Business Easy Bathrooms invests £1m in ten new stores and 70 new staff Yorkshire-headquartered bathroom retailer, Easy Bathrooms, has opened ten new stores – equalling an investment of more than £1m – and grown its headcount by 70 in the four months since COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted. The £50m-turnover brand, founded in Leeds in 2012, now has 60 stores nationally and employs more than By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Calls for review of restrictions on city's hospitality sector Civic leaders in Leeds have joined forces with the local hospitality sector to call on the government to urgently review restrictions, in particular those requiring venues to close their doors at 10pm and to consider sector specific support. In a joint letter issued to the Prime Minister today, Councillor Judith By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink Raisthorpe toasts new shop in York Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery is expanding and has opened a new shop at York Designer Outlet, selling a range of its award-winning gins and Yorkshire Tonics. The 557 sq ft store is welcoming customers as the business gears up for its busiest sales period in the run up to By The Editor • 1 min read
National Introducing ‘Love2shop Contactless’ Appreciate, Home of Love2shop, launches a new digital gift card that enables businesses to reward and incentivise employees and customers instantaneously. Based on Mastercard, the Love2shop Contactless digital gift card can be used online or in-store through a mobile wallet with over 80 retailers and leisure providers. Love2shop Contactless digital By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Heald supplies high-security road blockers to a Singapore desalination plant Yorkshire based security manufacturer, Heald, has provided high-security road blockers to Singapore’s Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant to protect against hostile vehicle attacks. The installation was carried out in partnership with one of Heald’s approved distributors in Singapore, ESCO Pte. Ltd. Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant, which began By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Panintelligence announces partnership with Dutch hospitality industry tech firm Leeds data analytics and business intelligence (BI) software developer Panintelligence has teamed up with booq, a Netherlands-based tech business that provides a range of software solutions integrated into one platform, for the hospitality, leisure, catering and sports industries. Software as a service (SaaS) vendor booq will embed the Panintelligence ‘Pi’ By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire tech solutions company expands team Sheffield based technical solutions firm The Curve has today announced the development of its senior team with the appointment of Senior Solutions Engineer Mark Marsh MBCS. Joining the company with over 20 years’ experience, Mark is a welcome addition to the development team. Working with Co-Founders Paul and James, Mark By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New appointments for specialist PPE manufacturer ProGARM, the UK’s leading Arc Flash protection specialist, is celebrating a string of recent appointments within the firm, following its recent business success. The specialist PPE provider, based in Gilberdyke, has welcomed four new recruits over recent months; Maciej Stachaczynski as an Internal Account Manager, Lynn Palmer in Customer By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Bradford Manufacturing Weeks helps facilitate “Bradford solutions to world manufacturing problems” The launch event for Bradford Manufacturing Weeks 2020 heard how the initiative will inspire the district’s young people to pursue a career where their skills will help solve world problems. More than 30 attendees from the business, manufacturing and political arenas – including lead sponsors Barclays - joined the West By The Editor • 3 min read
National Yorkshire Water sniffs out new recruits Two highly trained springer spaniels will help Yorkshire Water reduce leaks in the region. The water company is looking to reduce leakage by a further 15% by 2025, reducing waste and saving customers money on their bills. In order to do so, it has introduced several innovations to its leakage By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Opera North and Northern Ballet set to return to The Grand Theatre Leeds Heritage Theatres is thrilled to announce that resident, Leeds-based companies, Opera North and Northern Ballet, will make a welcome return to Leeds Grand Theatre in 2021, almost a year after the theatre was forced to close due to the pandemic. The only venue outside of London to house both By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Sustainable composite decking manufacturer creates jobs in Yorkshire The UK’s leading manufacturer of sustainable composite decking and cladding Composite Prime, has launched a free, online training programme for labouring professionals in Yorkshire to become accredited installers of the brand’s luxury decking products . Following a surge in garden renovations and home improvements in 2020, Composite Prime is By The Editor • 2 min read
