Business Yorkshire mattress manufacturer works round-the-clock to supply NHS A Wakefield company which designs and manufactures foam mattresses is helping the NHS meet the urgent need for thousands of extra beds by dedicating all production to its healthcare division and mobilising its entire workforce which is working 24 hours a day to meet demand. GNG Group, a specialist foam By The Editor • 2 min read
Business SwitchWaterSupplier.com advises, wait to switch With the current lockdown, the water market may be going in to a period of hibernation with the wholesalers and retailers focusing their limited resource on essential activities only. This means the time is right to prepare for the market re-opening and to look for refunds due to your business! By The Editor • 2 min read
Business BDP confirms design role on NHS Nightingale Hospital, Harrogate BDP is helping the UK national effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic with a key role in the unprecedented challenge of helping convert large event venues into emergency field hospitals. Working under main contractor BAM, BDP is converting the 10,253m² Harrogate Convention Centre in North Yorkshire into a temporary By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Two new directors appointed at The City & Capital Group West Yorkshire-based financial services growth consultant, The City & Capital Group, has added 35 years of additional mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and talent attraction expertise to its CV, with the appointment of two directors. Jonathan Barrow has been named as the firm’s director of City & Capital By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Huddersfield-based Voodoo SMS sees significant increase in new customers Voodoo SMS, a bulk SMS provider with customers such as Amazon, The Ministry of Defence, Arriva and Age UK, have received notable additional requests from several of their customers, as well as an influx of new customers, as a result of the demands placed upon them by COVID-19. These unprecedented By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Estate's timely tribute to iconic lady with the lamp She was the trailblazing nursing pioneer whose legacy of dedication and diligence is embodied by the nation’s modern-day healthcare heroes. Now, ahead of what would have been her 200th birthday, a timely tribute to Florence Nightingale is shining a light on the special relationship the iconic Lady with the By The Editor • 2 min read
National Wildfire risk means moors are no go Gamekeepers and moorland managers today appealed for the general public to stay away from the moors and uplands over the Easter Weekend. The unseasonably warm weather conditions have dried out the uplands greatly increasing the chance of wildfires. There has already been a spate of wildfires across England over the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Leeds City Council issues first prohibition notice A vape shop in Morley, Leeds, has become the first premises in the city to receive a prohibition notice under the new coronavirus regulations. The regulations were brought in on 26 March 2020 as part of the government’s measures to manage the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. The new By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Chemical company donates essential supplies to hospital A leading chemical manufacturer has lent its support to Airedale General Hospital with the donation of essential supplies to aid the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Cross Hills-based Airedale Chemical has donated hand sanitiser, PPE and other supplies to its local NHS Trust whilst maintaining operations as an essential business By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture You can have fun if you play your cards right Entertainer, DJ and presenter Ryan Swain from Malton in North Yorkshire has not let the current circumstances get in the way of entertaining people. He has recreated the popular TV game show, Play Your Cards Right online daily, via his Instagram account. The show has become very popular with hundreds By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Ceramique Internationale Secures Work on Refurbishment of Leeds’ Landmark Buildings Tile specialist, Ceramique Internationale, has secured contracts on the refurbishment of four of the most prestigious and high-profile buildings in Leeds city centre. The Leeds-based ceramics distributor has already contributed 400 square metres of tiles to two phases of the recent Leeds railway station revamp and is currently supplying stunning By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Leeds’ NewRedo celebrate raft of client successes & investment in marketing Leeds Software Development business and organisers of Agile Yorkshire, NewRedo, have celebrated a successful end to the financial year following new client projects, a team expansion, and a new investment in marketing. NewRedo, whose clients include The British Library and Race Best, have recently been appointed as software development partners By The Editor • 1 min read
