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
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We’ve completed our first full month of Covid-induced lockdown. A strange and often tough time for many of us but there’s a lot to be grateful for, and positive about. Each week since lockdown, I’ve sourced the net, news pages and tapped into my contacts to find the most positive news stories from businesses inRead more
We’re delighted to announce two new client wins which coincide with our fifth birthday! We have won contracts to manage the PR and social media management for leading signage specialist Widd Signs and pyrometallurgical firm Inprotec. MacComms is responsible for managing the public and media relations for both businesses, supporting Widd Signs with the promotionsRead more
KwizzBit utilises its online quiz platform to host virtual quizzes for pubs, businesses and families at home during lockdown. Adapting to the nationwide lockdown, the smartphone pub quiz company, KwizzBit, is facilitating virtual quizzes for pubs to stay in contact with their customers, remote working businesses and families at home. KwizzBit is a cloud-based serviceRead more
A Yorkshire-based business support agency is offering free one-hour sessions with business owners to ensure they have a business contingency plan. Amy Russell, founder and managing director of Leeds-based Crescent VA is offering the support to ensure businesses can continue even if the key contact is taken out it. After seeing a long-standing client hospitalisedRead more
We’re delighted to announce a commitment to an initiative to ensure suppliers of small businesses, and freelancers are paid promptly. Leeds-based PR agency MacComms has joined Halifax-based Mellor Financial Management which has launched the prompt payer initiative, committing to making payments to suppliers within seven days. In 2008, the Government launched the official Prompt PaymentRead more
To celebrate their new Research Helper service designed to deliver insight in just a three-day turnaround, UX and behavioural research consultancy, SimpleUsability, is offering one UK start-up business the chance to win a research package worth over £5000. A panel of judges will decide on one start-up they agree that will benefit from the researchRead more
Simon on the Streets, a West-Yorkshire homelessness charity has joined forces with students from the University of Leeds RAG society and Leeds Street Outreach to raise awareness of female rough sleepers ahead of International Women’s Day. Wednesday 4th March saw charity workers and volunteers joined by the students in Leeds’s city square and alongside Hughie’sRead more
A Leeds-based manufacturer of handcrafted jukeboxes is set to open a pop-up shop in the city for its third time in two years. Sound Leisure will open in Victoria Gate, part of Victoria Leeds, on Tuesday 25th February, two years since it first arrived in the centre. The seven-week long tenancy will showcase the LeedsRead more
A West-Yorkshire based homelessness charity has been announced as the charity to benefit from the funds raised at a regional awards ceremony. Simon on the Streets, which offers support to local people in Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield is the chosen charity partner for the 2020 Yorkshire Choice Awards. Entering its fifth year since beginning inRead more
