Business Bradford garden centre group reaches final in three categories of a regional business award The team at a Bradford-based garden centre group is celebrating after reaching the final of three regional business awards. Yorkshire Garden Centres, owner of Tong, Tingley, Bingley and Otley Garden Centres has been shortlisted in the Community, Sustainability and Medium Business categories of the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards. By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Bedmaker in new collaboration with Wild Ingleborough Fifth-generation family-owned Yorkshire bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has joined the Wild Ingleborough programme to help restore and maintain nature across the region. As part of the long-term commitment, the Leeds-based luxury bedmaker, will focus its substantial five-figure investment on high-quality climate work, which includes natural regeneration and restoration of land around By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Key South Yorkshire stakeholders represent the region overseas Sheffield Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive Louisa Harrison-Walker has visited the American state of Missouri as part of a delegation led by South Yorkshire Mayor, Oliver Coppard. The trip’s aim was to start conversations about boosting trade between South Yorkshire and the city of St Louis. Leaders from By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Shipley Town Council launch new green grants scheme Shipley Town Council is inviting members of the public to have a say in how it spends its budget for mitigating and adapting to climate change. The town council is running a ‘participatory budgeting’ scheme where local people and organisations can apply for funding to run projects that address the By The Editor • 1 min read
Business West Yorkshire mayor launches North America trade mission A West Yorkshire delegation led by Mayor Tracy Brabin touched down in Toronto on 5 November and will travel to Boston, New York and Lititz Pennsylvania this week, to boost trade and investment. Mayor Tracy Brabin will meet with leading US and Canadian business leaders, to champion West Yorkshire as By The Editor • 4 min read
Business East Leeds orbital route recognised with prestigious construction award The East Leeds Orbital Route (ELOR) has won the Transport Project of the Year at the 2023 British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA). The winners of the 2023 British Construction Industry Awards, which is jointly organised by New Civil Engineer and the Institution of Civil Engineers, were crowned in front of By The Editor • 4 min read
Business NG Bailey IT Services, Infinigate and Nokia partner in the U.K. to unlock 5G potential The IT Services business of NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business, has launched a new partnership with Infinigate, the EMEA value-add distributor specialising in cybersecurity, secure networks and secure cloud and Nokia, a B2B technology innovation leader to accelerate the adoption and usage of 5G By The Editor • 2 min read
Business 70 million visits in two decades as Xscape Yorkshire turns 20 One of England’s busiest indoor visitor attractions is turning 20 this month after welcoming millions of visitors, with around 70 million total visits since opening. Xscape Yorkshire was built on a former colliery and two decades on from the £56m ground-breaking project opening its doors, it’s still one By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Historic Sheffield manufacturer of precious metal alloys placed into administration Thessco Ltd, manufacturers of brazing alloys and contact materials since 1760, was placed into administration on 26th October 2023 with Joanne Hammond and Kris Wigfield of Begbies Traynor appointed as joint administrators. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of silver brazing alloys, metal joining products and industrial silver alloys, By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Former train driver appointed head of operational standards at Northern Northern has appointed Mark Gardner as its new head of operational standards. In this role, Mark will be responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing all operational safety processes and procedures for the train operator. Mark, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, has more recently been covering the post on an interim By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Doncaster tech company is presented with first King’s Award A pioneering technology company, which is hoping to use its skills and expertise to help some of Britain’s most vulnerable households access more than £19 billion of unclaimed benefits, has been praised by HM Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire Professor Dame Hilary Chapman DBE during her visit to the company’ By The Editor • 4 min read
Business Harrogate firm's robot technology helps fight Britain's greenhouse gas emissions Shrinkage is the dominant element of Great Britain's gas distribution networks' business carbon footprint, accounting for more than 1% of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions. New robot technology will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from utility networks while reducing the excavation required to find leaks. By The Editor • 2 min read
