Business Duo of new client wins for Yorkshire PR agency A Yorkshire PR agency is celebrating two new tech and manufacturing client wins. The new wins for Leeds-based MacComms include online specialists RapidSpike and Lancashire manufacturing group Baldwin Engineering Holdings Group. RapidSpike has invested in the PR agency to support its continued growth having successfully received £1 million investment from By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Rob Brydon adds Scarborough Spa to 2021 tour TV funny man Rob Brydon has added a show at Scarborough Spa to his 2021 tour. Award winning comedian Rob and his eight-piece band will take to the road next year with his new show, Rob Brydon – A Night Of Songs & Laughter, marking the first time Brydon has created By The Editor • 2 min read
Business New platform launched to develop leadership skills in healthcare professionals A new platform which increases the prominence and content of leadership development in the curricula of healthcare professionals has been launched. Leeds based agency Ayup Digital was commissioned to support the NHS Leadership Academy to develop a tool which enables students, trainees and those undertaking continuing professional development to undertake By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Counselling support for vulnerable in housing need PEOPLE at risk of homelessness in Wakefield are now able to access counselling thanks to a new partnership between a housing support charity and the local college. Sustain Wakefield, part of Yorkshire charity Turning Lives Around which works to prevent homelessness, is providing placements for student counsellors from Wakefield College By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Venari Group continues growth period with recruitment drive Brighouse-based emergency vehicle manufacturer, Venari Group, has continued its growth period by adding three key new staff to its already 110-strong team, whilst commencing a recruitment drive for ten new production personnel. It follows the recruitment of 20 new skilled staff in the last three months, in conjunction with a By The Editor • 1 min read
Editors Blog Kevin reaches £1m milestone Today is the last day of running seven marathons in just seven days that Leeds Rhinos director of rugby Kevin Sinfield is undertaking. As I write this, it has been confirmed that Kevin has raised just over £1m, an incredible amount of money for his former rugby team mate Rob By The Editor • 2 min read
Business NHS medical imagery provider signs two-year lease on duo of Brighouse offices NPS Care has signed a 24-month lease on suites three and five at Parkview House, Brighouse – a former silk mill which is owned and managed by commercial lettings specialist and landlord, Towngate PLC. NPS Care provides diabetic eye screening on behalf of the NHS – covering Calderdale, Greater Huddersfield, Bradford, Airedale, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business York company IDs an eco-friendly counterpart for acquisition Just two months after expanding into the UK, cards-x has acquired Preston based Evohold, which is the world’s most eco-friendly manufacturer of ID card holders. cards-x is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of security products, ID cards, and the specialist print equipment used to create them. The German By The Editor • 2 min read
Legal Matters Azeem Rafiq receives test backing in fight against institutional racism in cricket A host of former Yorkshire employees, including former test match players Tino Best and Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan, have corroborated Azeem Rafiq’s accounts of racism at the county cricket club. Mr Rafiq left Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) in 2018. He was the first Yorkshire player of Asian descent to captain By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture University Centre Leeds students transform Regent Street flyover construction site Creative Arts students from University Centre Leeds have worked with local artist, Emma Hardaker, to create a series of artistic banners on Regent Street, as part of the ‘Building Bridges’ project. Launched by infrastructure group, Balfour Beatty, Building Bridges aims to enhance Regent Street and its surrounding areas through public By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Mass communication innovators reach Rising Star Award final Established in 2016, the Leeds-based, crisis and emergency communication solution, Klaxon, was born out of necessity to deal with large organisations internal communication network. Klaxon have been shortlisted as the final few in contention to be awarded the rising star 3.0 award from Tech Nation. They have beaten stiff By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Swap tiers for cheers with the great Christmas getaway Flights to popular holiday hotspots such as Gran Canaria and Tenerife take off from Doncaster Sheffield Airport once more from 4th December 2020. Airline operators TUI and Wizz Air are offering discounts on Test & Release kits as an early Christmas present for passengers as parts of the UK come By The Editor • 2 min read
