Business Demand soars for student property in Leeds High numbers of students in Leeds have already reserved homes to move into for this summer and in a surprising trend, many are getting in early to reserve the biggest properties, so they can continue living with all the people they shared halls with during lockdown. As a result, 2021 By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Cocktail company creates virtual events in aim to become world’s biggest digital nightclub The award-winning founder of a Leeds-based cocktail company has launched a virtual nightclub in a bid to create the world’s biggest digital night out in. Murdo MacLeod, founder of ten-year old firm Zest Mixology, innovated his firm’s face-to-face event and cocktail services to build a fully equipped HD By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Force24 help Welcome to Yorkshire deliver hyper-personalised customer comms and streamline staff workloads Welcome to Yorkshire has plugged in marketing automation to personalise customer communications, support members during the Covid-19 economic recovery and reduce manually intensive in-house jobs “by 50%”. Pre-pandemic, tourism in Yorkshire was worth a staggering £9 billion to the local economy, including £567 million in international spend, and employed 225, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire manufacturer donates laptops to local school The UK’s leading developer of specialised leak detection and environmental protection systems, Andel, has donated more than 20 laptops to schoolchildren in need of IT equipment to support their homeschooling. Following an upgrade to their systems and equipment, the Yorkshire manufacturer gave 10 laptops and tablets to Marsden Junior By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Asian Standard newspaper launches in Leeds Asian Standard newspaper has launched a new edition to cover the Leeds area. The free weekly print title carries news and features targeted mainly at a local South Asian readership and the Leeds edition has been added in response to popular demand. Published by RF Publishing Ltd, it is the By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Funding to improve public space around the iconic Corn Exchange Leeds City Council’s executive board has formally approved funding to improve the area directly outside the city’s Corn Exchange building. In September 2020, it was announced that Leeds City Council successfully secured £8.6m of match funding from the government’s Getting Building Fund which would be added By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Rising tech entrepreneur invited to help new businesses and start-ups Northern Max Mentor A rising Leeds tech entrepreneur is using his skills and experience to help start-up businesses grow their way out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Phil Storey, founder of innovative website maintenance app Glow, has become a mentor for the Northern Max Accelerator, a Bradford-based business support programme for rising digital and By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Famous faces lend support to NHS campaign to help people choose services wisely Stars of sports, stage and screen have lent their voice to support an NHS campaign to encourage people to use health services appropriately this winter. The campaign, ‘Help Us, Help You Leeds’ aims to make people to think about how they access health services and gives key information about when By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Two new hires and head of transformation move for Vapour Disruptive cloud technology specialist Vapour has made a number of team changes to support the company’s progress towards £7m turnover, as announced last month. Long-standing operations lead Carol McGrotty (pictured) – who has been with the business almost since its inception – has moved into the new role of head of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire M&A activity gaining momentum, despite third lockdown Corporate finance activity in Yorkshire is gaining momentum, despite the country being placed in a third national lockdown. Accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO LLP, has seen an upward trend in market activity in the first few weeks of 2021, following a significant number of deals in 2020. In total, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business The Northern Affinity increases northern footprint to support businesses and economic growth The widened community will enable businesses across more Northern regions to collaborate, develop new business connections and access more growth opportunities. The Northern Affinity, a Leeds-based business community powering growth and development, is expanding its footprint across the North by adding two further regions to its portfolio. From March, businesses By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Galaxy reaches for star apprentices with The Source A Sheffield-rooted insulation company rapidly expanding nationwide found the expertise on its doorstep when it decided to set up an apprenticeship scheme to ‘future-proof ‘the business. The Source Skills Academy is now providing apprentices across the UK for Galaxy Insulation and Dry Lining Limited, a market-leading, independently-owned supplier to the By The Editor • 3 min read
