A designer and manufacturer of roof trusses, joists and tiles has crossed the Irish Sea to lease a 10,000 sq ft warehouse in West Yorkshire as it expands to meet demand from customers in England. Rafferty Roof Trusses, headquartered in Coleraine, County Londonderry, has secured a modern warehouse unit with office
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Costcutter raise over £1,000 to support families with sick children in
Nationwide convenience store operator Costcutter Supermarkets Group has raised over £1,000 for The Sick Children’s Trust to keep families with seriously ill children together in free ‘Home from Home’ accommodation. The Sick Children’s Trust runs ten ‘Homes from Home’ across the country, three of which are located at specialist paediatric hospitals
Vapour Cloud invests in in-house service desk
Elland headquartered Vapour Cloud has invested in a new service desk to support the technology firm’s ever-increasing client base. The GDPR-compliant facility – which has been designed in line with ITIL best practice – has been launched this month following a five-figure investment, six months of planning and a further two
Leo Group “tackles” thriving Halifax junior football club’s parking woes
A thriving Halifax junior football club’s lack of parking facilities has been successfully “tackled” by a Calderdale environmental company. Boothtown-based Leo Group, along with the help of Leeds-based waste management company Associated Waste Management Ltd, has created a brand-new car park for Beacon Rangers – which plays in the Huddersfield Junior
SNF enlists Smith Brothers for prestigious Billingham connection
Yorkshire power contractor Smith Brothers has been appointed by world-leading polymer provider SNF, to carry out large-scale electrical engineering works at its first UK-based manufacturing facility. Having been enlisted as the Independent Connections Provider (ICP) by SNF, high voltage specialist Smith Brothers will be responsible for the 66kV load connection of
Gin and tunes for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance fundraiser at Pocklington Farm Shop
Flood management schemes backed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Two flood alleviation schemes backed by West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Investment Committee will help reduce the risk of flooding for hundreds of homes and businesses across Leeds City Region, protect land for new development and provide a refuge for endangered animals. The Natural Flood Management Programme and Wyke Beck Valley Project
High voltage specialist Smith Brothers appointed to energise eleven wind turbines
Two wind farms in Scotland are closer to completion following the appointment of Elland-based high voltage electrical engineering firm Smith Brothers. Spread across two adjacent sites, eleven wind turbines will provide a combined output of 23.55MW to the SSE network once energised. 14.35MW of this will be delivered by seven turbines
Leo Group’s £273k Ravenscliffe School Christmas present
Calderdale’s only special school has been given an early Christmas present, thanks to the fundraising efforts of a Boothtown-based environmental company. Leo Group chairman Danny Sawrij was the guest of honour at Ravenscliffe High School’s end of term assembly, where he handed over a cheque for £273,284.09, which will go towards
Electrical engineering experts boost tendering team with new hire
Elland-based power engineering firm Smith Brothers has enlisted a new tendering engineer, as it prepares for further continued growth in 2018. Marc Hildreth joins the high voltage experts from Schneider Electric, bringing 12 years of electrical engineering experience to the five-strong tendering team. As team leader of the 11kV project division in