurse Mary Seacole Wakefield College is paying homage to a little-known historical figure by renaming its Advanced Skills and Innovation Centre building. The newly named Mary Seacole Building, based at the College’s City Campus and home to the University Centre at Wakefield College (UCW), recently saw new external signage unveiled to mark By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Kirklees College raises thousands in support of Motor Neurone Disease he Kirklees College Health and Social Care department has raised over £2,000 in aid of Motor Neurone Disease as part of its annual Christmas Extravaganza event. The event was part of the college’s wider fundraising efforts for the Good for Me, Good for FE campaign which promotes fundraising By The Editor • 1 min read
Health Sheffield gardening charity partners with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Grow, a Sheffield based youth development charity, has recently received funding through the RHS Flourish Fund to promote access to horticulture. Grow Gardeners is a paid work experience and training programme aimed at unemployed young people who are at risk of long-term unemployment due to mental ill-health and other barriers By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Heald shortlisted at the Outstanding Security Performance Awards 2022 Heald Ltd, the Yorkshire based manufacturer of hostile vehicle mitigation systems that protect some of the world’s most high profile buildings from vehicle attacks, has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer category at the Outstanding Security Performance Awards 2022 (OSPAs). From their HQ in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink First look inside Leeds’ hottest new venue, Canal Club Granary Wharf has just added a brand-new café bar and club to its central Leeds waterfront location, further extending its reputation as one of the city’s premier entertainment hot spots. Canal Club is now open, promising to be the go-to place for fantastic live entertainment, exceptional food and inventive By The Editor • 2 min read
Business New client wins fuel significant team growth at Social After a fifth year of sustained growth at the Yorkshire & East office of integrated communications agency Social, the award-winning team has announced two promotions and three new starters at its base in Leeds. With a strong background in PR and journalism, Rosie Wilson was welcomed to Social earlier in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Bradford nursery group sold to Kids Planet Bradford-based Kinder Haven has been sold to Kids Planet, one of largest nursery groups in the country, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2002 by husband-and-wife team, Darren and Danielle Dixon, Kinder Haven has steadily grown via an organic development strategy and, today, comprises nine high-quality children’s day nurseries. By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Ripon Farm services open new depot in Malton Ripon Farm Services (RFS), one of the leading agricultural machinery suppliers in the UK, is to open a new depot at the flourishing 30-acre Eden Business Park near Malton RFS has just received planning permission for a high-quality 22,000 sq ft building at the multi-million pound business park, which By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Optometrist recognised as Covid Hero at leading industry awards Mirfield-based optometrist Paul Ratcliffe has won the COVID Hero award at the industry’s prestigious Optician Awards 2021. Paul, who works for leading domiciliary eye and hearing care provider OutsideClinic, received the award in recognition of his efforts to keep patients and colleagues safe during the pandemic. When the spread By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Fundraising builders raise the roof for Skipton charity A kind hearted construction firm is helping to give much-needed respite holidays to disadvantaged children and their families, thanks to a four-figure donation to Skipton charity, The Principle Trust. Jackson Jackson and Sons, who are currently carrying out a 120-property re-roofing project in Skipton and Gargrave on behalf of Yorkshire By The Editor • 1 min read
