Business Leeds Digital Festival announces landmark 10th Anniversary Programme Organisers of Leeds Digital Festival 2025 have unveiled the full programme line-up, marking the 10th anniversary of the UK’s largest open-platform tech festival. Running from 22 September to 3 October, this year’s line-up features over 230 events covering everything from artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to FinTech, healthcare technology By The Editor • 3 min read
Business DPP Planning announces a key promotion at its Leeds office DPP Planning, one of the UK’s leading independent planning consultancies, has announced a key promotion at its Leeds office. Jack Waugh has been promoted to Planner, having joined the business through its graduate scheme in September 2023 following his MPlan studies at the University of Sheffield. In the past By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Knight Frank brokers star letting at premier Leeds Business Park Leading laundry and household cleaning products manufacturer Star Brands has doubled its office space at Thorpe Park business park, near Leeds. The flourishing company is expanding into 4,295 sq ft of quality office space at 3125 Century Way in the heart of West Yorkshire’s premier office, retail and By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Historic Keighley cinema with investment potential goes to auction A landmark of West Yorkshire’s cultural heritage for more than a century, the Keighley Picture House is set to go under the hammer this month with a guide price of £110,000 in the next online auction by Pugh, part of property consultancy Eddisons. The freehold property, purpose-built as By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Sportsshoes.com announces record revenues and new customers SportsShoes.com grew sales by four per cent to achieve a record turnover of £93.3m and a 13.3 per cent year-on-year increase in EBITDA to £6m in the 12 months to 28 February 2025. During the same period, the online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Mayors request urgent meeting with Chair of Yorkshire Water Yorkshire's four Metro Mayors have joined together with the co-chairs of the Yorkshire Leaders Board to write a letter to the Chair of Yorkshire Water, asking the board how it is holding the leadership of the company to account for their poor performance, and expressing concerns over the By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Hunters Castleford celebrates four years in business Hunters Castleford, the family-run estate agents supporting buyers and renters across the Five Towns, is celebrating its fourth anniversary this week. To mark the milestone, the team came together to toast the occasion. As local business owners and residents, husband-and-wife duo Andy and Keira Wiles have built a business with By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Charities benefit from Great Yorkshire Show cheese auction Visitors to the Great Yorkshire Show have helped raise a record-breaking donation to charity by bidding for their favourite cheeses. Proceeds from the Show’s popular Cheese Auction total £12,502 and will be split between two charities, Samaritans and Yorkshire Air Ambulance. It is the largest amount ever raised By The Editor • 2 min read
Business First foundations laid at West Yorkshire development The 75-home community on Paddock Lane, named West End Green, is now well underway ahead of its launch later this year. Home buyers in West Yorkshire can look forward to the launch of the show homes, which will showcase the varied designs of the two, three and four bedroom properties By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Knight Frank brokers new deal at iconic Concordia Works The Leeds office of global property consultancy Knight Frank has brokered a brand-new deal at the iconic Concordia Works in Sovereign Street, Leeds. Software company Panintelligence has taken the 3,036 sq ft third floor of the historic building on a five-year lease. Zoe Wood, asset manager with landlords Boultbee By The Editor • 1 min read
Business DS. Emotion announces four new client wins DS.Emotion, the multi-award-winning property and place marketing company, has announced four significant residential property wins. With offices in Leeds, Manchester and London, the firm is currently working on new and interesting residential projects across the UK. Matt Button, co-founder, explained: “We have over 30 years of experience in property By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire and Humber sees second consecutive rise in business start-ups The number of new businesses being set up in Yorkshire and the Humber rose for the second month in a row in July, despite a simultaneous increase in local insolvency-related activity, according to new analysis from R3, the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body. R3’s latest figures, based By The Editor • 2 min read
