Business Yorkshire-based C & C Fabrications on a global mission with its Laddermate safety device Laddermate is an innovative ladder safety product, produced by C&C Fabrications in Yorkshire. IT's already being used by many of the world's leading companies to improve ladder safety in the workplace, and the company is now on a mission to get this safety device By The Editor • 3 min read
Health ‘Yorkshire Menopause Doctor’ hosts free expert menopause event October marks the beginning of World Menopause Month, a month dedicated to increasing awareness and knowledge on perimenopause and menopause. The awareness month helps women across the world understand the possible health issues associated when approaching, during, and after menopause. To celebrate World Menopause Month, Evolve Medical are running a By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Digital Innovation Grant scheme helps Crossroads launch new digital care app A unique Rotherham-based charity, which delivers over 70,000 hours of home care each year, has revolutionised the way it delivers its domiciliary services after successfully securing funds from the South Yorkshire Digital Innovation Grant scheme. Crossroads Care, which is headquartered at Bradmarsh Business Park, used the match-funded grant to By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Barnsley businesses help each other at start of net zero journeys A group of Barnsley businesses has pulled together to help each other start their journeys towards net zero carbon emissions. The Net Zero Barnsley accelerator run by The Business Village brought together a community of 38 companies and commercial enterprises to map out environmentally friendly action plans. The fully-funded, seven-month By The Editor • 2 min read
Legal Matters Ramsdens strengthens Dispute Resolution team with new appointments Yorkshire based law firm Ramsdens has boosted its specialist Dispute Resolution team, with the appointment of Legal 500 recommended Solicitor and Partner, Dean Hill. Joining the firm’s Leeds office, Dean brings more than 20 years’ experience as Ramsdens continues to expand into Dispute Management. With a reputation for providing By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Work is underway creating a vast outdoor plaza at the heart of Sheffield’s Pennine Five Work to date on Pennine Five, the former HSBC headquarters located on Tenter Street in the city centre, has seen the exterior of the site’s five office blocks given a stylish dark makeover. The buildings interiors have also been updated to deliver over 230,000 sq ft of contemporary By The Editor • 2 min read
Legal Matters Law firm set to double in size over the next 12 months After the fifth key hire in only three months and a recent office move to much larger premises, Hagen Wolf are now the largest and fastest growing property litigation boutique in the UK. Michelle Eire, who most recently joined the team as an associate from DLA Piper, Craig Chappell as By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Fully funded support for growing small firms and start ups in York Businesses wanting to grow or scale, and start-up enterprises based in York are urged to sign up for a range of fully funded support on a variety of subjects under a programme launched by the City of York Council. The Council is working with Harrogate Borough Council and York & By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Spinks secures six figure grant to enhance digital technology Spinks, pocket spring manufacturer and the components supplier to the mattress and furniture industries, has been recognised for its innovative manufacturing efforts after being awarded significant funding by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). One of just 12 UK companies awarded a UKRI grant under its Made Smarter innovation challenge, Spinks, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Six-figure investment sees independent ice cream manufacturer boost green credentials North Yorkshire’s Brymor Ice Cream has made a six-figure investment in the installation of a solar PV array, which will see the amount of electricity it pulls from the grid reduced by up to 50 per cent. With works carried out by Thirsk-based Dresser Solar, the 100Kw PV scheme By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Lord Mayor of Leeds to open public sleep-out The Lord Mayor of Leeds is set to attend and deliver a keynote speech at an upcoming charity sleepout and is asking the public to sleep outside for the worthy cause. West Yorkshire homelessness charity Simon on the Streets is running its Big Sleep Out for the first time following By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Mid-market businesses sleepwalking into a train crash Insolvency expert issues warning as company insolvency rates in England & Wales hit eight-year high. A dramatic spike in company insolvencies in England & Wales is the start, not the peak, of more mid-market business fatalities, with many “sleepwalking into a train crash” under growing financial pressure, according to a By The Editor • 2 min read
