Business Bradford garden centre's expansion plans on track for September completion Building work has continued throughout the Coronavirus pandemic closure to make further improvements to a Bradford Garden Centre. The workforce of predominantly Yorkshire contractors have adopted work placed distancing measures during lockdown to continue building a two storey 25,000 square feet extension at Tong Garden Centre. The building is By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leading food manufacturer invests in factory The Tofoo Co is increasing its factory capacity by 70% with the installation of a new Soy Milk Cooker from Japan, allowing the company to increase turnover from £14 million per annum to almost £20 million by 2021. One in five (more than 13 million) Brits have reduced their meat By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Charity challenges public to step into Simon’s shoes Yorkshire charity Simon on the Streets is challenging residents, businesses, and families to take on a 20,000 steps-a-day challenge to walk the distance of the homelessness charity’s outreach workers. Every day the charity’s six outreach workers walk the streets of Leeds, Bradford and Kirklees searching for homeless By The Editor • 2 min read
Charity Yorkshire property business in 250-mile fundraising initiative The staff of Pantera Property, a family-run national property valuations and disposals business based in Harrogate, have pulled out all the stops to raise money for Harrogate’s St Michael’s Hospice by running and cycling 250 miles, after coronavirus restrictions scuppered their original plans for a charity five-a-side football By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Kirklees College to offer T Levels from 2022 Kirklees College has been selected as one of the new providers of T Levels from September 2022. T Levels are the equivalent of three A Levels and represent the biggest shake up to technical education in a generation. With a combination of classroom theory, practical learning and a work placement, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Novel Measurement Technology to transform the plastics industry Tribosonics has won a £50,000 grant from Innovate UK as part of a programme to drive forward new technological advances in response to the current pandemic. Tribosonics is one of over 800 innovative businesses from across the UK to benefit from the £40 million grant pool, which is part By The Editor • 2 min read
Business The Piece Hall Trust post Covid lockdown reopening statement From Monday 15 June The Piece Hall is stepping up re-opening plans: 15 June – 3 July Some retailers - Al’s Emporium, Eden Keshia, G’s Cakes, Just Gaia, Leon Dewhurst and Yorkshire Gallery - will be opening on an appointment only basis. Elder restaurant will be running their ' By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Pugh boosts Yorkshire operation with senior appointment Property auction house Pugh has appointed chartered surveyor Eamonn Stones as an associate director, with responsibility for its regional operations across Yorkshire and the North East. Pugh, which switched its monthly auction-room sales in Manchester and Leeds to its existing online platform after the onset of social distancing regulations in By The Editor • 1 min read
Legal Matters Business owners must have the capacity to answer 'what if' A Yorkshire law firm is advising business owners to make a Power of Attorney solely relating to their business, in order to protect it, should they become ill or incapacitated. Susan Clark, partner and head of the corporate team at LCF Law, said: “In our role as professional advisers a By The Editor • 3 min read
Charity Glass manufacturer donates over £8,000 towards hospice appeal A glass manufacturer has donated over £8,000 towards the Barnsley Hospice Coronavirus Appeal. Ardagh Group in Monk Bretton, Barnsley, handed over a cheque to the hospice of £8,150 as part of its global pledge to assist local charities during the Covid-19 crisis. Barnsley Hospice launched a Coronavirus Appeal By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Wakefield engineering boss appointed to board of national sustainability centre of excellence The managing director of a leading Yorkshire-based engineering company has been appointed to the board of a national group which serves as a global centre of expertise on sustainability and the environment. Inprotec MD Chris Oldroyd, whose company specialises in the design and supply of plant used to recover lead By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds City Council launches review into city statues A long-standing former councillor is to lead a city-wide review into statues and monuments across Leeds. Alison Lowe, chief executive of Leeds-based mental health charity Touchstone, who was the first female BAME city councillor and represented Labour from 1990 to 2019, has been appointed to the role as part of By The Editor • 1 min read
