Business Leeds Building Society AGM raises £8000 for charity Leeds Building Society members raised £8,044 for charitable causes by casting votes as part of its annual general meeting (AGM). The Society donated 10p for every paper vote and 20p for every online vote returned, with members able to choose between the Society’s new charity partner Dementia UK By The Editor • 1 min read
Charity 'Please continue to support us' says Barnsley Hospice Barnsley Hospice is encouraging people in the community to do a sponsored challenge to raise money during the lockdown. Supporters are being urged to set a personal challenge to support the hospice such as a socially-distanced walk, run or cycle. It comes as from 13 May, new Government rules come By The Editor • 1 min read
Business £100K European contract win for Yorkshire eLearning firm Bespoke eLearning firm Day One Technologies has won a major contract to develop eLearning solutions for a consortium of European healthcare providers and academia. The Batley-based firm has been appointed to build and integrate a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for use within Kings College Hospital, University of Gent in By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Business owners secure £10m in funding thanks to Yorkshire accounting firm A Yorkshire-based firm of chartered accountants and businesses advisors has helped its portfolio of clients secure over £10 million in financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shenward worked around the clock to develop true forecasts and understand the impact on trading abilities in order to present the most viable forms By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Over 5000 cycling water bottles delivered to front line NHS staff Yorkshire based cycle events company, Sportive HQ has delivered over 5,000 water bottles and raised over £1500 through crowd funding, after responding to a request for bottles to keep frontline staff hydrated during the coronavirus pandemic. Hospitals across our country are a warm place to be with the extra By The Editor • 2 min read
National One in three closed London small firms fear they’ll never reopen * New Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) survey of over 5,000 firms lays bare the impact of coronavirus pandemic * Nearly one in 4 London small employers consider redundancies as they struggle to pay bills, shelve exports and pause product development * FSB calls for introduction of part-time furloughing as it highlights By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Pub to go under the hammer as redevelopment opportunity The Shoulder of Mutton pub in Morley is to go up for auction, appearing in auctioneer Pugh’s online property sale in June. A pub since the early 19th century and now vacant, the property is being sold as a development prospect, with planning consent already in place to demolish By The Editor • 1 min read
Businesswoman Topic UK – Out of office A light-hearted look at what business people do when we’re not at work.TopicUK speaks to Louise Woollard from Louise Woollard Financial. •You arrive home on Friday night after a busy week. What’s the first thing you do? I’m a huge football fan, so I get my By The Editor • 2 min read
Business MWA support Shepley spring expansion Martin Walsh Architectural (MWA), the Dewsbury based Architects, has completed a £1m contract for Shepley Spring, one of the UK’s largest water bottling contractors, delivering a warehouse extension, new build warehouse and engineering workshop at its current facility based in Kirkburton, West Yorkshire. Appointed as Architects, MWA successfully obtained By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Key role for Leeds City Council chief executive Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan has been asked by the Government to take a key role in its contact tracing programme across the country. He will lead on ensuring that the arrangements for linking contact tracing work effectively at local level and that the partnerships and capacity are By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Welcome to Yorkshire add further industry expertise to board of directors The Piece Hall’s Nicky Chance-Thompson and Castle Howard’s Abbi Ollive are the latest high-level tourism experts to join Welcome to Yorkshire’s Board of Directors. Both bring a wealth of valuable experience from two of Yorkshire’s most iconic, heritage attractions. Nicky Chance-Thompson DL is CEO and Trustee By The Editor • 2 min read
Mandys Blog A positive attitude As we enter into week 8 of a totally new way of living and working, I have reflected on all the things that have happened since my last Blog. You may recall that I shared a photograph of me in a long, elegant red dress putting my recycling bin out By The Editor • 3 min read
