With the UK events and hospitality industry taking the biggest battering from the Covid-19 pandemic, one man lost his new job and decided to set up a podcast to support the NHS. In mid-March, Mike Oldham (@NeuDad on Twitter) started a new role as Event Director for an international events company in South London. HeRead more

Yorkshire Magician Matthew Cope has been performing a series of online challenges during lockdown, to raise money for charity. As COVID-19 has brought the UK entertainment industry to a standstill, one Yorkshire magician and entertainer has adapted to offer online magic training as well as running a unique week-long challenge raising hundreds of pounds forRead more

A Leeds-based multi-national web development and digital marketing agency has selected three local businesses to benefit from completely free of charge e-commerce websites. GRM Digital launched the campaign after seeing local businesses struggling to trade offline during the Covid-19 pandemic. The initiative saw dozens of businesses without an e-commerce website apply with three worthy candidatesRead more

Call-out for owners to loan their car to frontline workers in grass-roots fightback against COVID-19 Inspired by the efforts in the Leeds community, a company has launched a brand new, free community car share scheme to help move essential services around Leeds as the crisis intensifies. Karshare aims to establish a fleet of 10,000 cars, on loan from members ofRead more

Friday 1st May saw residents and families pitch tents and make home dens in a major ‘sleep in’ raising almost £10,000 for Yorkshire homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets. Tasked with sleeping anywhere in the home or garden, the charity’s ’Little Sleep In’ saw dozens of adults and children bed down in dens, tents, sofasRead more