Business IoD unveils trio of West Yorkshire ambassadors The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed three new ambassadors to its West Yorkshire branch. Mandy Ridyard has been made education and skills ambassador while Brendan Chaplin becomes marketing and communications ambassador. Rebecca O’Higgins has been appointed student membership ambassador. Mandy is financial director at Baildon-based Produmax – aerospace engineers By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Vida Healthcare appoints Lucky North as PR agency grows Leeds-based public relations agency Lucky North has been appointed by Harrogate-based dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare to manage its ongoing public relations as it seeks to raise awareness of social care. Lucky North has been challenged to drive awareness of specialist dementia care across the UK, and raise Vida Healthcare’ By The Editor • 2 min read
Business International tech partnership launched to protect supermarket shoppers from coronavirus spread Data analytics software created by Leeds-based developer Panintelligence has been selected to be used as part of an innovative, high-tech trial aimed at keeping shoppers safe at more than 1,700 supermarkets and food stores across the country. The global collaboration between Irish computer vision applications developer EVERYANGLE and San By The Editor • 2 min read
Editors Blog Do you want life to return to the way it was? Only 26% of full time UK workers want life to return to the way it was before lockdown. This is according to the nationwide Covid-19 Remote Working Survey of 1000 people [http://www.eskenzipr.com/2020/08/19/its-official-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-the-workplace-forever/] , all of whom are currently working from home, conducted by Censuswide By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Internationally acclaimed artist to judge Yorkshire Water competition In celebration of World Photo Day, Yorkshire Water has launched a photo competition that aims to celebrate all the reasons that people love Yorkshire. The competition runs from 19 August – 31 August and will be judged by photographer and previous employee of the water company, Ian Beesley. Ian is Yorkshire By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Schoolboy Mason takes on miles for Barnsley Hospice A South Yorkshire schoolboy is running and cycling 99 miles to raise £99 for Barnsley Hospice. Mason Coles, aged 11, has taken on the charity’s summer fundraising challenge to raise urgently needed money following a huge drop in income due to coronavirus. Inspired by the iconic British ice cream, By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Mechanics pumped up to support cyclists in need of a little push Cyclists in West Yorkshire with a damaged or forgotten bike will be able to get riding again thanks to a new scheme helping people to get fixed up and fired up to cycle. Bike shops, cycle mechanics and community centres in Leeds, Bradford and more besides are among the 150 By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Wakefield agency records £680,000 turnover in its first year A Wakefield marketing agency celebrated its first birthday with a turnover that has already reached £680,000. Bolt, which has its headquarters at the Junction workspace in Horbury, Wakefield, has grown its team from two to 16 since setting up in summer 2019. This has included taking on an apprentice, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Industrial property fund makes a dandy Leeds acquisition A property investment fund that focuses on the industrial sector, has expanded its Leeds portfolio after acquiring a well-known builders merchant site close to Elland Road, in a deal negotiated by Gent Visick’s investment team. The Ribston Property Unit Trust (RPUT), which is managed by specialist industrial property investor, By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Nominations are open for the Calderdale Community Spirit Awards 2020 The Community Foundation for Calderdale and its headline sponsors Covea Insurance, Riley & Co, BCA Leisure and Rathbones Investment Management will continue to host the impressive Community Spirit Awards albeit in a different format because of Covid-19 lock down restrictions. Last year the event attracted a sell-out crowd of over By The Editor • 4 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds pop-up bike hub opens to the public A new pop-up bike hub has opened in Leeds Kirkgate Market to support more people accessing the city centre by bike. The new pop-up hub managed by Leeds City Council’s Connecting Leeds transport programme means shoppers, commuters and leisure users can park their bikes within a safe and secure By The Editor • 3 min read
Legal Matters Employment law specialist starts work at LCF Law Employment lawyer, Gemma Sherbourne has joined LCF Law’s corporate team as a senior associate working across the company’s Leeds and Bradford offices. Gemma, will work with LCF Law’s employment law team, Liz Henry and James Austin. She has previously worked for a number of Yorkshire law firms, By The Editor • 1 min read
