Yorkshire based liquid dispense specialist Brewfitt have appointed Mark Fenton to front their Mr Fitz Aqua Spritz brand. Launched last year, the Mr Fitz Aqua Spritz concept of combining over 20 botanically infused flavours with pure filtered still or sparking water dispensed from a unique bar font is proving a great
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Wool Market for patron saint of wool-combers festival
A Wool Market is being held at Bradford Industrial Museum to celebrate the patron saint of wool-combers, Bishop Blaise and the history of wool in Bradford. The event, which takes place at the Bradford Council-run museum on the feast day of St Blaise, Sunday, February 3, will have stalls selling woollen
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
The oldest hotel in the UK seeks new owner
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,
Sheffield ethical coffee firm invests £250k in the rise of its Yorkshire roast
Coffee specialist Cafeology is putting the Yorkshire roast on the map. The ethical importer, roaster and distributor credited with kicking off Sheffield’s coffee scene in 2003, is now one of the UK’s largest independently-owned coffee companies. Turning the nation on to its Fairtrade brews and blends has seen annual turnover soar to
Ossett Brewery invests £1.7m in Saltaire “beer factory”
Salt Beer Factory is a £1.7m investment by Ossett Brewery housed in a Grade II Victorian tramshed built in 1904. The development, nestled in the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage village of Saltaire, is a micro-brewery with a difference, unifying heritage and modern brewing. The mission is to produce showstopping, hop-forward beers
Substantial pub restaurant in North Yorkshire on the market through Christie & Co
Carter Jonas brings residential development site in Cayton to market
Carter Jonas, the national property consultancy, has brought a 9.48-acre (3.84 hectare) freehold site with outline planning permission for residential development in Cayton, North Yorkshire, to market on behalf of a private landowner. Situated off Church Lane, the site is surrounded by existing residential properties to the west, St John the
Business is moving on up at a West Yorkshire pub – thanks to Mediatheme’s The Entertainer
Trade is booming at a West Yorkshire pub, after its busy landlord installed an all singing all dancing entertainment system. Big Duke’s Barbecue and Grill, at the Three Horses in Keighley, now takes home an extra £1,500 a week in food and drink sales after turning to Mediatheme’s The Entertainer