Health Make ‘Walk all over Cancer’ your New Year resolution Yorkshire residents are being challenged to kick start the New Year by taking steps to support Cancer Research UK. The charity is urging people to sign up now to Walk All Over Cancer and get sponsored to take 10,000 steps every day for a month. By raising vital funds, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Rinri Therapeutics occupies a new site in Sheffield Rinri Therapeutics Ltd, leaders in the development of advanced cell therapies for hearing loss, has announced their recent move to UKSE’s Innovation Centre located in Sheffield city centre. Bucking the current Covid-19 trend of home working, the move sees the biotechnology company commit to a physical office location for By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Chief financial officer appointment at Synergy Car Leasing Multi award-winning Synergy Car Leasing has appointed its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to boost and support the next phase of its growth strategy. David Brockwell (pictured right), a highly regarded and experienced CFO with a comprehensive background in innovative car leasing solutions, is joining the business. Formerly the CFO By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Ascensor deliver digital transformation of trade customer accounts Leeds-based digital marketing agency Ascensor has delivered an online application process for trade customers of Europe’s leading kitchen specialists Nobia. The new digital process, for Nobia brand Magnet Kitchens, significantly improves the in-store and remote sign up of new trade customer accounts. Magnet Kitchens’ application process and the associated By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Commercial consulting firm helps land five-figure contract for social media marketing agency Facets Commercial Consulting has helped secure a five-figure influencer campaign for social first marketing agency, Captivate Influence. The agency has been appointed by leading tights brand Snag Group Ltd to head up its digital marketing activities. The project will involve an intense focus on influencer outreach and the development of By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink £1 million facility provides fresh funding for Yorkshire food wholesaler Tuber Produce, an independent fresh food wholesaler, has renewed its funding facility worth £1m from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) for a further 18 months, helping unlock working capital to support the business’s continuing growth. The wholesaler, based in Hessle, East Yorkshire, supplies fresh fruit and vegetables to UK supermarkets By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds-based defence manufacturer 7Technologies appoints new CEO World-leading defence manufacturer 7Technologies, of Horsforth, Leeds, has appointed industry heavyweight, Gavin Newport, as its new CEO. Gavin joins 7Technologies from his previous role as managing director at Ultra Electronics Communication and Integrated Systems and, previously, vice president at L-3 Communications ASA Ltd. He was instrumental in delivering financial growth By The Editor • 1 min read
National Leeds company cures backup ailments for prestigious college The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has taken the health of its IT system to the next level by enlisting CloudCover 365, from Leeds based cloud computing and disaster recovery specialist, virtualDCS, to back up and protect all its Microsoft 365 services. Founded in 1518 by a Royal Charter from By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Scarborough named local authority with the highest personal insolvencies in England and Wales The latest annual personal insolvency statistics for 2019, recently released by the Insolvency Service, show that even before the financial effects of COVID-19 hit people’s incomes, Yorkshire and the Humber once again saw above-average rates, and Scarborough recorded the highest level of personal insolvencies of any local authority across By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Kirklees businesses offered support to grow by university experts New business owners in Kirklees are being offered advice by academics at the University of Huddersfield as part of a new business support programme. The fully funded Elevate programme is open to Kirklees businesses that are less than three years old, who have growth potential, and is backed by Kirklees By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Reed Boardall announces planned cold store facility investment Temperature controlled food storage and distribution business Reed Boardall is continuing to invest in expansion at its North Yorkshire facility following a year of steady growth in revenue alongside improvements in operating efficiencies. In line with its pre-COVID plans, the North Yorkshire-based company has undertaken work on an extension to By The Editor • 3 min read
Businesswoman Yorkshire business support programme sees demand up by nearly a third in 2020 A Yorkshire business support programme, which has provided more than £1.7m in grant funding since its launch, has seen demand up by nearly a third this year. AD:VENTURE, which helps ambitious new businesses trading for less than three years in North and West Yorkshire, has helped more than By The Editor • 2 min read
