York based Evora Construction is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is on track to enjoy its best year ever, with turnover set to exceed £15m, and a strong order book across the commercial, industrial, education, medical and residential sectors. The company was launched at York Eco Business Centre in February 2009,
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£280m bank grants must be put to good use, say small firms
Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR) has awarded £280m of funding from the £775m Royal Bank of Scotland remedies package – put up to satisfy the conditions of its government bailout during the financial crash – to Metro Bank (£120m), Starling (£100m) and ClearBank (£60m). Claire Reading, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
Motor finance specialist invests in cloud communications
An award-winning motor finance company has invested in a major upgrade of its business communications. Specialist Motor Finance works with finance brokers and car dealers throughout the UK to provide motor finance which matches customers’ requirements. The company employs 75 staff at its headquarters at Chester Business Park where its contact centre
Ethos Asset Finance team expands
Brown Butler to reach new heights with 100th anniversary charity fundraising
Leeds-based chartered accountants Brown Butler has marked the start of its 100th anniversary year with a pledge to raise £5,000 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Brown Butler is the largest independent firm of chartered accountants in Leeds and employs more than 80 people at its premises on St Paul’s Street. It
Ripon charity taps into fund raising efforts of Wolseley UK staff
A Ripon charity has “tapped” into the fund-raising efforts of one of city’s best-known businesses. Thanks to dress down days, “bake offs” and raffles, employees from Wolseley UK raised a total of £1,684 for two nominated organisations, one of which was Ripon Walled Garden. And this week representatives from the firm visited
Bradford engineering business acquired
West Yorkshire-based kadops Holdings Ltd has completed its acquisition of Panda Engineering (BFD) Ltd in Bradford. Panda Engineering is a well-established precision machining and fabrication workshop. With a 14-strong team of skilled operators, the company has extensive knowledge in various techniques of subcontract manufacturing and fabrication. Founded over 20 years ago
Butlers Automotive wins prestigious industry award
Barnsley-based motor factor, Butlers Automotive, has won Independent Factor Team of the Year at the prestigious Car & Accessory Trader (CAT) Awards 2019, held at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester. After campaigning to customers and the Barnsley public for votes, Butlers’ hard work paid off and the motor factor found success
Small firms and shoppers call for regulator as 2,500 cashpoints lost
New figures from Which? indicate that more than 2,500 cashpoints were lost in the six months to December 2018 and over 3,000 bank branches have closed across the UK since 2015. With the country’s cash infrastructure diminishing, Which? and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) are today launching the joint Freedom
Yorkshire firm hits £45k charity target in 45th anniversary year
JM Glendinning - the Yorkshire headquartered insurance, financial services and health and safety group - has hit its charity fundraising target of £45k, raised during its 45th anniversary year. The group, which employs 135 people across six offices in Yorkshire, the North East and Midlands, has raised a total of £45,274