Branch staff and local dignitaries have celebrated the 150th anniversary of the NatWest in Keighley. The Mayor of Keighley Councillor Mohammad Nazam attended a celebration event at the branch on North Street, to mark the occasion with branch staff who are currently based there was well as those who have worked
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New employees for Keighley VW camper van parts company Kiravans
Keighley-based online VW camper van parts retailer Kiravans has announced two new employees as the company looks to expand its range of products. Samantha Ettenfield joins the business as a purchasing controller, and Skye Taylor as an e-commerce customer services apprentice. Thirty-two-year-old Samantha lives in a Steeton and will ensure that stock
Yorkshire businessman cleans up with George Formby-inspired anti-litter film
Thomas Black, a well-known West Yorkshire businessmen, has made a George Formby-inspired anti-litter film, following the astonishing success of his first anti-litter campaigning film three years ago. Mr Black, the former joint chairman of the Keighley-based Peter Black Holdings, a major supplier of a wide range of products and services to
Yorkshire property stalwart retires from industry
After 24 years driving the portfolio expansion of commercial and industrial lettings specialist Towngate PLC, property director John Wignall is set to retire this August. Appointed to the board of directors in 2000, John is a Qualified Chartered Surveyor and has played a significant role in growing the firm’s portfolio of
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New appointment strengthens DMP team
Print and direct mail specialist, DMP, has welcomed marketing executive, Linda Furniss, to the Keighley-based team. Linda comes from a marketing career in the financial services sector and a long background in tourism promotion in the Lake District, where she worked for almost 20 years. Already bringing fresh ideas for promoting the
The Bigger Boat is “business of the month”
A digital marketing agency based in Mirfield has been awarded Eaton Smith’s Business of the Month Award. The Bigger Boat was founded in 2010 by Doug Main, Lee Boothroyd and Andy McCaul who had all previously worked together in another agency. The agency outgrew its original office in Brighouse and moved
Customer services manager brings touch of the Caribbean to Kiravans
Keighley College sews up skills gap with new textile academy
New funding secured in Keighley will soon give a much-needed boost to the local textile industry. A £30,000 investment from the Textile Growth Fund is enabling a new textile academy to launch at Keighley College in January. The college has worked with local employers to secure the funding that will provide
Yorkshire firm stitches life into forgotten fabrics
An emerging Yorkshire design-firm is to give a new lease of life to a collection of long forgotten fabrics donated by a millworker’s daughter. The Stitch Society, a design company specialising in creating beautiful, high quality, aprons for artisans, was contacted by Lynne Lilley, whose father worked as a weaving overlooker in