An independent school in Harrogate is supporting another “independent” in the town, after refreshing two of its libraries with hundreds of books purchased from the local retailer. Instead of acquiring its books from wholesalers or from national high street stockists, the school is now buying its reading material from Imagined Things
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MWA hit the sweet spot with new Haribo store
Martin Walsh Architectural (MWA), the RIBA chartered family owned architects, has successfully overseen the delivery of Haribo's second outlet store at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet York. Appointed as Architects following the successful completion of Haribo's London Designer Outlet shop in 2017, MWA were responsible for designing the store’s internal layout, features and
Festive cheer for Yorkshire pubs
Despite high numbers of pub closures across the UK in recent years, Yorkshire’s pubs appear to be weathering the storm with a fall in the percentage of businesses in the sector at higher than normal risk of insolvency for the second consecutive month. According to the latest research by insolvency and
Bradford district sparkled this December
Christmas was well and truly brought to life across the Bradford district this month with live theatre performances, carol services and farmers markets. Sparkling Bradford, a campaign which incorporates all of the season’s experiences, has seen hundreds of people gather at numerous events over the winter season to enjoy everything the
Aldi to open is sixth Bradford store
Aldi, Britain’s fifth largest supermarket, is set to celebrate the opening of a brand new store in Bradford on Thursday, January 24. The new store, which will be the 33rd Aldi store to open in West Yorkshire, will stand at 1,254 sq m of retail space and will be run by
Last chance to set up shop at The Piece Hall
Budding entrepreneurs thinking of starting a new retail venture at The Piece Hall need to act quickly as there are now only four units remaining which are already attracting strong interest. Anyone who has considered working for themselves and taking charge of their destiny could make 2019 their year. The beautiful and
Mid Yorkshire Chamber welcomes The Piece Hall Trust as patron
The Piece Hall Trust has become the latest organisation to join the Mid Yorkshire Chamber’s patronage scheme. The Piece Hall Trust was established in 2013 and joins Eaton Smith, Kirklees Stadium Development Ltd, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Leeds Beckett University, Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation and Huddersfield Giants to become the Chamber’s seventh patron.
Work starts on York’s latest Lidl
Work has started demolishing two large former industrial buildings on a 2.36 acre site on James Street in York, to make way for a brand new multi-million pound Lidl supermarket. York-based development company S Harrison worked closely with site owner Perio News Limited to secure planning for the supermarket in October,
Meadowhall makeover wins gold at national awards
The £60m transformation of Yorkshire’s premier destination Meadowhall has received a coveted national industry award. The two year mall makeover won the 2018 Re:fresh+ category at the Revo Gold Awards, an event that celebrates pioneering developments, investments and asset management in the retail property and placemaking sector. The Re:fresh+ category itself was
Harrogate business guru joins NOW Consultancy as commercial director
A Harrogate business guru who advises SME owners on growth and profitability has joined a Yorkshire-based management consultancy as its commercial director. Peter Dickinson - who began his career as a mainframe engineer with International Computers Limited (ICL) and spent more than two decades working in the Middle East, America and