Business Yorkshire Accountancy firm hits the right note Chartered accountancy, tax specialist and advisory firm, Hentons, which has a passion for music that has transcended 40 years in the business, has been nominated for a top music industry award for the third year in a row. Hentons, has been shortlisted in Music Week’s ‘Accountancy Firm of the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Jaywing strengthens retail client services team Following several new significant client wins including Rohan and La Redoute, data-powered integrated agency, Jaywing, has bolstered its retail team with five new hires. Nick Robinson - account director - With 16 years marketing experience across both client-side and agency businesses in retail, sport, FMCG and e-commerce, Nick brings a By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Retailers eye 17,000 UK store openings this year as consumers in Yorkshire ‘look local’ post-lockdown New research* by Barclays Corporate Banking reveals that 17,000 local high street stores could open across the UK in the next 12 months as shoppers adapt to a post-lockdown world by ‘looking local’. In a new thought leadership report published today, Retail Unlocked, Barclays’ data shows that consumers in By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Out of this world family fun adventures at Underneath the Stars Festival Organisers of Underneath the Stars Festival have opted for a spacious, socially distanced, outdoor environment and lots of family fun as part of its packed schedule of leading folk, rock, and indie musicians. They’re joined by poets, authors and broadcasters, together with craft tents, storytelling, street artists and circus By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Pelican delivers first vehicles in its largest-ever UK order for all-electric buses Long-established family business Pelican Engineering, based in West Yorkshire, has delivered the first vehicles in an order for 55 Yutong buses to McGill’s Group in Glasgow. The zero-emission vehicles are destined for use on routes around the city and Renfrewshire, including during the forthcoming COP26 climate change conference, as By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire social enterprise to help support 65k people under supervision of NPS Over 45,000 people supervised by the National Probation Service are set to receive Education, Training and Employment (ETE) support under the roll out of four major Ministry of Justice contracts across London, the North West, the West Midlands and Wales. Maximus UK – a global leader in the delivery of By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Eddisons team in 5,000-mile challenge to raise £5,000 Eddisons’ 30-strong building and project consultancy team are taking part in an ambitious physical challenge to raise £5,000 for the Brain Tumour Charity by the end of July. The colleagues, who are based across the firm’s Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Cambridge and Peterborough offices, are attempting to cover a By The Editor • 1 min read
Legal Matters Ison Harrison branches out In Guiseley A leading Yorkshire law firm is celebrating 10 years in Wharfedale with the expansion of its Guiseley office. Ison Harrison’s Guiseley office, which originally opened in May 2011, has taken on the downstairs floor of the building it occupies on Victoria Road which will provide office space with two By The Editor • 1 min read
Health Leeds City College tackles gender imbalance The School of Health Science and Social Care at Leeds City College is striving to bridge the gender gap for enrolments on its courses, by promoting a male football team. Formed in March, The Evergreen Boys was set up by the department in a bid to encourage more male students By The Editor • 1 min read
Businesswoman Yorkshire PR agency champions new client Leeds-based MacComms has been appointed by workplace wellbeing company Champion Health to manage the fast-growing firm’s public relations. Champion Health has invested in the PR agency to support its continued growth having successfully received £1 million investment from Twinkl last year. MacComms is responsible for raising the profile and By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Spacemade launches Leeds coworking space in former Pizza Express Spacemade has launched its newest coworking space at its Park House building in Leeds to meet the soaring demand for flexible workspaces post-Covid. The 4,000 sq ft space, which was formerly a Pizza Express, has been completely transformed into a modern coworking hub for businesses, entrepreneurs and remote workers By The Editor • 2 min read
Business IT provider predicts post-covid surge in cloud adoption Boston Spa-based Deans Computer Services (DCS) is predicting a sustained surge in the use of cloud-based solutions as businesses reset their post-covid operations. The IT provider experienced a huge increase in demand for cloud during the pandemic as companies organised remote working and associated technologies. DCS believes that the enforced By The Editor • 2 min read
