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Work begins on Skegness Esplanade transformation
Improvements to Skegness Esplanade put forward by the Connected Coast Board have been started with accelerated funding from the Government. As part of the Towns...Yorkshire business distress spikes as third lockdown bites
Business distress across Yorkshire has surged by 29% since the end of 2019, with more than 38,000 of the region’s firms now in financial...2021 Business Predictions: Neil Dawkin, HOP
It’s that time of year, when Business Link Magazine invites the region’s business leaders to offer up their predictions for the year ahead. It has...Record number of Gen Z businesses planned this year
AS COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the UK economy, the country’s young people are taking matters into their own hands, with a record number of...2021 Business Predictions: Andrew Gent, director at Gent Visick
It’s that time of year, when Business Link Magazine invites the region’s business leaders to offer up their predictions for the year ahead. It has...
- Finance
Leeds City Council provides additional £30m to COVID hit businesses
Leeds City Council has distributed an additional £30 million to help businesses cope with the financial effects of COVID-19. The council has already distributed around...Clipper extends European footprint with Farfetch e-commerce agreement
Clipper Logistics has extended its European footprint with a new e-fulfilment agreement with online fashion retail platform, Farfetch. Under the new agreement, the Leeds-based logistics...Ambitious economic recovery plan unveiled for West Yorkshire
The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) have set out a COVID-19 recovery plan which, it said, aims to wipe and social and economic...Team17 acquires rights and assets for golf video game in £12m deal
Team17, the games entertainment label, creative partner and developer of indie video games, has acquired all rights and assets for Golf With Your Friends (GWYF),...MBO completes at Castings Technology International
The management team of Castings Technology International (CTI) and the University of Sheffield have agreed a management buyout of the company. Ownership of CTI has...
- Manufacturing
Manufacturing outlook remains dim – CBI
Manufacturing output stabilised in the quarter to January, following fifteen consecutive months of decline, according to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey. The survey...Bradford food manufacturer secures £90k grant
The Regal Food Group has secured £89,391 of grant support from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (the LEP) towards the expansion of its production facility and is creating 30 new jobs. Regal Foods is a well-established food manufacturer that has...Historic manufacturer celebrates anniversary with investment
Welded steel mesh manufacturer Siddall and Hilton Products is investing £2 million in new specialised machinery as the firm celebrates its 125th anniversary. The investment,...Fears over new relationship with EU cloud outlook for manufacturers
Fears over the impact of the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU and the attractiveness of the UK for both investment and talent...Clean fuel specialist opens Sheffield Gigafactory
ITM Power, the AIM listed clean fuel specialist, has reached practical completion at its first Gigafactory at Bessemer Park in Sheffield. According to a company...
- Appointments
Tissue Regenix appoint CFO
Tissue Regenix, the AIM listed regenerative medical devices company, has appointed David Cocke as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director to the Board with...Sewell Group appoint MD for Estates
Sewell Group has appointed Jo Barnes as its new Managing Director of Sewell Estates. The appointment comes following another successful year for the Sewell Estates...Finance Yorkshire appoints new board directors
Finance Yorkshire has appointed two new board directors and two new members to its Investment Advisory Panel (IAP), which monitors the performance of its...Humber Refinery boss joins LEP board
The General Manager of the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery at South Killingholme has joined the board of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership. The appointment...Industry veteran appointed non-exec chairman at Pantera Property
Growing valuations and disposals firm Pantera Property has appointed property expert Colin Fell as non-executive chairman. With over 40 years of building and developing property...
- Out of office
Yorkshire ISP joins CityFibre’s rollout of full fibre networks
Hull-based internet service provider (ISP) purebroadband has joined CityFibre’s full fibre networks to deliver Gigabit home broadband services across the North of England. purebroadband was...Views sought for Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway Station
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has launched a public engagement into plans to build a new rail station on the existing Harrogate line, between...Lincolnshire contractor launches foundation to support charities
Local contractor, Horsman Construction has begun the new year by launching The Horsman Foundation which aims to support charities that help children and young...Survey to discover how Humber SMEs are preparing for UK’s green recovery
A major B2B survey has launched to understand how the Humber’s 30,000 small businesses are gearing up for the UK’s Green Recovery. The Future Net...MD of Skipton training company reaches National Women’s Business Awards final
A Skipton-based businesswoman has been shortlisted for a national business award. Alison Wheelock, Managing Director of food industry training company Verner Wheelock, has reached the...
- Advice
Housing association expresses positive hopes for 2021 in New Year message
The Chair and Chief Executive of Bradford-based Manningham Housing Association (MHA) have said that 2021 can bring “better times for people of all ages”...Business Lincolnshire launches campaign to help businesses post-COVID-19
With lockdown restrictions continuing to ease, many businesses are preparing for life in the ‘new normal’. The impact of COVID-19 ranges by industry and...Prioritise jobs, training for young to drive UK-wide recovery – CBI
The CBI has laid out a health-first recovery plan that it said would help secure a jobs-rich, fair and sustainable future for the UK...Top vet asks Prime Minister to rethink plans to stop key workers accessing UK jobs
A Yorkshire vet has called on Boris Johnson not to proceed with plans to heavily restrict access to the UK labour market for so-called...Sheffield industrialist speaks out for region’s SMEs during crisis
A Sheffield industrialist has spoken out in support of the region's many SMEs which are struggling to keep going during the coronavirus pandemic. James Harding-Terry,...
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