Business Yorkshire Water launches young farmers initiative Yorkshire’s second largest landowner, Yorkshire Water, has launched a programme to support young farmers looking to rent their land. Tying in with the company’s Land Strategy to “deliver exceptional land for Yorkshire, forever”, the initiative is part of its existing Beyond Nature™ scheme, which supports tenant farmers to By The Editor • 2 min read
Business The Grand, York appoints new general manager Simon Mahon has joined luxury five star hotel, The Grand, York as General Manager, bringing with him over 20 years of experience within the hospitality industry. Prior to his appointment at The Grand, Mahon was Director of Operation for Europe’s fastest growing aparthotel company, edyn, where he headed up By The Editor • 1 min read
Business New recruit for growing cloud tech specialist Yorkshire-headquartered technology specialist Vapour Cloud has recruited James Hartley as a key account manager, as the company prepares for 30% growth by the end of 2020. As a university graduate, James first entered the industry as a telemarketer with Virgin Media Business. Eighteen months in, he progressed to corporate account By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Supercar Driver raise over £2,000 with prestigious colouring book Supercar Driver members have swapped their high end supercars for colouring pencils to raise over £2,000 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice. The Sheffield-based club of supercar owners have now raised an astonishing £152,000 for Bluebell Wood over the past few years, as well as wowing families with By The Editor • 2 min read
National Thousands of businesses that survive a Covid winter will die of debt The UK200Group, the UK’s leading professional services group of independent chartered accountancy and law firms, is calling for government action now to put in place measures for the handling of billions of pounds worth of business borrowing as a result of Covid 19 which will be payable in the By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Barnsley fundraiser in miles for money cycle challenge Dedicated fundraiser Scott Thresh is dusting off his pedals to take on a 99-mile cycle challenge for Barnsley Hospice - ten years after he last got on a bike. Scott will tackle the ride at the end of August in support of the charity, which is appealing for help following By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds receives £18.6m from Getting Building Fund to support Covid recovery Leeds City Council has secured more than £18m from the government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver three regeneration projects that will boost economic growth and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, help to tackle climate change, and improve residents’ wellbeing. The council will receive a total of £18.604 million By The Editor • 3 min read
Legal Matters Leading law firm helps bring ‘normality' back to city's arts world Sheffield City Council has just given the green light for its celebrated Art in the Gardens Event to return to the Botanical Gardens next month and they've teamed up with Graysons Solicitors again to make it happen. The law firm are sponsoring the event for the second year By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity Search is on for best Yorkshire photography Club Insure, insurance broker to the sports and leisure industry, has launched a new photography campaign to find the best snaps to represent Yorkshire. ● Submissions open on 1st August, and will be open for entries until the end of the month ● Photographs must represent clubs and communities within Yorkshire ● Winners By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Small businesses and charities urged to apply for support Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs employing less than 250 FTEs) and charities in Leeds affected by the Covid-19 crisis have another chance to apply for discretionary grant funding with the fund reopening for a further four weeks, from 3 August until 28 August. Phase one of the DGF scheme opened By The Editor • 2 min read
National Siemens partners with Social Enterprise UK to benefit society through its procurement Siemens plc is the latest high-profile business to sign up to the Buy Social Corporate Challenge – a ground-breaking initiative aimed at embedding positive social and environmental impact into everyday business spend. The UK government-backed Challenge sees leading businesses open up their supply chains to social enterprises - businesses set up By The Editor • 2 min read
Business DSP acquires Leeds-based Explorer UK Enterprise IT managed services organisation DSP and Leeds-based Explorer UK, an Oracle consultancy, development and support provider, have been brought together to form one of the largest independent Oracle partners in the UK. DSP is backed by Leeds headquartered YFM Equity Partners (YFM) which invested £5.3m in the business By The Editor • 3 min read
