Business Parsons celebrate double win at Yorkshire Accountancy Awards Yorkshire based Parsons, Chartered Accountants has scooped two awards at the Yorkshire Accountancy Awards 2024 (YAA). The team was elated to have been shortlisted in no less than five categories, before collecting two prestigious awards at the glitzy ceremony in New Dock Hall, Leeds on Thursday 22 February. Maggie Dearnley, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Kevin McCloud, MBE headline speaker at Yorkshire Sustainability Festival 2024 Prestigious names are being unveiled for Yorkshire Sustainability Festival 2024 (YSF24) as sustainability guru, Kevin McCloud, will be taking to the speaker stage at The Yorkshire Sustainability Conference later this year, to share his knowledge and passion around sustainable construction and design. Kevin McCloud, who has presented Grand Designs since By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Burton Roofing Group expands board with new commercial director York-based Burton Roofing Group has expanded its senior team by appointing Martin Armour as its new commercial director. With over 35 years’ experience Martin joins the group from Calder Industrial Materials (CIM), where he was commercial director. The company is the UK’s leading supplier of lead sheet and lead By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Business Waste becomes the first company in the UK to offer foil and label recycling services Waste foil is one of the harder materials to recycle and most of the time it is sent for incineration. Business Waste however, have successfully created a route for recycling that turns polymer-based label waste and foil printing waste into new recycled products. On the other hand, the waste from By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Finance Yorkshire investment supports data protection specialist ProvePrivacy to expand Investment from Finance Yorkshire is supporting a company specialising in data protection to grow its portfolio of clients. ProvePrivacy, based in Bradford, is a secure, digital platform designed for data protection and information governance professionals to manage data protection compliance in their organisations. A £74,200 investment from Finance Yorkshire’ By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Raft of promotions and appointments at Fantastic Media Leeds based strategic marketing agency, Fantastic Media, has made a flurry of promotions and appointments as it targets continued growth throughout 2024. The agency achieved a record turnover of £1.65m last year and has appointed an account director and multi-channel marketing executive to further bolster its expansion plans. Additionally, By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Business leaders join forces to drive growth in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire business leaders will meet tomorrow to discuss plans to boost economic growth and innovation in the region. The first meeting of a new West Yorkshire Business Board will be led by Mayor Tracy Brabin’s recently appointed business advisor, Mandy Ridyard, who has been tasked with ensuring the By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Transport across Yorkshire & The Humber to be transformed with new £947m investment Millions of people in Yorkshire and the Humber - from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority to Kingston Upon Hull and North East Lincolnshire - will benefit from better public transport, reduced congestion and upgraded bus and train stations as the Government continues to reallocate funding from HS2 to By The Editor • 5 min read
Business Leodis Space Agency takes over Leeds This Easter, the city of Leeds is set to witness an extraordinary event as LeedsBID (Leeds Business Improvement District) and Welcome to Leeds launches the Leodis Space Agency. This cosmic experience promises to transport residents and visitors alike to new dimensions of wonder and excitement. From March 23 to April By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Design Tonic celebrates a transformative five years of success Leeds-based commercial interior designers Design Tonic celebrate five years of success since their 2019 launch, with exciting new client projects on board this spring. Renowned for injecting community, collaboration and cool into office spaces locally and nationally, Design Tonic has also worked across the restaurant, sports, and Leeds indie business By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Pegasus World Holding announces growth and expansion Pegasus World Holding, based in Leeds and founded and managed by leading UK entrepreneur Ivan Zhou, has announced a massive increase in turnover. The company has witnessed a phenomenal surge in its turnover, rising from £8 million to £13 million during the last year. This expansion has been mirrored in By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Transformer and generator specialist secures multi-million pound investment One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of power and distribution transformers, Winder Power, has secured a multi-million pound combined debt and equity funding package from Connection Capital to support a management buyout of the business. Hundred-year-established Winder Power, which has risen to become one of the most trusted suppliers By The Editor • 2 min read
