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“Exemplar” Piece Hall on track to ignite recovery
The Piece Hall’s “exemplar” performance has been highlighted in its first annual
review, detailing the period of its 2019-20 financial year, during which its
income grew by more than a third and close to 80% of its funding came from its
own commercial activities. The newly revealed figures showcase
The Broadway hails Thackley’s unsung hero
20 year old, former Immanuel College pupil Caitlin Brimacombe from Thackley has
been crowned as The Broadway’s second ‘Local Hero’.
Nominated by her mum, Bianca Brimacombe , Caitlin has been awarded for her
tireless fundraising efforts in her local community plus events for Macmillan
and a skydive for charity, Mind.
Selby optician invests £45,000 into 3D eye scanning equipment
Specsavers Selby has announced a £45,000 investment into an Optical Coherence
Tomography (OCT) 3D scanner, which will allow the store’s optometrists to
undertake Specsavers’ most advanced eye test for customers.
The installation marks the 900th Specsavers store location in the UK and Ireland
to have the technology and
£2m investment to stay ahead of competition
A £2 million investment in state-of-the-art new production equipment and
software is enabling Yorkshire’s premier sheet metal fabricator to stay ahead of
its competition.
Helping to boost capacity, productivity and cost savings for Normanton based
Yorkshire Laser and Fabrication (YLF) are a new 6kW Amada Ensis AJ laser cutter,
Former hedge fund manager steps out of early retirement to train as a teacher
Former hedge fund manager Dean Fletcher, 53 has stepped out of early retirement
to train as a secondary maths teacher at Leeds Beckett University. Dean took
early retirement from his job in the financial industry in 2007, and is now in
the final stages of his initial teacher training year
Tea on tap: housebuilder launches instant hot tea taps in new homes
Tea-lovers purchasing a new property from Keepmoat Homes are in for a treat – in
what is believed to be a world first, the housebuilder is installing instant hot
tea taps in the kitchens of its new homes.
With the UK being one of the largest tea consumers in the world,
Collaboration of 3 businesses in launch of new Yorkshire-frozen food venture
Three food businesses have joined forces to launch a new frozen ingredients
supply venture, headquartered in Yorkshire, that will offer a huge amount of
product knowledge and sourcing solutions to food manufacturers and providers.
Known as REMS Frozen Foods, the business is the brain child of three food
industry veterans:
