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CEMEX to mothball Lincolnshire cement plant
Following a period of consultation with Employee Representatives and Unite the Union, CEMEX has today (14 July) confirmed it will mothball its South Ferriby...Production ceases as Liversedge bed company reports COVID-19 outbreak
A Liversedge bed company has reported a Coronavirus outbreak at its factory after eight members of staff tested positive for the disease. High Grove Beds...Gov called on to support a tech-led recovery as COVID puts 1.4m SME jobs at risk
62% of SMEs have made or are planning to make redundancies following the COVID-19 pandemic, equating to 1.4 million jobs at risk, according to...Avacta to detect COVID-19 in wastewater via new collaboration
Listed life science business, Avacta Group, has entered into a collaboration with Integumen to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents to detect COVID-19 in wastewater. The...Reward Finance Group joins national broker network
Reward Finance Group has joined national broker network The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB). The move follows the ninth successive year of growth...
- Finance
£176m still to be distributed from Government Small Business Grant System in Yorkshire
Business rates experts at Colliers International are urging the Government to revisit its grant scheme for businesses - set up to help with the...Administrators appointed to Bradford interiors manufacturer
A Bradford-based interiors manufacturer, largely supplying into the retail sector, with clients including major high street chains, alongside a residential property offering, has entered...Comms solutions provider invests £3m in tech
Adare, an integrated communication solutions provider headquartered in Huddersfield, is investing £3 million in a suite of new equipment and supporting technology to significantly...Wakefield gifts and homewares retailer enters administration
A Wakefield-based retailer of gifts and homewares has entered administration. Howard Smith and Dave Costley-Wood, from KPMG’s Restructuring practice, were appointed Joint Administrators of Peter...£2m for York data company, Hublsoft
Hublsoft, a York-based data company, has secured a £2 million investment from private equity manager Maven Capital Partners UK. The company said it will use...
- Manufacturing
Pudsey manufacturer turns to Lloyds to ramp up production as demand soars
A Pudsey-based metal fabricator is ramping up production of outdoor pizza ovens and indoor BBQ grills to meet demand for luxury home cooking appliances...Record year continues at GIC
A Lincolnshire packaging machinery manufacturer’s strong start to 2020 has continued this month, with the company sending a record number of machines out of...AMRC partners with drives makers to steer region’s green economic recovery
The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has partnered with two electric automotive drives makers to drive the region’s green economic recovery. “Fears...Yorkshire set to take advantage of new £6.5m boost for SME manufacturers
Small to Medium-sized (SME) manufacturers across Yorkshire are being urged to take their share of a £6.5m funding boost to help them recover from...Report points to 2022 for manufacturing to recover to pre-COVID growth
It will take until 2022 for manufacturing to recover to its pre-COVID-19 growth track, new analysis has claimed. In the first detailed analysis of the...
- Appointments
Lupton Fawcett strengthens York office
Yorkshire law firm Lupton Fawcett has strengthened its York office with two new appointments. Jaime Dodd has joined as a senior solicitor in the residential...Non-profit chief exec joins Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park board
Darnall Well Being Chief Executive, Lucy Melleney, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. Ms Melleney will act as...Modular installation firm boost senior team as COVID turnaround continues
East Yorkshire modular installation firm, Frontier Modular Services, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Adam Millikin as Operations Manager. Mr Millikin, who...Lincoln City FC Vice Chairman steps down
Roger Bates is to step down from his role as Vice Chairman of Lincoln City Football Club on 30th June 2020. Roger, who has held...EY eyes future growth in Yorkshire tax business following senior hires
EY’s tax teams are predicting future growth across Yorkshire and Humberside following two senior hires to its International and Indirect Tax teams this year. Andrew...
- Out of office
Gelder Charity achieves Charitable Trust status
The charity arm of Lincolnshire-based construction company, Gelder Group, has achieved Charitable Trust status. Over the course of 32 years in business, Gelder Group has...‘Restart, recovery and renewal’ plan revealed for Doncaster
The Mayor of Doncaster has unveiled a new “restart, recovery and renewal” plan to help the town bounce back from the impact of COVID-19. The...Plans progress for West Yorkshire mass transit system
Proposals to make £2 million available to support the further development of a mass transit system have been approved by members of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority Investment...Details presented for Leeds City Region decarbonisation plan
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has presented the first stage of an ambitious plan to radically cut carbon emissions across Leeds City Region whilst...New state of the art visitor centre a step closer for Lincoln Cathedral
Another major phase of works to Lincoln Cathedral as part of the £16.5m Connected project, of which £12.4m is funded by The National Lottery,...
- Advice
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,...With 2021 looming, what’s in store for trade?
The end of January brought with it the end of the UK’s member ship in the European Union. Last month, the government began setting...
- Property
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