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
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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
Whilst the world is a worrying place for everyone right now, one small Yorkshire indie brand is doing its best to stay positive and keep our constantly cleaned hands healthy and a listing on the largest e-commerce site certainly helps! Myroo, launched in 2016, has successfully launched on Amazon Prime after identifying the platform asRead more
A Yorkshire-based mum and businesswoman has created a storybook to reassure children throughout these uncertain times. After seeing the confusion and fear in her own son and daughter, Stacey Kelly, the founder of Early Years Story Box, was inspired to create a storybook and activities to help explain the coronavirus to children and to reassureRead 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
Award-winning cast plasterer Ryedale Interiors Ltd has successfully won a competitive tender to carry out work at the new Channel 4 headquarters at The Majestic, Leeds. The Leeds-based specialist contractor has been chosen by lead contractor, Sir Robert McAlpine Construction, to design, manufacture and install parts of the grand entrance foyer at the newly refurbished,Read more
A brand-new product for luxury department store, Harrods, has been created by a UK jukebox manufacturer, featuring intricate bird figures and images reminiscent of elements in the food halls. In response to the rising popularity of vinyl and love of classic design amongst their clientele, Harrods customers can now own the ultimate souvenir, an exclusivelyRead more
