The specialist "plot sales team" at law firm Ward Hadaway is targeting further growth after clocking up more than 5,000 completed transactions – representing an eight per cent increase on the previous year. The team, which acts for a number of the UK's leading housebuilders, successfully completed the sale of around
Author: Steve Everett
Sister companies’ success in Scarborough Business Awards
Two Yorkshire coast businesses are celebrating their success in the Scarborough Business Awards. Hunmanby business Wold Top Brewery was awarded the Medium Business of the Year award and Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery the Tourism Business of the Year award at a glittering awards ceremony at the Scarborough Spa. Kate Balchin, who runs
The oldest hotel in the UK seeks new owner
WBD hires intellectual property trade mark Lawyer into its Leeds office
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has hired trade mark lawyer, Robin Richardson, to join its expanding Leeds-based Intellectual Property (IP) team. Robin joins from KISCH IP, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a Fellow of the South African Institute of IP Law and a South African-qualified Trade Mark
Ripon charity gets into Christmas spirit with month of festive retailing
Staff, members and volunteers at a Ripon charity are getting into the Christmas spirit with a series of festive retail and fundraising events. Ripon Community Link incorporating Ripon Walled Garden will be selling Christmas Trees, Christmas cards, Christmas cakes, puddings and other festive fayre, hosting coffee mornings and offering personalised letters
Brand consultancy completes overhaul of 19th Century mill
Following a six-figure financial investment and six months of renovation, brand consultancy The Engine Room as moved into its new home in Mirfield – York Mills. The former 19th Century piggery – once owned by the employer of Anne Brontë – was purchased by The Engine Room’s managing director Lesley Gulliver and
Domestic interest props up Leeds commercial property investment
Investment in Leeds commercial property increased 70 per cent, to the end of Q3 in 2018, compared to the same period for the previous year. This places Leeds within the five regional investment capitals outside of London. Investors, both domestic and from overseas, acquired commercial properties to the value of £688m in
Westfield Health CEO commended for dedicated leadership
David Capper, CEO of Sheffield-based health and wellbeing provider, Westfield Health, has been awarded "Business Person of the Year" at the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. David, who was appointed CEO of the organisation this year, was awarded for his outstanding commitment to deliver results, dedicated leadership and achievement, entrepreneurial
ABP recognised for outstanding renovation work on Grade-II Listed building
One of the most outstanding grade-II listed industrial buildings in the city of Hull – The ABP Pump House - has been recognised for its high-quality restoration. The efforts of ABP, A Torn Construction and Hull City Council, who collaboratively brought this striking building back to life, have been rewarded with
Riverside marks “coming of age” with biggest year for technology to date
Waste baler specialist Riverside Waste Machinery has marked its "coming of age" with the launch of more technology in 2018, than any other year. And the growth doesn’t look set to end there. Established in 1997, Riverside thought its 20th birthday celebrations would mark the biggest milestone for the company, this decade.