A 56-year-old Rotherham auto electrical company motored through lockdown by keeping key workers and the nation’s truckers on the road. Demand was so high, family-run Maltby Auto Electrical Services Ltd stayed open and ramped up its online warehouse division, Splitcharge.co.uk. Staff were redeployed from other areas of the business to ensure MAES
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Bluetree Group first in UK to manufacture industry standard surgical masks
Bluetree Group, owner of InstantPrint.co.uk and Route1Print.co.uk, is to become the first UK business to manufacture type IIR-medical grade face masks which have a greater than 98 per cent bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE). Following a call from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March for industry to help increase face mask
Yorkshire firm strikes deal with Devon soap supplies business
Supplies For Candles, a Mexborough-based distributer of candle and soap making ingredients, has completed the purchase of The Soap Kitchen, a Devon-based market leading supplier of personal care and soap making ingredients. The transaction was supported by alternative lender, ThinCats, who provided a seven-figure funding package. Established in 2016, Supplies For Candles
JF Finnegan to construct UKAEA facility in Rotherham
Harworth Group has appointed Sheffield based contractor and developer JF Finnegan to construct The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) facility at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) facility will be located at the heart of the UK’s advanced manufacturing region - the Advanced Manufacturing Park
Heritage roofing experts help families caring for Rotherham manor house
Families who call a Georgian manor house in Rotherham home found expertise on the doorstep when they needed to call in heritage skills. Sheffield specialist Martin-Brooks were called on to re-roof two annexes and rebuild two chimneys at Grade II listed Thundercliffe Grange in Kimberworth. The former home of the Earls of
Key new role created at Wentwoth Woodhouse
A key new post has been created at one of England’s greatest stately homes as it aims to become a leading UK visitor attraction and community regenerator. The Preservation Trust restoring Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham has appointed Ian Taylor as its first operations manager. Chesterfield-born Ian joined the Trust as a management
Alternative role play centre for children opens in South Yorkshire
An exciting new child’s play centre, providing unique and tailor-made role-playing facilities, has opened its doors to families in Swinton. The Little Town of Play is a family run business launched by Steve and Sophie Siddle, providing a safe place for children to play, learn, and develop their cognitive, social, emotional, and
UKSE grant secures future for Rotherham’s VSE
A specialist Rotherham-based personalised vehicle security business has invested in new diagnostic equipment and purchased new premises thanks to a funding grant from UKSE. Vehicle Security & Electrical (VSE) was established in February of this year by experienced Auto Electrician Ben Hampshire who wanted to launch a ‘one-stop-shop’ for vehicle tracking
Fire-damaged property with no reserve sells for £40k in £4.6m auction
A fire-damaged Rotherham house that went under the hammer without a reserve selling for £40,000, and a Sheffield farmhouse going for more than £780,000 were among the highlights of a ‘very busy’ £4.6m Mark Jenkinson and Son October auction. Damaged by fire in 2018, the semi-detached house in Thurnscoe, with a
MBO at Advanced Alloys
A £30m turnover processor and supplier of speciality alloys, has been acquired in a multi-million-pound management buy-out. Dinnington-based Advanced Alloy Services Limited was established over 25 years ago by Alan Fisher, and has developed to become one of the UK’s leading specialists in processing and recycling high-temperature alloys and metals. The