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
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£250,000 vehicle safety contract win for Leeds engineering business
SM UK, a Leeds-based £5m-turnover engineering firm, has won a £250,000 contract to install its high-tech HALO cyclist safety system across an entire fleet of 75 trucks for waste management business, LSS Waste. The north’s largest privately owned waste management company, LSS Waste, also based in Leeds, provides skip hire and
Humber engineering group invests in telecommunications
Engineering services provider On Line Group has invested in a major telecommunications upgrade. On Line Group provides design engineering consultancy solutions in the Humber region and throughout the UK. It consists of four companies – On Line Design & Engineering, On Line Support Personnel, On Line People and Media Excel. The Group
Double-digit growth for entrepreneurial brothers behind Brighouse digital marketing agency
Two entrepreneurial brothers at the helm of a West Yorkshire digital marketing agency are preparing for a prosperous 2019 following a year of double-digit business growth. Scott and Ryan Brant, directors at Vizulate Digital based in Brighouse, are on course to increase the agency’s revenue by more than 20 per cent
Cutting edge technology showcases high tech apartments
The use of virtual reality (VR) to enhance a brand is becoming the norm from the music industry to the property sector. No matter how big or small the company, VR can improve operations, sales and marketing, planning and design. In Hull, cutting edge real estate technology has been used to illustrate
Yorkshire firm set to make a splash with revolutionary paint
Theakston’s Coopers make the must-have Peculier present for real ale lovers
Coopers at a North Yorkshire brewery are pulling out all the “hops” to create the perfect “Peculier” Christmas gift for real ale lovers. Each year, Masham-based T&R Theakston turns out a limited number of wooden “pins” – which are made using the traditional tools of the trade, namely seasoned oak, iron
Online learning provider breathes life into Ilkley lifesaving campaign
An initiative to make Ilkley the UK’s first town of lifesavers has been launched using a free, online training programme. "Prepared to save a life" is a unique, 40-minute web-based training package launched to businesses this month by Ilkley-based Virtual College. The programme, which is in partnership with Community Save a Life,
Leeds designer and manufacturer adds personalised geometric designs
A Yorkshire-based designer and manufacturer of men’s fashion accessories has added a personalised element to its fragrance-infused jewellery range. Founded in 2013, Vanacci is the creative brand behind a range of handmade, understated pendants, bracelets, wallets, bags, watches, cufflinks and sunglasses. The brand has introduced a complimentary, personalised engraving service for its
Force24 acquires Leeds marketing agency
The UK-built and managed marketing automation platform Force24 has acquired full-service agency Peppy Marketing, for an undisclosed sum. The news follows the announcement back in May 2018, that Leeds-based Peppy was appointed as a platinum partner of Force24 – also headquartered in the same West Yorkshire city. But having experienced significant success