Places for People provide vital support to communities this winter
Places for People, the UK’s leading social enterprise dedicated to transforming lives and nurturing thriving communities, is expanding its support for customers this winter by partnering with 49 warm banks and food banks across the UK – seven of which are in Yorkshire.
The group specialises in placemaking, regeneration, development,
Sportsshoes.com announces retail partnership with Vitality
Online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer SportsShoes.com has announced a new retail partnership with health and life insurer Vitality.
SportsShoes.com is now available to Vitality members through the Vitality Programme – the insurer’s behaviour change programme – that rewards and incentivises Vitality’s 1.8m members
Vivly gets the green light for quality Shepley development
Planning permission has been granted to Vivly Living for a pioneering residential development at Shepley, near Huddersfield.
Kirklees Council has given the go-ahead for 52 new homes at Knowle Grange, which will form Phase 2 at Vivly’s development in the village.
Phase 1, comprising 31 homes, has completely sold
Cheers! Firth & Co toast prestigious new appointment
Award-winning Yorkshire wine merchants Firth & Co have announced the appointment of Richard Pickles as a senior sales representative.
Richard rejoins Andrew Firth, the founder and manager director of Firth & Co, for whom he worked when Andrew ran the legendary Thirsk-based wine merchants Playford Ros.
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Yorkshire businessman publishes a load of rubbish
Thomas Black, the well-known West Yorkshire businessmen and anti-litter campaigner, has written a new book, castigating the litter louts who “desecrate our beautiful Yorkshire countryside”.
Ironically titled What A Load of Rubbish, the book is the latest in a series of anti-litter initiatives that 86-year-old Thomas has launched during the
Plough Service blessings for farming families at Ripon Cathedral
Farmers’ perseverance, dedication and enduring community spirit will be celebrated this weekend at Ripon Cathedral’s Plough Sunday Service, supported by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
All are welcome at the service at Ripon Cathedral on Sunday 12th January 2025 which will offer blessings for the year ahead to farming families.
Cutting-edge technology company expands with new head office in Harrogate
One of Yorkshire’s fastest-growing technology companies has moved its head office to Copthall Bridge in Harrogate to support its expansion.
Mobile Tornado is a global provider of push-to-talk over cellular and workforce management solutions. Their groundbreaking technology enables instant voice and multi-media communication over cellular networks and provides safety