A Yorkshire-based industry group has been formed to support virtual assistants (VAs) working in the region. The Yorkshire Virtual Assistant Collective (YVAC) was launched in January 2021 by Amy Russell, Gemma Walton and Rachel Priestley, three Yorkshire-based award-winning VAs who have been collaborating for more than two years. Having realised there were collaborative groups for VAsRead more
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A Leeds-based multi-national web development and digital marketing agency has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards. GRM Digital has made the finals in the UK Agency Awards for Best Crisis Communications or Response Campaign for its work in supporting businesses throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. It is also in the running for the Digital Agency AwardRead more
Five UK start-ups and one corporate business will win 12-month licences to improve financial understanding worth almost £2000 in new competition To celebrate the launch of its new financial training platform, Yorkshire-based finance management specialist Mellor Financial Training is offering businesses the chance to win free access to the site worth almost £2000. A panelRead more
A Yorkshire-based mental health platform created to support employees has launched a crowdfunding campaign to keep its online training free of charge. Launched in 2018 by Sheffield-based entrepreneur Harry Bliss, Champion Health offers evidence-based workplace health programmes tailored to every organisation, offering a range of solutions from online employee health assessments and company reports toRead 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
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
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 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
The managing partner of a top UK law firm has been inspired to join his team’s charity work by sleeping out for a local homelessness charity. Leeds-based national law firm Weightmans has committed to ‘Sleeping out for Simon’ for the second time as part of West Yorkshire homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets annual sleepRead more
On Wednesday 11th May this year, our Managing Director, Ellie MacDonald will be taking a lead as one of West Yorkshire’s leading business growth experts, at a free event for business owners and senior managers looking to expand their business in 2016. Joining fellow businessman, Simon Monaghan from Business Doctors, the duo will be speakingRead more
