Business Investment supports data start-up to scale up at Sheffield Technology Parks A data technology start-up is set for growth with investment from Finance Yorkshire. TUBR, founded by entrepreneur Dash Tabor, provides a machine learning platform which enables businesses to turn data into informed actions quickly. The technology can be used across many sectors where it can predict likely future events, for By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Harrison Spinks receives two King's Awards Fifth-generation family bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has welcomed the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Mr Ed Anderson, to its Leeds headquarters to formally receive its two prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation and International Trade. The King’s representative visited the 183-year-old bed manufacturer’s Innovation Centre in Leeds to By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Joshua Ellis welcomes six-figure investment into new machinery Yorkshire-based textile manufacturer, Joshua Ellis, has taken a significant leap forward in its pursuit of growth, with a substantial investment of £130,000 into a cutting-edge Picanol jacquard loom. The state-of-the-art jacquard loom, installed last month, expands Joshua Ellis’s design capabilities with an increased capacity of 76 threads per By The Editor • 1 min read
Legal Matters Blacks Solicitors invests in new legal talent Blacks Solicitors continues to support the career development of legal talent after retaining four newly qualified Solicitors and offering four training contracts in its 2023 intake. Three of the newly qualified Solicitors have qualified into the Real Estate team; Conor Tobin, Victoria Adamson and Annie-May Dyson. Victoria and Conor were By The Editor • 1 min read
Legal Matters Yorkshire law firm opens 18th regional office One of Yorkshire’s leading law firms has opened its second office in South Yorkshire, taking its total network of offices to 18. Based in Doncaster, Ison Harrison’s new office, located in Cavendish Court, will be managed by Dayne Bailey-Mayfield, a licensed conveyancer who has been with the firm By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Law firm pledges support to Yorkshire families West Yorkshire law firm Holden Smith has pledged its support to some of the region’s neediest families by becoming a patron of The Principle Trust Children’s Charity. The Trust provides respite breaks to children who are underprivileged, disadvantaged, disabled, have life-limiting conditions, or who have experienced poverty, trauma By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture The BACIL Awards 2023: celebrating the unsung heroes that make Leeds a safer city. Recently, saw the return of the BACIL Awards 2023, with over 200 guests from both the retail and night-time economy attending the prestigious event along with the guest of honour, recently appointed Lord Mayor, Councillor Al Garthwaite. BACIL (Business Against Crime in Leeds) is a dedicated organisation protecting business premises By The Editor • 4 min read
Legal Matters Employment team at Leeds law firm grows by 50% Leading Yorkshire law firm Ward Hadaway has announced a key appointment in its employment team as the department continues to grow. The firm welcomes Amy Hughes to the employment department, which has grown by 50% in the last two years. Amy advises on all aspects of employment law providing expertise By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Textile recycling specialist converts Savile Row waste to create luxury wool fabric Yorkshire-based textile reprocessing firm, iinouiio, which was acquired by global textile manufacturer Camira in 2022, has recycled 200kg of material waste from Savile Row tailors, to innovate a new circular wool fabric, which will be unveiled during Wool Month in October 2023. The only textile recycling capability of its kind By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Begbies Traynor partner takes on charity Kilimanjaro challenge Richard Pughe, a partner at business recovery and financial advisory firm Begbies Traynor in Leeds, is in training for an expedition to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro - to raise money for Harrogate-based charity Artizan International. Richard will be accompanied on the 19,340 By The Editor • 2 min read
Business New GM for Parfetts Sheffield depot Parfetts has appointed Peter Jones as the new general manager of its Sheffield depot. He was previously a supply chain manager at the company’s head office in Stockport. Peter brings a wealth of experience to the role, with seven years of experience at Parfetts and 17 years at Morrisons By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Rapidly growing Smart Repairs.co.uk sees turnover rocket by 25 percent Smart Repairs.co.uk, the UK’s largest independent cosmetic vehicle repairer, has announced an increase in turnover of 25 per cent this year. The Leeds company, based at 18,000 sq ft freehold premises in Weaver Street, has also smashed its target of creating over 100 new and sustainable By The Editor • 3 min read
