Business Nearly half of Leeds City Region employers look to hire more apprentices A new study conducted by Calderdale College has revealed 45% of SME employers and decision makers in the Leeds City Region say they are looking to hire more apprentices over the next three years. Those surveyed acknowledged the benefits that employing apprentices brings to a business, with top reasons including By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds’ latest ‘Great Place to Work’ Leeds-based digital agency Engage is one of the latest businesses to become Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM. The accreditation was secured with Great Place to Work®, the global authority on workplace culture, with its rigorous, data-driven For All™ methodology, after the 52-strong agency launched the staff survey at the beginning of By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Creative PR agency continues winning streak with client wins. A Leeds-based PR agency is showing no signs of slowing down having recently secured lucrative contracts with some of the city’s most aspirational brands. Pink Gorilla Hairy Lemon (PGHL), which specialises in lifestyle, fashion, retail and property events and PR, has managed to weather the post-pandemic storm to bounce By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Roq appoints TBB for brand project which ‘packs a punch’ West Yorkshire-based integrated agency The Bigger Boat (TBB) is helping to facilitate rapid growth for Lancashire-based quality engineering company Roq —with a reimagined brand identity, tone of voice, and website. The project forms an integral part of Roq’s aim to quadruple in size over the next four to five By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Easy Bathrooms appoints experienced industry figure to drive trade sales Easy Bathrooms has appointed Iain Robertson, co-founder of leading tile adhesive brand, Rocatex, to drive trade sales across its 130 showrooms, in the newly created role of head of trade. Iain, who departed Rocatex in late-2022, has worked in the industry for over two decades, and is well-placed to help By The Editor • 2 min read
Business HENRY BOOT CONSTRUCTION WRAPS UP SHEFFIELD’S NEW CITY CENTRE PARK Henry Boot Construction has completed the main phase of work on Sheffield City Centre’s brand-new public space, Pound’s Park. The landmark park was handed over to Sheffield City Council and will officially open on 3 April – just in time for the public to start enjoying the space over By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Corporate finance boutique CEO wins Leeds City Regional Leader Award Poonam Kaur, CEO of fds Director Services, has been presented with the Leeds City Region Leader award by The Northern Leadership Awards which are hosted by TheBusinessDesk.com. Poonam received the Leeds City Region Leader on 30th March at a celebration event at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, in the company By The Editor • 1 min read
Business ACS Group launches new medical supplies website Baildon-based office services and supplies company ACS Group has announced the launch of a new online goods not for resale (GNFR) procurement portal dedicated to supporting high street pharmacy outlets. Called ACS Medical Supplies, the specialist portal has been set up to provide high street pharmacy branches with a single By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Speed Couriers, the Manchester courier company, is expanding into Yorkshire Speed Couriers is the largest independent same-day & medical courier company in the North West of the UK, providing flexible, reliable, cost-effective and technology-driven courier and logistics services. The company, which was founded 37 years ago, specialises in urgent same day transport for the medical sector across the UK, providing By The Editor • 3 min read
Whats On Chief digital information officer puts National Health on agenda I Paul Jones, chief digital information officer for the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has been announced as the latest speaker to join the line-up for the first ever Silicon Yorkshire Expo, which takes place on Wednesday 19 April from 10am – 2pm at the Everyman Cinema in Leeds. With responsibility for By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Fans flock to to meet Rate My Takeaway’s Danny Malin Top YouTuber Danny Malin the face of Rate My Takeaway was “emotional” after an exclusive meet and greet in Wakefield saw fans travel from far and wide to meet the online star. Fans headed to the recently purchased The Ridings Shopping Centre in Wakefield to meet Yorkshire funny man Danny By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Acclaim launches a new App For Businesses - The Gateway The team at Acclaim Credit Management and Recovery are excited to announce the launch of ‘The Gateway’ - a bespoke new App designed to give business clients easy access to real time information about each of their cases. The award-winning team at Acclaim, based in Leeds, continue to invest in By The Editor • 1 min read
