Business BPI Auctions taking to the stage at NEPIC 2023 The UK’s leading online marketplace for asset disposal, BPI Auctions, will be exhibiting at this year’s NEPIC Best Practice in Industrial Asset Management & Productivity conference. The event, which will take place on the 8th of February 2023 at Hardwick Hall Hotel, Sedgefield, showcases cross-sector best practice to By The Editor • 1 min read
Business BGF backs Tribepad with £12m investment Tribepad, a leading talent acquisition software provider, has secured a £12m investment from BGF – one of the largest and most experienced growth capital investors in the UK and Ireland. Founded in Sheffield in 2008, Tribepad has developed a best-of-breed talent acquisition platform which supports the end-to-end hiring process for some By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Property developer to complete their biggest UK investment in Doncaster Two business parks under construction in Doncaster will soon add 16 new industrial and warehousing units to the region’s commercial property market. Platinum Park and Jubilee Park have been developed by Priority Space, backed by H.G. Sites, and stand adjacent to Avro Park, a development completed by the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business A booming data sector drives salary inflation A booming data industry in Yorkshire has driven up salaries across the region by up to 40%, according to a new study from SPG Resourcing. The study examined salary data in January against the same month last year across a number of job roles. Project managers saw average salaries rise By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Green Claims Code expansion The newly announced expansion of the Green Claims Code (GCC) guidance, which now includes FMCG household essentials, gives vital clues to the future direction of sustainable business, says B2B print and packaging communications specialist, PHD Marketing. The Green Claims Code, spearheaded by the UK Government’s Competition & Markets Authority, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Profit warnings issued by Yorkshire’s listed companies more than doubled year-on-year Profit warnings issued by listed companies in Yorkshire more than doubled in 2022, rising from 12 in 2021 to 30, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest Profit Warnings report. The increase in warnings in the region came as businesses felt the effects of significant ongoing economic and geopolitical headwinds. The retail By The Editor • 4 min read
Business HMi Elements starts 2023 with multimillion pound orders and rewards staff HMi Elements, the specialist technology company that manufactures hazardous area computers for the oil and gas industry, is forecasting a bumper year of growth. It has started 2023 with a multimillion-pound order book and, as a thank you to staff for their hard work and dedication over the past few By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Gregory receives the go ahead to develop 'green' business park Gregory Properties (Leeds) Limited has secured reserved matters planning approval to deliver 124,700 sq ft of industrial and logistics space at Rockingham in Barnsley. The ten-acre site is well located fronting the A6195 Dearne Valley Parkway with direct motorway access to Junction 36 of the M1. Gregory Properties plans By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Kirklees Mayor officially opens Harron’s latest showhome Harron Homes recently welcomed the Mayor of Kirklees, Councillor Masood Ahmed, to officiate at the launch of its new showhome at the Victoria Heights development in Fixby, Huddersfield. The Mayor was met by Yorkshire managing director Tony Lee and senior sales manager Amanda Thomas, who were on hand to give By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Work starts on new £4.5m business park that will create new jobs in York Marrtree Investments has begun work on a new 2.4 acre business park on the site of the former B&M store at Clifton Moor in York. The developer will have invested £4.5m in the scheme on completion, which will create 27,000 sq ft of modern business By The Editor • 2 min read
Business EY’s dealmakers in the North advise on transactions worth nearly £3.8bn in 2022 EY’s Strategy and Transactions teams in the North of England advised on deals worth a total of nearly £3.8bn in 2022. The top deals acted on in 2022 by the firm’s experts in the North included three worth more than half a billion pounds each, with the By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Inseego makes tracks to south central The Leeds office of global property consultancy Knight Frank has brokered a significant deal at the South Central development in the city. Inseego, a provider of fleet tracking software and business solutions, is taking of 5,000 sq ft of newly refurbished space By The Editor • 2 min read