A Yorkshire business support programme, which has helped hundreds of new businesses, has been shortlisted for a financial award. AD:VENTURE, which helps ambitious new businesses trading for less than three years in North and West Yorkshire, is one of the finalists in the Yorkshire Financial Awards 2021. It is shortlisted in
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BT and Digital Boost launch free mentoring programme for small businesses in Yorkshire
BT has launched a new mentoring programme to support small businesses in Yorkshire during the pandemic, in partnership with Digital Boost, a free non-profit platform which unites digital experts with leaders of small businesses. BT has pledged to deliver free one-to-one coaching sessions to at least 1,000 small businesses and is encouraging small
Yorkshire self-employed workers call for more support, as numbers continue to fall
Eighty three per cent of self-employed workers in Yorkshire have urged the Government for greater support, as numbers continue to fall by 369,000 since April. Nearly half of sole traders in the region (49 per cent) have called for additional grants to support the sector, with a quarter insisting lower taxes
Yorkshire Water launches vulnerability partnership fund
Yorkshire Water has launched a new fund designed to help raise awareness of its priority services register (PSR) and encourage people to sign up. The service helps customers who face challenges when accessing Yorkshire Water services, those who may be more impacted if they can’t access water for a short period of time,
Directors to debate plans for devolution in North Yorkshire
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is staging a debate to examine proposals for devolution in North Yorkshire. The online event, on September 9, will see key players from North Yorkshire County Council, Harrogate Borough Council and Selby District Council put forward their plans. The UK Government is preparing a new round of
New tech solution to allow social distancing whilst detecting leaks
Yorkshire Water has introduced a new tech solution to ensure that customer water leaks continue to be detected during the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to current restrictions, Yorkshire Water’s leakage inspectors are not entering customer properties to investigate suspected supply pipe and plumbing leaks. In order to detect leaks without entering a
Co-op VE Day plea for people to stay safe and celebrate at home in Yorkshire
Central England Co-op is urging people in Yorkshire to mark VE Day by staying safe and enjoying an indoor, rather than outdoor street party. To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, millions of people planned to head out into their communities and enjoy street parties as part of the special
Peer to peer lender reaches £1bn milestone in Yorkshire
Yorkshire celebrates successful year For business
Figures just published show that Yorkshire enjoyed a successful year for new company formations during 2019 – with North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire welcoming record numbers of new businesses. The statistics come from the Inform Direct Review of UK Company Formations using data from Companies House and the Office for
Northern Powerhouse launches programme of events for MIPIM 2020
The Government and the NP11 have joined together as an official partner for MIPIM 2020 to deliver an exciting programme of events during the four-day estates and property investor conference in Cannes, France. The NP11 is the business-led voice for the North that brings together the region’s 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships