Legal Matters Ramsdens recruited to advise members of solicitors own software on sale to PracticeEvolve Group Ramsdens Corporate team, led by senior associate Emma Spragg with support from partners Stephen Newman and Richard Dean, advised the members of Solicitors Own Software (SOS) on the recent sale of their shares to PracticeEvolve Group for an undisclosed sum. SOS have delivered practice and case management software and services By The Editor • 1 min read
Business West Yorkshire chartered quantity surveyors appoint new director Pontefract based Quantum CPM, which provides quantity surveying and project management services to the construction and industrial sectors, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of a new director. Lee Williamson takes up the post to expand the company’s specialist support for construction contractors and sub-contractors involved in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Not-for-profit company pitch to take lease on The Arcade in Dewsbury A community benefit company is seeking to run a Grade II-listed Victorian shopping arcade when Kirklees Council completes a £2.3m refurbishment programme in 2022. The re-opening of The Arcade, one of Dewsbury’s grandest - and fondest-remembered – old buildings can be a catalyst for the regeneration of the town By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Black Insomnia brings dark roast grounds to coffee drinkers The caffeine alchemists at Black Insomnia Coffee have come up with another body-jolting offering. Dark Roast Grounds are richer and darker, promising the same notorious super-high caffeine kick. The CEO Jim Walker, said: "It’s for the workaholics, the early-starters, the grafters, and the ones who go the extra By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Yorkshireman elected to key role at national trade body A Yorkshire businessman has taken up a key role at a national trade body. Stephen Bagnall, managing director at Bagnalls Group, has been elected chair of the management board at the Painting and Decorating Association (PDA). The appointment follows a landmark year for Bagnalls, which celebrated its 145th anniversary in By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Production Park welcomes back elite sport on covid compliant courts Production Park, the UK’s leading centre for the live events and creative industries, has revealed it is set to welcome back elite sport, as it prepares to host the majority of this year’s Netball Superleague games from its Wakefield campus. The first half of the 2021’s Vitality By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Care home welcome new director of business development and marketing Orchard Care Homes, a leading provider of senior living in the UK, with care homes in the North of England and the Midlands, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Mark Pridmore as director of business development and marketing. Mark joins Orchard with 20 years’ experience in By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Luxury retailer Nest relaunches dedicated contracts website A luxury online retailer has responded to feedback from commercial and residential interior designers and electrical contractors with the relaunch of its self-serve contracts website which includes updated features that makes it easier to source, plan and design installations online. Nest Contracts, created by Yorkshire-based retailer Nest, provides exclusive access By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Demand soars for student property in Leeds High numbers of students in Leeds have already reserved homes to move into for this summer and in a surprising trend, many are getting in early to reserve the biggest properties, so they can continue living with all the people they shared halls with during lockdown. As a result, 2021 By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Cocktail company creates virtual events in aim to become world’s biggest digital nightclub The award-winning founder of a Leeds-based cocktail company has launched a virtual nightclub in a bid to create the world’s biggest digital night out in. Murdo MacLeod, founder of ten-year old firm Zest Mixology, innovated his firm’s face-to-face event and cocktail services to build a fully equipped HD By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Force24 help Welcome to Yorkshire deliver hyper-personalised customer comms and streamline staff workloads Welcome to Yorkshire has plugged in marketing automation to personalise customer communications, support members during the Covid-19 economic recovery and reduce manually intensive in-house jobs “by 50%”. Pre-pandemic, tourism in Yorkshire was worth a staggering £9 billion to the local economy, including £567 million in international spend, and employed 225, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire manufacturer donates laptops to local school The UK’s leading developer of specialised leak detection and environmental protection systems, Andel, has donated more than 20 laptops to schoolchildren in need of IT equipment to support their homeschooling. Following an upgrade to their systems and equipment, the Yorkshire manufacturer gave 10 laptops and tablets to Marsden Junior By The Editor • 2 min read
