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Participants at Simon on the Streets last Big Sleep Out at Leeds Civic Hall. Photo by Sam Toolsie

Yorkshire charity encourages people to ‘walk in their shoes’ as homelessness is highlighted this October

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news, Positive news | Comments are Closed | 27 September, 2023 | 0

Yorkshire-based charity Simon on the Streets has announced a series of flagship events in October to shine a spotlight on homelessness in Leeds. The charity’s annual Big Sleepout, which aims to raise awareness of the increasing issues faced by those rough sleeping, sofa surfing and at risk of homelessness in our region returns to LeedsRead more

Xerogrid CEO Ian Emberton with Pylontech representatives

Yorkshire company partners with Forbes’ China top 50 business to bring off-grid energy to UK

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 1 August, 2023 | 0

Yorkshire-based off-grid solar power company, Xerogrid has partnered with one of the world’s fastest-growing energy storage system providers, a Forbes China top 50 innovative business, with help from Energy Management and Industrial IoT company, Hark. Leeds-based Xerogrid has been named UK technical partner for China-based Pylontech’s UK market, ‘Powercube’ battery systems to provide UK customersRead more

L-R Andy Sharpe and Dan Taylor join Simon on the Streets

Duo of new appointments to Yorkshire homelessness charity’s fundraising team

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 3 July, 2023 | 0

West-Yorkshire-based homelessness charity Simon on the Streets has made two new appointments to its fundraising team. Simon on the Streets, which offers practical and emotional support to rough sleepers in Leeds and Bradford has recruited Andy Sharpe as senior fundraiser and Dan Taylor as fundraising assistant. Coming from St George’s Crypt as community and eventsRead more

De Baga restaurant team with Simon on the Streets CEO Natalie Moran

Leeds restaurant commits to a year of supporting local homelessness charity

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 12 April, 2023 | 0

Award-winning Leeds restaurant chain De Baga has committed to supporting West Yorkshire homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets for the next 12 months. The modern Indian restaurant based in Headingley and Chapel Allerton, North Leeds has signed up to support Simon on the Streets with a ‘£1 on the bill’ initiative where customers can donateRead more

New senior appointment for GRM Digital

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 17 March, 2023 | 0

Leeds-based multi-national web development and digital marketing agency GRM Digital has appointed a client services director to strengthen its growing team. Mike Guy joins the company with over a decade’s experience in digital transformation and strategy. Coming from MMT Digital, Mike specialised in delivering strategic client services for digital transformation initiatives in both the publicRead more

Nutritional study gets underway for cats diagnosed with cancer

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 13 February, 2023 | 0

Our latest client news comes from Vet-AI and its app Joii Pet Care A study designed to understand how nutrition can influence the quality of life for cats diagnosed with cancer is getting underway this month. Vet-AI, the national vet-tech firm headquartered in Leeds, has partnered with a leading pet food manufacturer to conduct aRead more

New Years PR campaigns; how you can use to data to gain media coverage

By Ellie MacDonald | Founders thoughts, Industry insights | Comments are Closed | 3 February, 2023 | 0

Why are the first few weeks of the year in PR land so crazy busy? Well, any company which truly wants great PR should be collecting great data. This allows us to release interesting reviews of the previous year, and this can be for both light-hearted consumer media or robust data suitable for B2B andRead more

Employees report increase in suicidal thoughts, reveals new workplace wellbeing report from Champion Health

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 26 January, 2023 | 0

A study of 4,170 employees has revealed that the amount of professionals experiencing moderate to high levels of stress has increased, affecting 76% of our workforce, a year-on-year increase of 13%. Worryingly, workers experiencing suicidal thoughts has also increased from 8% to 9%. Data released by global workplace wellbeing provider Champion Health gives an insightRead more

Milestone 50,000 users registered and £3million investment gained in pet care app’s first nine months

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news, Positive news | Comments are Closed | 15 December, 2022 | 0

A start-up pet care app which launched in March this year has reached a milestone 50,000 registered pet owners committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of their dogs whilst earning rewards for doing so. Biscuit Pet Care, which has secured £3m in seed funding and is part of the Correlation One Holdings portfolioRead more

Changing the game for mental health: Digital healthcare start-up secures share of multi-million-pound funding to change the game for Alzheimer’s Dementia

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 24 November, 2022 | 0

A digital healthcare start-up has secured two grants including a six-figure sum from a government programme to trial ground-breaking gaming and AI technology to support early screening and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Yorkshire-based Ascentys is borne from Alzheimer’s research UK funding. In partnership with Durham University and Hywel Dda University Health Board, it has successfullyRead more

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