Talks between Wincanton and Unite appear to have reached no suitable conclusion, as tanker drivers at the Killinghome depot in Lincolnshire begin their seven days of industrial action.
Roof truss sales doubled, investment in new machinery, market sector growth, new jobs creation and an expanding nationwide footprint are all contributing to a positive outlook in 2012 for West Yorkshire timber firm CR Taylor.
Fletcher Adamowicz is the latest addition to Grant Thornton’s fast growing team of Yorkshire tax specialists joining the business adviser as senior manager in its Leeds office.
One of the region’s leading charities, St Gemma’s Hospice, has elected Sara Rogers, trustee of the charity and partner at law firm Clarion, as deputy chair.
Business confidence has been hit by stagnant output, falling demand and concerns over exports during the last quarter, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry.
Taxi operating firms will have to ensure their drivers can pass enhanced Criminal Record Bureau checks now that a policy forbidding them has been withdrawn by the Home Office.
South Yorkshire firm Polypipe has hired six apprentices and is supporting three technical and engineering higher education students with bursaries at Doncaster College.
Diesel prices could hit a new high on forecourts as the Coryton refinery is in the hands of adminstrators and North Lincolnshire tanker drivers have started a week of strikes.
Farming experts and teachers swapped notes as part of an initiative aimed at ensuring schoolchildren are aware of the key role agriculture plays in putting food onto their plates.
Marcus Walker from North Lincolnshire Council’s Head of Strategic Regeneration and Planning is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the North Lincolnshire Business Network.
Building on a very successful year of business in 2011, SilverBug, the outsourcing company is marking the New Year by expanding and opening a satellite office in central Leeds.
Tim Hedley-Jones, Stations and Property Director at East Coast, which is overseeing the redevelopment of Wakefield Westgate station, will be delivering a key speech at the February first Friday – Wakefield’s business networking event.
Smailes Goldie has become the latest official partner of the new private sector-led World Trade Centre Hull & Humber, which aims to help the region compete effectively on a global stage.
Stephen Wright, President of Bradford Chamber, played host to Alderman David Wootton, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, at a special dinner in Bradford.
