Property consultant Eddisons has secured £30m to improve buildings at 76 academy schools across the UK under the Government’s Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) programme. Schools in line for upgrades include 24 in Yorkshire, set to receive a total of £10m worth of improvement works. New funding for the latest round of

office design company, Chameleon Business Interiors, has been appointed to transform Northallerton’s former Victorian prison into a Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI), providing a contemporary new home for start-ups and growing businesses. Chameleon Business Interiors is delivering interior design, office fit-out and furnishing services to redevelop the original 1820 prison into a workspace

South Yorkshire-based contact centre CC33 is set to hire more than 150 people after experiencing a period of massive growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase has been attributed to a series of new client wins whilst working remotely, leading to the opportunity for the firm to employ more than 150

Leeds-based drainage contractor, Jet Aire Services, is investing £780,000 in its service fleet with the addition of three high-performance jet vac vehicles. The company has taken delivery of the first of three RCV ultra max combination units purchased from Barnsley-based road tanker specialist, RTN Clayton Vallely, with two more due to arrive

The Tofoo Co is increasing its factory capacity by 70 per cent with the installation of a new Soy Milk Cooker from Japan, allowing the company to increase turnover from £14m per annum to almost £20m by 2021. One in five (more than 13 million) Brits have reduced their meat consumption

The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), delivered by British Business Bank, has made 66 investments in 47 York, North Yorkshire & East Riding based small growing businesses, with funding exceeding £23m in the region.    NPIF which has been investing since February 2017, delivering equity finance, debt finance, and microfinance solutions ranging in size from £25,000 to £2m to businesses in the region works closely with the York & North Yorkshire Local Enterprise

A stage lighting company that has worked with some of the world’s biggest bands from All Time Low through to Nirvana and ZZ Top, has secured its future with the support of an emergency loan from Lloyds Bank. Leeds-based Zig Zag Lighting provides lighting and production equipment for live music events

A Rotherham-based entrepreneur behind an inclusive clothing brand is just one of the 129 women in the North of England who has benefitted from NatWest’s innovative Back Her Business crowdfunding platform over the last 12 months. Dr Joanna Baker-Rogers, founder of Busy Life, an e-commerce business championing people with disabilities has