The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed Poonam Kaur as vice chairman of its West Yorkshire branch. Poonam is managing director of award-winning corporate finance firm fds based in Wakefield. She is an IoD Ambassador, representing the M&A sector and promoting the IoD’s 99 Club for young entrepreneurs and business start-ups. Poonam
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Record numbers of new companies formed in North and West Yorkshire
Figures just published show that Yorkshire enjoyed a successful year for new company formations during 2018 – with North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire welcoming record numbers of new businesses. The statistics come from the Inform Direct Review of UK Company Formations using data from Companies House and the Office for National Statistics. Record
Pub and restaurant in West Yorkshire looking for new operator through Christie & Co
The Pax Inn, a contemporary pub and restaurant situated in the village of Thorp Arch, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire, has been brought to the market through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. Operating from a substantial, detached stone building, The Pax Inn provides trading space for up to 80
Recycling one of several sustainability projects for integrated communication solutions business
Adare SEC has committed to several sustainability projects to further strengthen its environmental, social and governance impact. The £70m turnover firm, which specialises in integrated communication solutions, last year received an EcoVadis Silver rating for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices – meaning the business was in the top 15 per
Aldi to open is sixth Bradford store
Aldi, Britain’s fifth largest supermarket, is set to celebrate the opening of a brand new store in Bradford on Thursday, January 24. The new store, which will be the 33rd Aldi store to open in West Yorkshire, will stand at 1,254 sq m of retail space and will be run by
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
Towngate facilitates West Yorkshire’s biggest letting of 2018
Towngate PLC has announced that premium glass bottle manufacturer Allied Glass will be relocating its main storage facility to the newly refurbished Copperworks site on Haigh Park Road in Leeds, after signing a ten-year lease contract with the industrial landlord. The move has been revealed as the biggest letting of an
Saint-Gobain site successfully energised by high-voltage specialist Smith Brothers
Power engineering contractor Smith Brothers has completed a large-scale assignment to connect the Saint-Gobain Glass manufacturing facility in Eggborough, Goole, to the grid. Saint-Gobain – Europe’s leading flat glass producer – appointed the Independent Connection Provider (ICP) to upgrade the HV system and handle all electrical and civil engineering works to
Jordans Solicitors launches new Selby branch
Legal firm Jordans Solicitors has opened a new office in Selby. This follows on from the successes of the solicitors’ West Yorkshire operations in Wakefield, Dewsbury and Horsforth. The new Selby office will be headed up by Stephen Morgan and Emma Brocklebank. Stephen is a wills and probate solicitor with 20 years’
HS2 launches public consultations on plans to extend the railway North
Plans for the development of Britain’s new high speed railway between the Midlands and the North moved a step closer today, as HS2 Ltd revealed more detailed design proposals. Construction of the Phase One route between Birmingham and London is now well underway with 7,000 jobs already supported through the project.