A Yorkshire PR agency is celebrating two new tech and manufacturing client wins. The new wins for Leeds-based MacComms include online specialists RapidSpike and Lancashire manufacturing group Baldwin Engineering Holdings Group. RapidSpike has invested in the PR agency to support its continued growth having successfully received £1 million investment from Prateura Group inRead more
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Thursday 3rd December marks International Day of People with Disability (IDPD), originally created by the United Nations and designed to bring awareness and celebrate the diversity of the global community. This years’ theme is ‘not all disabilities are visible’, something Leeds-based behavioural research and UX consultancy, SimpleUsability, is keen to encourage businesses to consider whenRead more
St Helens-based Widd Signs has completed a five-figure project to install internal and external signage at the soon to open Kings Dock multi-storey car park in Liverpool, which replaces the one destroyed in a fire on New Year’s Eve 2017. Over a four-month project, which began in June, Widd Signs has designed, manufactured andRead more
The Leeds-based printing company, Awesome Merchandise, is launching a campaign to raise £50k to support local homeless charity, Simon on the Streets, after fearing the threat of closure due to the impact of the pandemic. To hit the target, Awesome Merchandise is introducing a number of initiatives throughout November and December, including the launch ofRead more
With lockdown restrictions across the UK affecting brick and mortar retail outlets, Black Friday in 2020 is set to be very different. Instead of chaotic scenes of shoppers elbowing each other out of the way for the best deal, we’ll instead see online shopping become the first port of call for bargain-hunters. Unfortunately, where thereRead more
Lancashire-based LED lighting manufacturer CFE Lighting Ltd has made two senior appointments to its team, as it looks to build on its strongest ever trading performance over the last 12 months. The company, which specialises in bespoke LED luminaires and lighting solutions for the commercial, industrial, and public sectors, has appointed Amanda Speight to theRead more
A West-Yorkshire based homelessness charity has announced the headline sponsor of an upcoming lockdown-friendly fundraising event. Simon on the Streets, which offers support to rough sleepers and vulnerable people across Bradford, Leeds and Kirklees has partnered with law firm Weightmans to support Simon’s Big Sofa Surf. Residents and businesses alike are invited to virtually joinRead more
Veterinary app, Joii Pet Care, run by Leeds-based tech firm Vet-AI has passed a significant milestone in growth this week as 100,000 UK pets are now registered with the app. Launched in 2019 by experienced vets Robert Dawson and Sarah Dawson, and tech entrepreneur Paul Hallett, Joii Pet Care’s mission is to provide accessible andRead more
Wakefield-based thermal and metallurgical engineering firm Inprotec has completed a seven-figure project to support the creation of the world’s first ‘clean plant’ antimony and gold processing facility in Sohar, Oman. The facility, known as an antimony roaster, is the largest of its kind outside of China and the world’s first ‘clean plant’, designed and builtRead more
Vet-tech specialist Vet-AI has welcomed two senior academics from the University of Leeds to its fast-growing team as it takes its revolutionary Joii app to the next level. The company, based at University of Leeds innovation hub, Nexus, has formed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Mark Gilthorpe, Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at the University’sRead more
