Leeds City Region has further enhanced its ability to trade with China through a series of agreements to stimulate trade with the port city of Qingdao, which has a GDP of one trillion yuan, is home to nine million people and is well known for producing Tsingtao beer. This forms part
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Dahua UK to open northern office in “partner” city
Dahua Technology is expanding its presence in the UK with the opening of a new office in Leeds. This is the first time that Dahua – the world’s second-largest video surveillance solutions manufacturer – has expanded in the UK beyond its existing offices in Maidenhead, Berkshire. The new northern office will be
North Brewing Co heads east with China export wins
Leeds brewer North Brewing Co has secured £96,000 worth of export orders from Chinese customers after exhibiting at China’s biggest trade show for the food and hospitality industry, Food & Hotel China (FHC). The brewery attended the show on a Northern Powerhouse trade mission organised as part of the Food is
University’s unique Jonas Hotel wins top award
Sheffield’s Jonas Hotel, the first of its kind in the UK housing students and visitors alike, has won a top award for the University of Sheffield. The unique hybrid hotel, which opened a year ago in the university’s Endcliffe student residences Campus, has won Best Student Housing 2018 in the higher
Family-run Yorkshire HR firm secures three-year contract with global discount goods supplier
A family-run HR, employment law and health and safety firm based in Yorkshire, has secured a three-year contract to work with one of the UK’s leading global discount goods suppliers. Howarths People and Safety Management has been appointed by Overseas Trading Limited (OTL) to provide on-site health and safety compliance at
Global battery market charges growth at long-standing manufacturer
A 155-year old family business headquartered in Penistone has invested in new machinery and is boosting international trade to tap into the growing rechargeable battery market, with support from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. James Durrans Group supplies carbon-related products that are used in lithium-ion batteries, jet engines and white paint pigments.
JRI Orthopaedics celebrates gold standard ratings for hip replacement systems
JRI Orthopaedics’ pioneering uncemented hip implant system has been awarded the highest rating by ODEP – the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel - in recognition of its clinical performance. The multi-award-winning company has received a 13A* rating – the highest possible award – from ODEP for both its long-established Furlong® Uncemented H.A-C
Yorkshire brewer’s Far East flavours land Chinese export deal
A Yorkshire brewer has set its sights on breaking into the Chinese beer market after securing orders in Hong Kong and Shanghai for 12,000 bottles of its spirit infused beer. Baijiu Beer Company, which produces craft beer that’s combined with China’s national spirit, Baijiu, will ship its first international order in
JRI Orthopaedics becomes hub for visiting international surgeons
Leading orthopaedic surgeons from China and Brazil have visited multi-award winning Sheffield healthcare company JRI Orthopaedics. A delegation of 18 specialist hip surgeons from throughout China toured JRI’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Chapeltown. Eleven months ago, the company secured regulatory approval to sell its high quality cemented, uncemented and revision hip product
JRI Orthopaedics launches international centre of orthopaedic excellence
Yorkshire’s reputation for healthcare innovation and research has been further enhanced this week with the opening of an international centre of orthopaedic excellence. Multi-award winning healthcare company JRI Orthopaedics has worked alongside Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to establish its first UK Centre of Excellence for joint replacement. The