Business Barclays launches £100m Covid-19 community aid package Barclays is committed to helping its customers, clients, colleagues, and the wider community deal with the current unprecedented medical and economic crisis caused by COVID-19, and in preparing for recovery in its aftermath. Among other measures, the bank has already made available free everyday banking and overdrafts to 650,000 By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Wizu Workspace develops virtual offering to support its members Yorkshire-based flexible workspace provider Wizu Workspace has developed a virtual offering in a bid to continue its support to members throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The new offering will enhance its existing services to members and include weekly prize quizzes, a digital fitness programme, and a platform for members to promote By The Editor • 2 min read
National Sheffield Hallam welcomes first start-up to its £900k Wellbeing Accelerator programme Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) has welcomed the first start-up business to its £900,000 Wellbeing Accelerator programme. Footfalls & Heartbeats, a Nottingham-based intelligent textiles business, will access state-of-the-art laboratories, business support packages and specialist facilities to help bring its products to market and improve people’ By The Editor • 3 min read
Competitions and offers Marketing agency restores optimism with children’s marketing competition Leeds-based marketing agency The Marketing Optimist has launched a children’s marketing competition in a bid to showcase the creative talent of youngsters across the nation. Open to youngsters between the age of 4 and 16, the Mini Marketer Competition comprises a basic brief to design a campaign to market By The Editor • 2 min read
National Spike in demand for Virtual Offices suggests shift to “home working” is here to stay As small businesses quickly tighten their belts and plan for a very different future, the demand for Virtual Office Addresses has spiked, demonstrating that home working might be here to stay for longer than the current crisis. A “Virtual Office Address” is where a business rents an address at an By The Editor • 2 min read
Business YFM Equity Partners announce successful close for new £80m buyout fund YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has announced the final close of its Buyout Fund II, ahead of target, with £80 million of committed funds and a wave of new high net worth and entrepreneurial investors. The partner-led private equity firm with offices in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London, now has over By The Editor • 2 min read
National Central England Co-op gives all NHS workers 10% discount and priority access Central England Co-op is today rolling out a 10% discount to all NHS workers to say thank you for their efforts working on the frontline to help tackle the Coronavirus. All NHS workers have to do is show their ID card when they visit any of the retailer’s 242 By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Wellington Place launches working from home wellbeing programme Developer and Asset Manager, MEPC, has switched its community events programme to a virtual one, meaning the people of Leeds can access some familiar Wellington Place community spirit from the comfort of their homes. The programme of events is open to all and encourages people to step away from their By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Wakefield Council supporting local business We are doing all we can to support businesses – that’s the message from Wakefield Council as the district pulls together during the coronavirus outbreak. The Council has employed a series of measures to help the district’s businesses at this difficult time. These include: A dedicated team of account By The Editor • 3 min read
Business York-based SpeedQuizzing boosts tech team SpeedQuizzing, the York-based company that’s revolutionising the pub quiz through its industry leading app, has boosted its tech capabilities with the appointment of software developer John Martin. John has joined from Fera Science, formerly the Food and Environment Research Agency, where he worked for two years developing often complex By The Editor • 2 min read
National Northern Powergrid gives insight into powering our lives Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for delivering power to 3.9 million homes and businesses across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, is set to feature as part of a new nationally broadcast BBC One programme called ‘Night Force’. Airing weekdays from today (Monday 6 April) till 10 April By The Editor • 2 min read
Competitions and offers UK start-ups could win £5000 worth of customer research To celebrate their new Research Helper service designed to deliver insight in just a three-day turnaround, UX and behavioural research consultancy, SimpleUsability, is offering one UK start-up business the chance to win a research package worth over £5000. A panel of judges will decide on one start-up they agree that By The Editor • 2 min read
