Business Mirfield-based digital agency appointed by global manufacturer Mirfield-based digital marketing and web design specialist Fishtank Agency has been appointed by global manufacturer Seal For Life to develop a new website after a rewarding seven years of managing its digital marketing services. With a growing client roster including Britvic, City Taxis and Wigan Warriors, Fishtank Agency has built By The Editor • 1 min read
Health Aero Healthcare continue to dispatch and deliver Lateral Flow Kits within Twenty-Four Hours In the midst of an increasing shortage in the supply of Lateral Flow Test kits, Aero Healthcare have confirmed that with plentiful stocks, they are continuing to ensure same day dispatch and delivery within twenty-four hours to satisfy the increasing demand. The widely reported chronic shortage of Lateral Flow Kits By The Editor • 1 min read
Business The Data City announces record-breaking 2021 plus investment for international growth Data-as-a-Service company, The Data City, has announced a record breaking 2021, winning 20 new clients over the past 12 months including The Home Office, WPI Economics, The North East LEP and Transport for the North. The Leeds-based tech firm’s growth has also attracted investment from Venturian Funding and Investment By The Editor • 1 min read
Business $10 million global contract win doubles turnover and boosts jobs A contract to install back-up power for a major new project in Saudi Arabia has taken York-based family business Enrogen ‘into the Premier League’ of UK manufacturing. The firm, established in 2005, has been selected to install 12 diesel back-up generators at a huge new data centre being built by By The Editor • 4 min read
Legal Matters Lupton Fawcett partner qualifies as notary public The head of the private client team at Lupton Fawcett, Hugh Thompson, has qualified as a Notary Public. Working with both individuals and businesses, notaries are primarily concerned with the authentication and certification of signatures and documents mostly for use abroad. There are 770 notaries operating in England and Wales* By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Scarborough Specsavers invests £20,000 into cutting-edge optical technology and store revamp Directors at Scarborough Specsavers have invested £20,000 into the store, to provide higher-grade optical technology for customers in the region and to accommodate for post-lockdown demand. Earlier in the year, the store invested in new 3D scanning OCT machine, to help support the community’s eye health, which has By The Editor • 1 min read
National Catch up with a fantastic season of fascinating and inspirational stories Got 45 minutes? Haven't had the chance to catch all our podcast episodes just yet? Join us and the likes of Judy Murray, Jah Wobble and Tim Henman as we round-up our best podcast moments from season one. In this bonus episode of Ventur Further, we bring you By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Wakefield College pays tribute to wartime nurse Mary Seacole Wakefield College is paying homage to a little-known historical figure by renaming its Advanced Skills and Innovation Centre building. The newly named Mary Seacole Building, based at the College’s City Campus and home to the University Centre at Wakefield College (UCW), recently saw new external signage unveiled to mark By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Kirklees College raises thousands in support of Motor Neurone Disease he Kirklees College Health and Social Care department has raised over £2,000 in aid of Motor Neurone Disease as part of its annual Christmas Extravaganza event. The event was part of the college’s wider fundraising efforts for the Good for Me, Good for FE campaign which promotes fundraising By The Editor • 1 min read
Health Sheffield gardening charity partners with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Grow, a Sheffield based youth development charity, has recently received funding through the RHS Flourish Fund to promote access to horticulture. Grow Gardeners is a paid work experience and training programme aimed at unemployed young people who are at risk of long-term unemployment due to mental ill-health and other barriers By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Heald shortlisted at the Outstanding Security Performance Awards 2022 Heald Ltd, the Yorkshire based manufacturer of hostile vehicle mitigation systems that protect some of the world’s most high profile buildings from vehicle attacks, has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer category at the Outstanding Security Performance Awards 2022 (OSPAs). From their HQ in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink First look inside Leeds’ hottest new venue, Canal Club Granary Wharf has just added a brand-new café bar and club to its central Leeds waterfront location, further extending its reputation as one of the city’s premier entertainment hot spots. Canal Club is now open, promising to be the go-to place for fantastic live entertainment, exceptional food and inventive By The Editor • 2 min read