Business Yorkshire Garden Centres branches out into North Yorkshire with two additional sites Bradford-based Yorkshire Garden Centres has announced it is to operate two more sites in Yorkshire. The two Dean's Garden Centre sites at York and Scarborough will be added to the group that already has sites at Tong, Tingley, Otley and Bingley in West Yorkshire. The Dean's By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Chadwick Lawrence cohost Equality and Diversity Seminar with Leeds Rhinos Rugby Legend Chadwick Lawrence, a leading law firm in the North of England, and long-standing partner of the Leeds Rhinos, recently cohosted an Equality and Diversity Seminar alongside Jamie Jones Buchanan. Jamie Jones Buchanan played for the Leeds Rhinos at the iconic AMT Headingley Stadium for twenty years as part of the By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Fantastic Media accelerates Summit Foods Snacksters’ growth in frozen and food to go market Leeds marketing consultancy, Fantastic Media, has launched the first consumer-facing campaign for Snacksters, the hero food brand for Summit Foods, to propel its growth trajectory across the value-driven frozen, chilled, and ready-to-eat sectors. Summit Foods engaged the full-service agency to amplify awareness of the Snacksters’ brand and drive foot traffic By The Editor • 2 min read
Business West Yorkshire leaders come together to back Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 Over £6 million is set to be approved by regional leaders tomorrow (14 March) to help drive economic growth through West Yorkshire’s creative industries. The majority of the investment (£5.7 million) will contribute to the delivery of Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 – a landmark year of cultural By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Stunning Newburgh Priory to host an exciting series of art courses The historic Newburgh Priory in Coxwold, one of Yorkshire’s most beautiful country houses, is hosting a series of on-going art courses this year. These one-day Retreats will be tutored by award-winning Yorkshire artist Patrick Smith. The first one-day course, The Venetian School of Painting, is being held on Wednesday By The Editor • 1 min read
Health Government funding gives massive boost to region's flagship new healthtech innovation hub Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and Leeds City Councillor, Helen Hayden visited Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ Old Medical School this week to give their support to the flagship project of the £180million West Yorkshire Healthtech and Digital Technology zone. The pair met with the Trust’s Chair Dame Linda Pollard By The Editor • 4 min read
Legal Matters Solicitors celebrates growth of its Real Estate team with plethora of new hires The Real Estate team at Blacks Solicitors, one of Yorkshire’s leading law firms, is celebrating a strong start to 2024 with the announcement of a series of new appointments and promotions. The team has recently appointed Rowan Thomas as senior associate solicitor and Lucy Storey as associate solicitor, along By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Bellway brings the ultimate behind the scenes peek to Beverley The Yorkshire division of national homebuilder, Bellway is giving buyers in Beverley a chance to discover exactly what goes into building one of its homes, following the introduction of its House to Home experience on its Bishop’s Gate development off the town’s Long Lane. The experience, which is By The Editor • 2 min read
Business House builder launches new showhome near Rothwell Avant Homes has launched a three-bedroom family showhome at its £44m Strawberry Fields development in Carlton, near Rothwell. Located on Main Street close to Swithens Farm and Oulton Hall, the 129-home development comprises a mix of two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom practically designed, energy efficient properties. Interested buyers can now By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Wakefield accountants nominated for recognition at regional leadership awards Parsons, Chartered Accountants is congratulating Richard Walker, Partner and Head of Audit, and Andy Lucas, Audit Senior Manager, for reaching the final of the Business Desk Yorkshire Leadership Awards 2024. The pair are nominated in the Professional Services Leader and Young Leader categories, respectively. Richard said: “It is a privilege By The Editor • 1 min read
Business York Handmade secures prestigious contract for new Swiss hotel The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has secured one of the most prestigious contracts in its 36-year history. The company, based at Alne, near Easingwold, is supplying over 20,000 specially manufactured bricks for a brand-new hotel in the heart of Martigny, one of Switzerland’s most historic towns. The By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Digital consultancy acquires healthcare product specialist Answer Digital has strengthened its healthcare division with the acquisition of Interneuron, a provider of specialist healthcare digital systems. Leeds-based, Answer is an employee-owned digital consultancy that works extensively across the NHS to support everything from deploying AI at scale to GP interoperability. It also provides private-sector companies with services By The Editor • 2 min read
