A Yorkshire-based user experience and behavioural research consultancy has appointed a new sales executive. Leeds-based SimpleUsability has made the appointment to support the growth of its sister company Research Helper, which offers state of the art research facilities and helps to carefully recruit participants for research. Hailing from the Netherlands, Cheyenne Ritfeld joins the firmRead more

Vet-AI, an award-winning Leeds-based startup which formed to give pet owners access to affordable and convenient veterinary care, has exclusively partnered with one of the UK’s largest pet insurers, Animal Friends. Pet owners with insurance from Animal Friends will be able to check their animal’s symptoms, get advice on treatment or find out if theyRead more

West Yorkshire band, Flat Cap Brass has launched a Christmas appeal, producing their own version of the Christmas classic ‘Fairytale of New York’ to raise funds for West Yorkshire based homelessness charity Simon on the Streets. A music video accompanying the single shows scenes from the streets around West Yorkshire with the charity’s outreach workers,Read more

A pop-up roller-skating shop is celebrating a year of popping up in Leeds’s Corn Exchange. Roller Girl Gang, founded by British Roller Sports Federation qualified instructors, Mel Blackwood and Len Laird, started the business to ensure they could continue skating around their busy jobs as primary school teachers. Beginning by forming skating classes across Leeds,Read more

In the spirit of giving back at Christmas, the region’s largest independent vehicle-hire firm is supplying two Yorkshire-based hospices with free transportation to support their Christmas fund-raising for the third year running. But this year with a twist. Arrow Self Drive will provide three different sized vehicles to Wakefield Hospice and two to Forget MeRead more