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 byRead more
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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 HospiceRead more
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.Read more
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 hasRead more
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,Read more
A start-up English distillery has filled its first casks from across the globe with malt spirit to produce its inaugural single malt whisky. The exclusive casks have previously held Australian fortified wine and Spanish sherry, and the news comes as the Yorkshire-based distillery also announces a partnership with an AmericanRead more
Leeds-based Sound Leisure is an innovative, family-run manufacturing business, most famously known for producing classic and vinyl jukeboxes. This week the Sound Leisure head office and factory in Crossgates received a royal visit, to celebrate over 40 years of the firm’s British manufacturing capabilities. HRH Princess Anne was given aRead more
A start-up gin and whisky distillery has made its largest donation to date in a bid to protect one of the most distinctive landscapes in England. Cooper King Distillery teamed up with Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT) in 2018, aiming to plant 400 new trees in the Dales each year.Read more
The world’s pre-eminent manufacturer of classic jukeboxes is gearing up to welcome a special visit from The Princess Royal. Leeds-based Sound Leisure is an innovative, family run manufacturing business, most famously known for producing classic and vinyl jukeboxes. The royal visit is planned as a celebration of 40+ years ofRead more
A business born from a love for gaming has raised more than £1000 for charity at an event in celebration of six years of trading. Leeds-based Gamezstation marked six years in business by hosting an event featuring its two gaming vans, live music and a balloon pop raffle on SaturdayRead more
