Food&Drink Vital Agency wins Fodder work Innovative digital company Vital Agency announces it is working with the popular Harrogate farm shop Fodder on the design and development of its new website. Vital was successful in a four-way pitch which also includes work to extend the brand guidelines and develop the website with integration into Fodder’s By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Kirklees College announces June Virtual Open Days Kirklees College has announced details of the next round of Virtual Open Days to be held in June to support prospective students and applicants considering their next steps. Open to Year 11 students, parents and carers and applicants, the Virtual Open Days will take place over two days on Tuesday By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Vapour launches Technology as a Service (TaaS) Disruptive cloud specialist Vapour has launched a new Technology as a Service (TaaS) proposition, as the progressive firm continues its commitment to aiding the digital transformation of businesses large and small. With TaaS commonly perceived as merely a lease plan for hardware and software procurement, there is far more to By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Landscape supplier Green-tech digs deep to help school Boroughbridge-based Green-tech is the UKs largest supplier of professional landscaping supplies and has stepped in to donate topsoil for a community growing project at New Park Primary Academy on Skipton Road. Part of the Northern Star Academies Trust, the school has landscaped part of their playing field to create an By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Fun ways to introduce kids to programming and coding Coding became part of the UK’s computing curriculum in 2014 [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/04/coding-school-computing-children-programming] , with children as young as five being taught programming skills. Since then, there has been a real push towards this new-look syllabus for pupils in primary and secondary schools – and By The Editor • 2 min read
Businesswoman Yorkshire recruitment firm marks 2021 growth with office opening A North Yorkshire based HR, talent acquisition and recruitment agency has rounded off a successful start to 2021 with the opening of an office in York. Sweet HR and Recruitment, which was founded in 2017 and offers an alternative approach to recruitment based around an in-house model, has seen demand By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Housebuilder signs Armed Forces Covenant Homebuilder Keepmoat Homes has signed an Armed Forces Covenant in a virtual ceremony – it is a commitment from the Doncaster-based company to support former and current serving military personnel in the workplace. The Armed Forces Covenant was signed with the head of reserve, Commodore Martin Quinns and commits Keepmoat Homes By The Editor • 3 min read
Business New director and 22,000sq ft warehouse for Bigvits The trend for buying online vitamins and supplements continues unabated as Yorkshire retailer and distributor Bigvits appoints a new non-exec director and grows into a new 22,000sq ft Driffield distribution centre. Industry heavyweight Richard Millman, who advises and works with various brands across the health and wellbeing sector, joins By The Editor • 1 min read
Business CPP secures double leases for industrial unit in Sheffield Specialist property consultants, Commercial Property Partners and joint agents MJB Commercial Property have completed the letting of two industrial units based at Savile Business Park in Sheffield. CPP advised on converting the single industrial warehouse, situated just one mile from Sheffield City Centre, into three smaller units, which were to By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Jimmy Carr amongst Scarborough Spa Date Changes The latest delay to the easing of Covid rules in England has prompted a change of date to a number of upcoming shows at Scarborough Spa. Due to his show being close to a sell-out, Jimmy Carr’s show has had to be postponed until next year and the comedian By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Eddisons invests in new talent with three student placements Property consultant Eddisons has appointed three placement-year students from the BSc building surveying courses at Sheffield Hallam and Northumbria universities. Third-year students Samuel Pearson and George Greenwood-Bartlett are both at Sheffield Hallam while Eleanor Kent is at Northumbria. All three have joined the firm’s growing building and project consultancy By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink Popular Sheffield cafe launches third site as lockdown eases Popular Sheffield café chain Marmadukes has responded to growing demand from loyal customers with the opening of a third site in the city. Having acquired the new premises in 2020 with the support of Law firm Banner Jones’ commercial team, the restorations of the former sorting office on Ecclesall road By The Editor • 1 min read
