Business Bradford centre wins outstanding employer award The team at a Bradford Garden Centre are celebrating after winning the Outstanding Employer award at the 15th annual Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business awards. Tong Garden Centre's Head of People and Culture, Neil Barwise-Carr represented the team at Tong in a unique online awards ceremony that was By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Sheffield residence in line for top award One of Sheffield’s newest student residences is in line for a top national award - which will earmark it as one of the most caring during the COVID-19 crisis. LIV Student Sheffield, the £33 million development on Sheffield’s Ecclesall Road, heralded a new era in university accommodation when By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds-Based entrepreneurs acquire NHS sustainability initiative The NHS sustainability day of action, usually held at the end of March, was established in 2013, incorporating an NHS national day of action each year. Since its inception, the campaign has gone from strength into strength, recognising and sharing sustainable practices across the health sector through events, professional networks, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business South Yorkshire business secures funding from Barclays Doncaster based business Touchstone Education LLP today announced it has received funding from Barclays to support their expansion plans and move to new premises. Founded by Paul and Aniko Smith in 2014, Touchstone Education completed the purchase of their new premises earlier this year and have spent months refurbishing their By The Editor • 1 min read
Legal Matters York based digital transformation specialist hires law firm as it gears up for rapid growth Digital transformation specialist boxxe has appointed Yorkshire law firm Gordons to support its rapid growth plans for 2021. The York-based business, which is forecast to achieve a turnover in excess of £200m this year up from £139m in the previous period, has hired Gordons to help advise on and deliver By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Investors rush to back Crowdfunding bid by virtual networking start-up firm meeow Crowdfunding investors are flocking to back the launch of a revolutionary virtual networking platform, meeow. The idea for meeow - where four businesspeople are brought together online and at random - was born during the first national lockdown. The concept for safe, sustainable and accessible networking was proved after a By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Move for Growth HAD-Print and HAD-IT have moved to Shaw Lodge Mills a historic traditional Yorkshire Textile Mill, in Halifax. The new unit is within the old Mending Rooms, with glorious natural light flooding in, and beautiful views across the Hebble valley. The move has created the opportunity to streamline the production flow, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Barnsley to host three events as part of Sheffield Digital Festival The power of innovation to transform lives for the better is the focus of three online events being hosted by Barnsley Digital Media Centre, as part of Sheffield Digital Festival. Keynote speakers at the trio of virtual events include co-founder of the Eden Project Sir Tim Smit (pictured), the head By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Yorkshire interiors business invests £40,000 in new e-commerce platform Richard Grafton Interiors is continuing to expand with the launch of a brand new online platform that aims to offer all the items available in its Harrogate, Ilkley and Wetherby showrooms to designers and homeowners in the rest of the UK , expanding its customer base and enabling people to shop, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Shopping centre’s street renaming campaign wins national award A marketing campaign to celebrate Leeds United’s return to the Premier League has brought more silverware to the city. Leeds-based marketing agency Umpf devised the campaign for Trinity Leeds which saw the shopping centre rename one of its streets ‘Marcelo Bielsa Way’ after the Whites’ manager following their promotion By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Tour de Yorkshire Art Launched Despite the recent postponement of the Tour de Yorkshire 2020 until 2022, Welcome to Yorkshire’s much-loved annual cycling event in partnership with race organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), this year’s official Tour de Yorkshire artist, Claire Baxter, has created six impressive images. Inspired by the diversity, grandeur and By The Editor • 2 min read
Business CityFibre backs virtual coding club sessions for Leeds families CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, has teamed up with Leeds Library and 100% Digital Leeds to sponsor a series of online coding workshops for local children and their families. The library’s popular Code Club was first introduced in 2015 and draws inspiration from children’s By The Editor • 2 min read
