Civil engineering and construction business Spencer Group is working round the clock on a time-critical project to deliver new border checkpoints at the ports of Hull and Immingham. Spencer Group has been selected by Associated British Ports (ABP) to deliver two Border Control Posts (BCPs) required as a consequence of Brexit. The

A leading tech company has committed to doing all it can to support employee mental health as it closes in on almost a year of remote working. Hull-based APD Communications is supporting Time to Change, a growing national social movement run by the Mind and Rethink Mental Illness charities, and is

Independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight Group has made a £4.5m investment into iMist Holdings, a manufacturer and installer of water mist fire protection systems for homes and residential buildings which is headquartered in Hull. Founded in 2015 by managing director Tony Sims who has over 20 years’ engineering

A Hull based gift company have created a Valentine’s Day themed “Impossible Puzzle”, designed for couples parted by virus restrictions. Always Personal have sold more than 10,000 units of the original version of the puzzle as Brits search for effective ways to occupy themselves during lockdown. “We’ve been blown away by

Hull-based Wykeland Group has donated 65 tablet devices to four primary schools in the city so children without access to appropriate technology can learn from home during lockdown. The donations have been made to Longhill, Chiltern, Collingwood and Thoresby primaries, all of which needed help to provide the families of some

Developer Wykeland Group has carried out a programme of sensitive cleaning works to smarten up landmark buildings in Hull city centre. The frontages of the former Marks & Spencer store and the property sub-divided between HMV and the former New Look unit, on Whitefriargate, as well as the old central police

A Yorkshire electrical engineering company has been appointed as the UK’s only approved installer for the revolutionary SeaBis system that prevent electrolysis. Pearson Electrical, based in Hull, specialises in supporting marine, energy, industrial and hazardous sectors, Mark Pearson, managing director of Pearson Electrical, said: “SeaBis is an absolutely amazing product, it’s the

Two Yorkshire engineering companies have defied the challenges posed by COVID-19 to continue surpassing customer expectations. Hull-based electrical engineers Pearson Electrical and boatbuilding firm Parkol Marine Engineering, which has yards in Whitby and Middlesbrough, recently saw their latest project – the Havara – leave Parkol’s Middlesbrough yard. Parkol has garnered an impressive