Business Sportsshoes.com announces record revenues and new customers SportsShoes.com grew sales by four per cent to achieve a record turnover of £93.3m and a 13.3 per cent year-on-year increase in EBITDA to £6m in the 12 months to 28 February 2025. During the same period, the online running shoes, running clothing and outdoor gear retailer By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Mayors request urgent meeting with Chair of Yorkshire Water Yorkshire's four Metro Mayors have joined together with the co-chairs of the Yorkshire Leaders Board to write a letter to the Chair of Yorkshire Water, asking the board how it is holding the leadership of the company to account for their poor performance, and expressing concerns over the By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Hunters Castleford celebrates four years in business Hunters Castleford, the family-run estate agents supporting buyers and renters across the Five Towns, is celebrating its fourth anniversary this week. To mark the milestone, the team came together to toast the occasion. As local business owners and residents, husband-and-wife duo Andy and Keira Wiles have built a business with By The Editor • 1 min read
Business First foundations laid at West Yorkshire development The 75-home community on Paddock Lane, named West End Green, is now well underway ahead of its launch later this year. Home buyers in West Yorkshire can look forward to the launch of the show homes, which will showcase the varied designs of the two, three and four bedroom properties By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Knight Frank brokers new deal at iconic Concordia Works The Leeds office of global property consultancy Knight Frank has brokered a brand-new deal at the iconic Concordia Works in Sovereign Street, Leeds. Software company Panintelligence has taken the 3,036 sq ft third floor of the historic building on a five-year lease. Zoe Wood, asset manager with landlords Boultbee By The Editor • 1 min read
Business DS. Emotion announces four new client wins DS.Emotion, the multi-award-winning property and place marketing company, has announced four significant residential property wins. With offices in Leeds, Manchester and London, the firm is currently working on new and interesting residential projects across the UK. Matt Button, co-founder, explained: “We have over 30 years of experience in property By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Yorkshire and Humber sees second consecutive rise in business start-ups The number of new businesses being set up in Yorkshire and the Humber rose for the second month in a row in July, despite a simultaneous increase in local insolvency-related activity, according to new analysis from R3, the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body. R3’s latest figures, based By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Eddisons secures major education sector contract with Bradford sixth form expansion Property consultancy Eddisons has played a pivotal role in a £4m project to increase the size of the sixth form at Immanuel College in Bradford by 50% with new-build accommodation that will open next month. Eddisons was appointed as trusted technical adviser to Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust on its application By The Editor • 2 min read
Business York Handmade shortlisted for four awards at brick oscars The York Handmade Brick Company, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the country, has been shortlisted in four categories in the prestigious 2025 Brick Awards. York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, is short-listed for projects at York Racecourse (Sustainability); Clare College, Cambridge (two categories, Craftsmanship By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Synthotech’s Innovation in Action Day showcases the future of utility tech Harrogate-based utility technology leader Synthotech is set to host the Innovation in Action event on 25 September 2025 at Barker Business Park, North Yorkshire. The showcase will bring together utility professionals, engineers, and innovators to explore the latest in leak detection, no-dig remediation, and pipe condition assessment technologies. Innovation in By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Law firm advises Ocado Retail on new distribution hub Law firm Gordons has advised online supermarket Ocado Retail on the letting of a new 66,000 sq ft distribution hub at Fairham Business Park, near Nottingham. Ocado has agreed to take a 15-year lease of the facility which is scheduled to open this autumn. A team led by Gordons By The Editor • 1 min read
Business JN Bentley doubles space at Whitehall riverside Civil engineering company JN Bentley has doubled its office space at 1 Whitehall Riverside in Leeds city centre. Part of the Mott MacDonald Group, JN Bentley is taking over the whole of the 17,124 sq ft fifth floor in the hi-spec office building. The Skipton-based company originally moved its By The Editor • 2 min read
