Charity Bluebell Wood asks supporters to don their purple finery After a summer of rainbows Bluebell Wood is bringing purple back with a bang as the children’s hospice launches this year’s ‘Wear it Purple Day’. The charity is asking supporters to proudly show off their favourite purple outfits, accessories, make-up or anything else purple they have to hand By The Editor • 1 min read
Business MYnetwork keeps Zooming... Since our first virtual MYnetwork back in April, the online monthly networking platform has gone from strength to strength, with attendee numbers steadily rising each month as we continue to navigate through social restrictions. The fifth of our monthly meet-ups, held on Wednesday 19 August, saw guests tune in to By The Editor • 2 min read
Business QA Flooring Solutions agrees 76,000 sq ft lease at Towngate Business Centre QA Flooring Solutions Ltd (QA) has agreed a six-year lease with Towngate PLC on a newly refurbished 76,000 sq ft industrial unit at Towngate Business Centre, Widnes. Liverpool-headquartered QA is a leading integrated flooring solutions specialist and will be utilising the space to distribute its innovative flooring and underlay By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink National award shortlist for Yorkshire Tonic Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery has been shortlisted in the Great British Food Awards for one of its premium Yorkshire Tonics. Its Pink Grapefruit tonic has been included in the fruit juice and mixers category of the prestigious awards. Winners will be announced in late October. Raisthorpe, based on the By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Medtech firm launches to help companies create safer working environments A new engineer-led work safety business, headquartered in Yorkshire, that uses the latest technologies and applications to combat pathogens, has launched to help organisations create safer, cleaner working environments post-COVID. Having worked within the medical technology sector for the last 12 years, sister and brother, Samantha and Jamie Moore have By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Superstar Ronan Keating will be roaring into Yorkshire Wildlife Park The singer and former frontman of Boyzone will headline on Saturday, August 21, as part of stellar line-up for next summer. Keating, whose latest album Twenty Twenty hit the No.2 spot in the charts, has been an international icon for 20 years since bursting onto the pop scene with By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Will-writing month raises £10k for hospice A will-writing initiative has raised almost £10,000 for Barnsley Hospice, providing much-needed income during a challenging year for the charity. Make a Will Month was held in February and saw local solicitors waive their fees in exchange for a donation. It is the seventh year the fundraiser has taken By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Former Reach PLC journalist joins Yorkshire PR consultancy Former journalist and editor Martin Shaw has joined Yorkshire-based PR and Marketing Consultancy Leuly PPR as a freelance PR consultant. The news comes just days after he announced he’d taken voluntary redundancy from Reach PLC’s Huddersfield Daily Examiner and Yorkshire Live. Having acquired a host of transferable skills By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Senior and graduate appointments for Leeds finance consultancy firm West Yorkshire-based financial consultancy organisation, The City & Capital Group, has made a pair of hires across its acquisitions, recruitment, and headhunting divisions, with the appointment of a group relationship director and a graduate relationship manager. Paul Greveson has joined the team as group relationship director, bringing with him 35 By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Survey reveals 92% of independent agencies favour collaborative working trend A recent study has uncovered how the UK creative sector has turned to collaboration in response to the pandemic – with 92% of independent agencies having either collaborated with another agency on a brief during lockdown, or would now be happy to, should the opportunity arise. The main reasons behind marcomms By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Wizz Air announces second based aircraft and 6 new routes Wizz Air UK, the UK-registered and based airline of Europe’s greenest* and fastest growing airline group, today announces the expansion of its recently launched base at Doncaster Sheffield airport with the addition of a second Airbus A320 aircraft and six new routes to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Lisbon By The Editor • 3 min read
Legal Matters Blacks Solicitors retains newly qualified solicitors Leeds-based law firm Blacks Solicitors is celebrating after retaining three of its newly qualified solicitors. Amer Ali joined Blacks as a licensed conveyancer in the Direct conveyancing team in 2015 before becoming a trainee solicitor. As a newly qualified solicitor, Amer will continue to strengthen the conveyancing team, dealing with By The Editor • 1 min read
