Halifax-based James Heal, a leading manufacturer of premium quality textile testing instruments and consumables worldwide, has joined the prestigious Made in Britain initiative. With a 1000-strong membership including manufacturers of all sizes, making hundreds of different kinds of products, Made in Britain is the official collective mark for British manufacturers and
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Sauce spices up home heating market with smart tech
A smart tech specialist which has grown tenfold in just three years is working with one of the UK’s leading home heating providers to revolutionise its business. Sauce has become the outstanding success story of Hull’s Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) tech hub, growing from a loose collection of three friends
New indoor play at Bradford garden centre creates 39 new jobs
The new indoor play area at Tong Garden Centre has created 39 new jobs for local people. Grass Hoppers indoor play has recruited 26 permanent and 13 seasonal team members to work in the state of the art 15,000 square feet indoor play area and the new 200 seater Woody's Kitchen. The
North Yorkshire malt whisky distillery wins second VisitEngland Tour accolade
The team at Yorkshire's first malt whisky distillery is celebrating after winning its second coveted VisitEngland award. Hunmanby based Spirit of Yorkshire has been awarded the accreditation of VisitEngland Quality Assured Tour for the distillery tours they have offered since they opened their visitor attraction in April 2017. Spirit of Yorkshire director
New family friendly Reel Cinema opens in Wakefield city centre
Reel Cinema - a new affordable family cinema concept - has openend as part of The Ridings Shopping centre’s new leisure offering. This will also see the retail destination extend its opening hours to attract new food, drink and other leisure operators to enhance the city’s offer. In contrast to the well-publicised
East Yorkshire grower embarks on multi-million-pound expansion
Mill Nurseries in Keyingham is preparing a multi-million-pound project which will expand its greenhouse growing capacity by 25 per cent. The successful family business, established in 1962, is already East Yorkshire’s biggest grower and fifth largest in the UK, supplying over one hundred million tomatoes a year to supermarkets Cooperative, Waitrose, Morrisons and Lidl. The latest build project, which will
Leeds enterprise behind new Angry Birds PlayStation®VR game
A Leeds-based games business has helped bring the new Angry Birds PlayStation®VR game to life. XR Games, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and Rovio Entertainment, is behind ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2: Under Pressure VR’ game for PlayStation®VR’ which launched this month alongside the film. The game leverages the PlayStation
Virginia returns to sales manager role at Dacres
An estate agent with nine years’ experience has been appointed as sales manager at Dacre, Son & Hartley in Ilkley. Virginia King has worked for Countrywide in both Lincolnshire and Halifax, and previously spent two years with Dacres. She joins a team of nine sales and lettings professionals at Dacre, Son
EU funding scheme boost – Yorkshire firms have already claimed £1.2m
The window for Yorkshire firms to benefit from European funding has been extended, allowing hundreds more companies to benefit. The move has prompted the free peer-to-peer export mentoring service for the Leeds City Region, ExportExchange.co.uk, to urge businesses to make applications in order to take advantage of the funding. With more than
UNTHA UK forms new management team
Exactly half-way through its current financial year, industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has announced the creation of a new board of directors, as the company looks to solidify its fast growth trajectory ahead of further expansion. Managing director Marcus Brew – who has been at the helm of UNTHA UK since