Arts&Culture The Garden Party announces brand new venue The Garden Party is back this May Bank Holiday weekend! The biggest and best party yet calls for a bigger and better location – City One Leeds! And to celebrate its 16th Birthday The Garden Party has partnered with the UK’s number one rental brand, Moda Living. With City One By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Award winning restaurant celebrates twenty years in Leeds Cast your mind back to early 2002, when Leeds was a very different place to the city it is today. Back then, the cool kids went shopping at the Corn Exchange, clubbers headed to Majestyk and Townhouse, and diners flocked to the likes of Cuban Heels and Maxi’s Chinese By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Ossett firms come together donating mattresses to Ukrainians Two Ossett-based firms have come together to donate mattresses to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Health and safety specialists, OJ Health and Safety, and mattress manufacturer, The Sleep People, teamed up to produce, donate and arrange the transportation of 100 mattresses to Poland. With millions of people displaced from their homes By The Editor • 1 min read
Business TFT opens new Leeds office TFT has announced the opening of a new office in Leeds as the firm continues to invest in key regional markets following the pandemic. The opening of this new office rounds off a very productive financial year which saw the firm grow by 10%. As one of the UK’s By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Halifax Opportunities Trust launches £100,000 Wellbeing Programme with Barclays Funding Barclays 100 x 100 Programme gives health boost to Calderdale community struck by COVID-19 hardship Halifax Opportunities Trust (HOT) is pleased to announce it has received £100,000 funding from the Barclays 100 x 100 UK COVID-19 Community Aid Package (100 X 100 Programme), to support the local community with By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Flourishing Fullers scoops prestigious food safety award Leeds-based Fullers Foods International has been honoured with a prestigious award for the company’s commitment to food safety. Fullers has won the coveted Company Excellence category in the annual Verner Wheelock Awards. Verner Wheelock of Skipton provide specialised food safely training for food manufacturers across the UK. Jason Fuller, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Countrywide network of high-power electric vehicle chargers completed Extra MSA Group has partnered with Europe's leading high-power charging network IONITY to launch a complete network of high-power charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs), now available at all Extra MSA Group motorway service areas (MSAs) across the country. The installations are a welcome step towards creating a By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Cloud Nexus transforms UA92's endpoint management system Cloud migration firm Cloud Nexus has transformed a higher education institution’s IT system to accommodate a full faculty and allow hundreds of students to better utilize Endpoint Manager. The Leeds-based firm was approached by University Academy 92 in Manchester after they invested in Microsoft 365 and Intune and needed By The Editor • 2 min read
Legal Matters Law firm Gordons partner with Fund Her North Law firm Gordons has been chosen by funding connector Fund Her North as its legal partner following a competitive selection process. Fund Her North is a group of more than 25 women in venture capital organisations who collectively have a combined investment power of £650m. The funding connector is believed By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Hentons announce rebrand Chartered accountancy and business advisory firm, Hentons, has rebranded the business as a part of its corporate strategy to assert its proposition as it pursues rapid growth across the UK. The Top 100* practice has been very active on the acquisitions trail over the last few years in a bid By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Eville & Jones promotes trio of veterinarians Leeds-based Eville & Jones has promoted a trio of senior public health veterinarians to national technical leads within the specialist areas of Animal Welfare & Food Safety, Export Certification and Portal Inspection. Eville & Jones, the largest private provider of veterinary public health Official Controls in Europe, has appointed Ester By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Fishtank Agency bags Creative Impact Award at Examiner Business Awards Mirfield-based digital marketing specialist, Fishtank Agency, has won The Creative Impact Award at the Examiner Business Awards for its outstanding work on The Tubex Collection and Recycling Programme. The award recognises exceptional creative agencies from the fields of advertising, design, architecture, film, photography, and digital publishing that have demonstrated a By The Editor • 2 min read