A growing specialist Hull commercial and hazardous waste business has created new jobs and invested more than £500,000 into a new fleet of specialist vehicles and equipment to ensure it maintains its impressive rate of growth in 2019 and beyond. Wastege Waste Management Ltd was established by experienced specialist Mark Taylor
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Priestley Investments secures tenant for Leeds offices
Priestley Investments, part of the Priestley Group, has secured a ten-year tenancy for Leeds office building, Millwood House. Local business, D’s Health Limited, has taken a £304,000 lease of the 2,893 sq ft prime commercial space until 2028. An eight-week programme of extensive refurbishment work was carried out on the three-storey building
Former Rotherham ambulance headquarters to be converted into luxury apartments
Planners have greenlighted proposals from local developer Jaguar Estates to convert former ambulance service offices in Moorgate, Rotherham, into luxury apartments. The designs by Self Architects and White Design will convert Fairfield House, a substantial 19th Century detached building, into five, two-bedroom apartments. Fairfield House has been used by Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Harrogate Convention Centre serves up new catering partner in five-year deal
Harrogate Convention Centre has announced a five-year deal with national hospitality company CH&CO which has taken over catering operations at the North Yorkshire venue. The £10m deal represents a major in-road into the events and exhibition industry for CH&CO and the company said it will bring its trademark tailor-made catering model
Northcoders opens permanent base in Leeds
Northcoders, the UK’s leading coding bootcamp for graduate outcomes, has launched a brand new campus in Leeds city centre. Northcoders was established in Manchester back in 2015 and its very first course launched a year later. Since then it has trained nearly 300 people via 23 cohorts. In the past year, on average
Poultry firm hatches plan to make hens happier
A manufacturer of poultry farm equipment designed to boost bird welfare will launch the UK’s first commercial poultry farm that is open to the public, with support from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. Vencomatic Group is behind The Northern Poultry Campus. It will include a café and a gift shop for visitors
“Enterprising” CEO appointed to open doors for revolutionary Yorkshire hygiene company
A Yorkshire hygiene company has appointed a new CEO to help it “open doors” to customers around the world. Brian Waligora, a former senior manager with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has joined Leeds-based Surfaceskins, which has created a revolutionary antibacterial door pushpad, to drive it commercially. Specifically designed to eliminate cross-contamination within hospitals, Surfaceskins
National College for High Speed Rail holds open day
The National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster is hosting an Open Day this January, to give future students the chance to learn about courses that are designed to prepare them for a career in rail. The event is the perfect opportunity to get on track for a New Year
Newby unveils regeneration plans for Rydale House York development
Peer-to-peer lender bolsters presence in the Yorkshire and Humber region
Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital has appointed David Reed as regional relationship director in the Yorkshire and Humber region. David has a breadth of experience across a range of industries. Before joining Assetz, David held roles as a commercial director for Leeds-based ERE Property and a client relationship manager position at Progeny