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Jukebox gets care home residents moving

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 21 January, 2020 | 0

A Lincolnshire care home has reported a significant improvement to its resident’s health and happiness due to the addition of a jukebox. Gainsborough-based Grosvenor Care Home installed a classic jukebox from UK manufacturers, Sound Leisure in July and has seen a positive increase in the motivation, exercise and joy of its residents and employees since.Read more

Blue plaques unveiled in memory of homeless

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 17 December, 2019 | 0

West Yorkshire homeless charity Simon on the Streets has unveiled 12 blue plaques in Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, intended to highlight some of the cases they have worked with over the last twenty years. Created by Leeds-based marketing agency Fun Agency, the plaques have been placed at street level to show where the homeless personRead more

User experience consultancy strengthens team with new appointment

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 16 December, 2019 | 0

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

Veterinary tech startup partners with Animal Friends Insurance

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 11 December, 2019 | 0

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 releases version of popular Christmas song to support the homeless

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 10 December, 2019 | 0

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

Pop-up shop on a roll at Leeds Corn Exchange

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 19 November, 2019 | 0

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

Elf-drive supports hospices at Christmas

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 18 November, 2019 | 0

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

Yorkshire charity celebrates 20 years of supporting the homeless

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 14 November, 2019 | 0

A homelessness charity has commenced celebrations of 20 years of supporting entrenched rough sleepers across West Yorkshire with a number of events throughout its birthday month. Simon on the Streets was formed in 1999 to support those sleeping rough or at risk of rough sleeping in Leeds, Bradford and Kirklees. The charity will celebrate itsRead more

Yorkshire manufacturer wins exporter of the year award

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 13 November, 2019 | 0

Europe’s only manufacturer of classic jukeboxes, Sound Leisure, has won a prestigious regional award as Yorkshire Exporter of the Year. The Leeds-based company scooped the Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Award at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday 6th November at Headingley’s Emerald Stadium. Sound Leisure, a family-run firm has been manufacturing jukeboxes as wellRead more

Yorkshire homeless charity awarded Tampon Tax funding to end women’s homelessness

By Ellie MacDonald | Client news | Comments are Closed | 8 November, 2019 | 0

Simon on the Streets, a local West Yorkshire charity that aims to support the homeless and vulnerable on the streets, has been awarded £29,358 from Homeless Link’s Ending Women’s Homelessness grants programme, funded by the Government’s Tampon Tax Fund. Simon on the Streets is one of 29 charities across England, working with women who areRead more

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