Business Community Foundation for Calderdale announce new appointments The Community Foundation for Calderdale is pleased to welcome Rachel Burnett and Amanda Lawson to the staff team who work to give out over £1 million worth of grants each year in addition to flood and Covid19 related grants. Rachel Burnett is a Grants Officer with a strong background in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Around half of over 55s in Yorkshire spend their equity release funds on debt repayment 2020 has been a year of tremendous economic uncertainty in the UK. The arrival of the novel coronavirus has led to repeated lockdowns [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9080251/MORE-parts-England-plunged-Tier-4-early-Boxing-Day.html] , which in turn has lead to a sharp rise in unemployment. Among the many consequences of this has By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leuly PR grows client roster with gaming company BGFG Leuly PR, a results-driven PR and communications agency, has added to its roster of new and diverse client wins after being appointed by thriving online gaming and technology firm, By Gamers For Gamers (BGFG), based in Manchester. The Yorkshire-based agency with its prowess for establishing start-up technology firms, will be By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Wanna-bee part of a jobs revolution? There’s a growing buzz about new tech platform Worker Bee and Yorkshire based managing director Robert Lorne wants you to be a part of it. Robert is launching a new app which will revolutionise the job market for employers seeking temporary staff. It will connect employers and workers on By The Editor • 1 min read
Business The Rt Hon David Gauke becomes first patron of ex-offender recruitment firm * Offploy counts 62% of workforce as ex-offenders * Reoffending rates cost the UK £15 billion annually~ * “There is always more that needs to be done to make the case for the positive benefits of employing ex-offenders.” – Rt Hon David Gauke Former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt By The Editor • 2 min read
Health Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Charity say a huge thank you to NHS Charities Together Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Charity is thanking every donor who came forwards and supported NHS Charities Together national Covid-19 campaign, as the charity has received several grants from ‘NHS Charities Together’ totalling £179,000. The grants received have helped Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) and their NHS Charity By The Editor • 2 min read
Business purebroadband joins CityFibre’s networks launching Gigabit-capable broadband services in nine locations * Residents across the North in Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Bradford, Sheffield, Halifax, Batley & Dewsbury, Leeds and Huddersfield to be offered services this year * The first customers are expected to be connected in early 2021 * purebroadband is the latest consumer ISPs to join CityFibre’s open access networks offering full fibre By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire-based start-up firm on a mission to save business borrowers money and ensure fairness An experienced financial expert is striking a blow for business borrowers by checking commercial loans and mortgages for any overcharged interest or incorrect application fees. Yorkshire-based Secured Lending Audit is a start-up business aimed at helping ensure borrowers are correctly compensated for any mismanagement of a loan or mortgage. Over By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Almost 40,000 Yorkshire businesses now in financial distress as third lockdown bites Across Yorkshire, business distress has surged by 29% since the end of 2019, with more than 38,000 of the region’s firms now in financial trouble, a year-on-year increase of almost 9,000 businesses. Distress levels had also soared by 14% since the previous quarter, with a further 4, By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Boiler company helps heat people experiencing homelessness Yorkshire boiler company Boiler Central is partnering with national homeless charity, Crisis throughout January to raise essential funds. The campaign will see Boiler Central donate two per cent of profits for all sales made throughout January, to the charity. In a show of support, Boiler Central staff and some dedicated By The Editor • 2 min read
Business BDO’s Leeds office invests in trainees Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has welcomed 17 new trainees with a further 17 roles available to start later in 2021. BDO’s team in Leeds welcomed its 2020 cohort in November compromising both graduates and apprentices. The new joiners took part in virtual inductions while BDO’s workforce By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leading security provider expands into new space) Today the commercial security firms Oracle Vision and Oracle Fire relocated into larger premises in the first step of its ambitious growth plans. Oracle Vision, and Oracle Fire which provides security, fire detection and data services to large, complex organisations across Yorkshire and the North West, intends to fill the By The Editor • 1 min read
