A family-run bakery business is celebrating its 80th year with rising orders for the likes of John Lewis and Asda as well as sandwich shops, secondary schools and London cafes. Barnsley-based White’s Bakery manufactures a wide range of cakes, cookies and bread products for wholesale and retail customers. The fourth generation business has
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Barnsley company expands testing service
A Barnsley company which helps keep the skies safer around the world is helping keep children safer closer to home by extending its drug and alcohol testing service. Screen4, which drug tests pilots and air crew from major airlines including Qantas, Emirates and Cathay Pacific, is now working with family courts
Window of opportunity opens for growing Barnsley company
A Barnsley company which manufactures windows and doors for new houses has doubled productivity following investment in its factory and workforce. Building Product Solutions of Goldthorpe has seen a massive increase in orders as a result of growth in the UK’s burgeoning new-build housing sector. It now has £7.5 million worth of
Expanding enterprise led by deaf people for deaf people moves to Barnsley
A pioneering healthcare communications enterprise, run mainly by deaf people, has opened new UK headquarters in Barnsley. Health Deafinitions is a not-for-profit organisation which designs and produces DVDs and videos to explain health conditions, medical terms, routine tests and surgical procedures to deaf people. It also provides training and consultancy services to
Barnsley brewery investment taps into new markets
An independent Barnsley brewery is stepping up production, developing products and looking to sell its beer overseas. Acorn Brewery produces around 30,000 pints of real ale every week and aims to sell more, through a strategy for growth in 2014. The company’s ambitious plans are being supported by the Enterprising Barnsley business
Elton John’s show experts move to Barnsley
A man who started out helping his parents at amateur shows when he was just five now runs a company that designs the lighting for Elton John. Andrew Pygott's Innovation Productions, which has just expanded and moved to Barnsley, design and provide equipment for Elton’s private events and one-off shows, including