An initiative which educates young people about career opportunities in the manufacturing sector is doubling its targets for 2019. Bradford Manufacturing Weeks, which celebrated a highly successful inaugural campaign in 2018 after creating 3,000 manufacturing work experiences during one week for young people in the district, has announced it is extending
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New report to celebrate the Yorkshire businesses embracing digital
Digital Enterprise, the Government-backed business support programme aimed at boosting the digital competitiveness of the Leeds City Region, has launched an initiative to showcase the region’s most digitally innovative businesses. The Digital Enterprise Top 100 campaign will profile and celebrate businesses that have achieved growth and success through upgrading digital technology
Nexus invites Leeds to think FinTech, collaboration and digital this spring
Nexus, the University of Leeds’ new innovation hub, is opening up its doors to co-host a series of events this spring, focusing on the North’s FinTech potential, the benefits of collaboration between business and academia and the digital landscape in Leeds. The calendar of events will kick off on Monday, with
Unison relocates to Leeds South Bank in Eddisons deal
Eddisons has sold the former premises of wealth management firm Investec, in Leeds city centre, to public services trade union Unison for £3.6m. Unison, which has more than 1.4m members across the UK, will relocate its Yorkshire and Humberside branch to the three-storey, 13,000 sq ft Quayside House on the south
Halifax solicitor appointed director at Calderdale law firm
Calderdale law firm Wilkinson Woodward has announced the promotion of property law specialist Melanie Leadbitter to Director. Melanie has worked at Wilkinson Woodward since joining their conveyancing team in 2014 and has been instrumental in the continued expansion of their property department. Her appointment as a director forms part of the
Nexus sees double with awards’ judges
Nexus Vehicle Rental, the UK’s leading tech driven business mobility provider, is celebrating a double award win in one night after claiming The Medium Business Award at the Yorkshire Business Masters and the Judges’ Leadership Award at the Northern Tech Awards. The wins have seen the business cement its reputation as
Easy Bathrooms partners with Leeds College of Building to support students
Leeds City Region secures success on the international stage at MIPIM 2019
A 100-strong delegation of public and private sector representatives from across Leeds City Region attended MIPIM earlier this month to showcase opportunities and encourage international investors, developers and occupiers to invest in the region. MIPIM - the annual property investment conference - attracted over 26,000 delegates this year from 100
Iceland signs up as latest Treadmills inmate
Grocery store operator Iceland has become the latest big name to sign up for the Treadmills regeneration scheme in Northallerton. The UK’s leading specialist frozen food retailer has selected the former Northallerton Prison site for a new opening to join its network of more than 900 stores across the country, together
Developer breaks new ground in North Yorkshire village
The first new-build homes to be sold in a North Yorkshire village this millennium have been launched to market. Knaresborough-based housebuilders Yordev are bringing to life two family homes in the village of Baldersby St James, between Ripon and Thirsk. The old village was designed in the 18th century by the renowned