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Students win PR prize following successful virtual pitch
Celebrations are in order for two final year Public Relations students from
Leeds Beckett University who have been awarded the Grayling Prize 2021. Elettra
Pomilio and Jack Snell scooped the top prize after pitching an integrated PR
plan in response to a UK-wide brief for an outdoor toy brand as
IoD North Yorkshire welcomes end of devolution uncertainty
The Institute of Directors’ North Yorkshire branch has welcomed the statement by
Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick that North Yorkshire's county and
district councils are to be replaced with a single unitary authority for the
entire county (excluding City of York).
The IoD said the move ended the
Leeds based digital agency celebrates series of client wins
Leeds based digital marketing agency, Search Laboratory, is celebrating a series
of client wins in the first half of 2021.
The agency, which recently opened an office in Austin, TX, has won over a dozen
new accounts since January, with notable wins including Unite Students and
Bloch. Over half of
Company insolvencies surge as businesses urged to take action early
Insolvency figures recently released for June 2021 by the Government’s
Insolvency Service show a 63% increase in corporate insolvencies compared to the
same month last year (741 in June 2020). However insolvencies are 18% lower than
the number registered two years previously (pre-pandemic; 1,466 in June 2019).
Corporate
CDS names Adrian Odds as new marketing and innovation director
Strategic communications agency CDS has strengthened its leadership team with
the appointment of Adrian Odds – who takes on the newly-created role of
marketing and innovation director.
Under his new remit, Adrian will lead the marketing function for the
Leeds-headquartered firm as well as ensuring the agency is perfectly positioned
to
Investor swoops for industrial units at Doncaster's Kestrel Court
Two newly built industrial units next to Doncaster Sheffield Airport have been
acquired by a private property company in a £3.125 million deal negotiated by
the Leeds office of property consultancy, Gent Visick (GV).
GV has negotiated the acquisition of units 1 and 3, which measure 13,654 sq
Plans approved for historic mill complex to be transformed into homes
A Grade-II listed mill complex close to Bradford city centre that has fallen
into a state of disrepair will now be transformed into 117 new apartments after
planning permission was granted by officials at Bradford Council.
Barkerend Mills, which is less than half a mile from Little Germany, consists of