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  Yorkshire-based headhunting agency celebrates new business wins
  
  9th July 2020
  
  Global agency Red Diamond Executive Headhunters has announced a raft of new business wins. Operating out of its head office in Huddersfield and in the...
  
  General News
  
  Chancellor’s Economic Statement provides food for thought or more thought of food?
  
  9th July 2020
  
  James Pinchbeck, Marketing Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants, breaks down the Chancellor’s economic statement and what it means for businesses. The headline grabbing announcement...
  
  General News
  
  Hull car retailer partners with carbon streaming service to offset future emissions
  
  9th July 2020
  
  A Hull-based car retailer has partnered with a carbon streaming service, iOffset, to offset the projected future emissions of every used car sold for...
  
  General News
  
  New ‘collaboration taskforce’ announced to aid economic recovery
  
  8th July 2020
  
  The National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) has been asked to launch a new Taskforce to advise on the future of UK R&D. The...
  
  General News
  
  DB Cargo to ‘hook and haul’ biomass for Drax
  
  8th July 2020
  
  DB Cargo, the Sheffield-based rail freight operator, has secured a new five-year “hook and haul” contract to transport biomass supplies to Drax. The company will...
Finance
- Finance
  
  Greater Lincolnshire receives £25.8m in ‘new deal’
  
  9th July 2020
  
  The Greater Lincolnshire LEP has received a £25.8 million cash boost from the Government to fund ‘shovel-ready’ projects to help the local economy and...
  
  Finance
  
  UK GDP will not recover until 2024
  
  8th July 2020
  
  The UK economy will not return to 2019 levels of GDP until 2024, according to new research from accountants and business advisers, BDO, and...
  
  Finance
  
  Gov awards £13.4m for ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects in the Humber
  
  8th July 2020
  
  The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is set to receive up to £13.4 million in funding to support “shovel ready” infrastructure projects in the...
  
  Finance
  
  Business volumes fall at record pace in financial services
  
  7th July 2020
  
  Business volumes in the financial services sector declined at the quickest rate on record, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey. Profitability and...
  
  Finance
  
  Croda swoops for US life sciences firm
  
  7th July 2020
  
  Croda International, the Goole-headquartered speciality chemicals producer, is acquiring US life sciences business, Avanti Polar Lipids. The deal brings together Avanti's expertise in lipid-based drug...
Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
  
  Record year continues at GIC
  
  3rd July 2020
  
  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...
  
  Manufacturing
  
  AMRC partners with drives makers to steer region’s green economic recovery
  
  2nd July 2020
  
  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...
  
  Manufacturing
  
  Yorkshire set to take advantage of new £6.5m boost for SME manufacturers
  
  30th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Manufacturing
  
  Report points to 2022 for manufacturing to recover to pre-COVID growth
  
  29th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Manufacturing
  
  German tile maker enters UK market with new Barnsley sales HQ
  
  24th June 2020
  
  A German tile manufacturer has expanded into the UK with the establishment of a new sales HQ in Barnsley. Despite the current pandemic, alferpro has...
Appointments
- Appointments
  
  Non-profit chief exec joins Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park board
  
  9th July 2020
  
  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...
  
  Appointments
  
  Modular installation firm boost senior team as COVID turnaround continues
  
  7th July 2020
  
  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...
  
  Appointments
  
  Lincoln City FC Vice Chairman steps down
  
  29th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Appointments
  
  EY eyes future growth in Yorkshire tax business following senior hires
  
  26th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Appointments
  
  Fulcrum strengthens senior management team
  
  26th June 2020
  
  Fulcrum has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of new Group Business Development Director Andy Hirst. He joins Fulcrum from Wolseley where he...
Out of office
- Out of office
  
  Plans progress for West Yorkshire mass transit system
  
  9th July 2020
  
  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...
  
  Out of office
  
  Details presented for Leeds City Region decarbonisation plan
  
  8th July 2020
  
  The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has presented the first stage of an ambitious plan to radically cut carbon emissions across Leeds City Region whilst...
  
  Out of office
  
  New state of the art visitor centre a step closer for Lincoln Cathedral
  
  6th July 2020
  
  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,...
  
  Out of office
  
  Batley bed factory sees COVID-19 outbreak
  
  2nd July 2020
  
  There has been an outbreak of Coronavirus at a bed factory in Batley. Kirklees Council and Public Health England are working with Dura Beds after...
  
  Out of office
  
  Leeds-based logistics firm raises £30k for homelessness charity
  
  30th June 2020
  
  Leeds-based logistics services provider Torque has raised almost £30,000 for Yorkshire homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets as its charity partner of the year...
Advice
- Advice
  
  Business Lincolnshire launches campaign to help businesses post-COVID-19
  
  15th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Advice
  
  Prioritise jobs, training for young to drive UK-wide recovery – CBI
  
  11th June 2020
  
  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...
  
  Advice
  
  Top vet asks Prime Minister to rethink plans to stop key workers accessing UK jobs
  
  16th April 2020
  
  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...
  
  Advice
  
  Sheffield industrialist speaks out for region’s SMEs during crisis
  
  8th April 2020
  
  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,...
  
  Advice
  
  With 2021 looming, what’s in store for trade?
  
  5th March 2020
  
  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

Yorkshire-based headhunting agency celebrates new business wins

Chancellor’s Economic Statement provides food for thought or more thought of food?

Huddersfield retail park sold to South African buyer

9th July 2020

Plans progress for West Yorkshire mass transit system

Non-profit chief exec joins Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park board

General News

Chancellor’s Economic Statement provides food for thought or more thought of...

9th July 2020

James Pinchbeck, Marketing Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants, breaks down the Chancellor’s economic statement and what it means for businesses. The headline grabbing announcement...

General News

Hull car retailer partners with carbon streaming service to offset future...

9th July 2020

A Hull-based car retailer has partnered with a carbon streaming service, iOffset, to offset the projected future emissions of every used car sold for...

New ‘collaboration taskforce’ announced to aid economic recovery

8th July 2020

DB Cargo to ‘hook and haul’ biomass for Drax

8th July 2020

One in ten small firms making redundancies as lockdown takes its...

7th July 2020

Job applications rise and competition intensifies

7th July 2020

Finance

Finance

UK GDP will not recover until 2024

8th July 2020

The UK economy will not return to 2019 levels of GDP until 2024, according to new research from accountants and business advisers, BDO, and...

Gov awards £13.4m for ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects in the Humber

8th July 2020

Business volumes fall at record pace in financial services

7th July 2020

Croda swoops for US life sciences firm

7th July 2020

Promise of post-pandemic ‘green recovery’ must be quick, report urges

6th July 2020

Appointments

Modular installation firm boost senior team as COVID turnaround continues

7th July 2020

Lincoln City FC Vice Chairman steps down

29th June 2020

EY eyes future growth in Yorkshire tax business following senior hires

26th June 2020

Fulcrum strengthens senior management team

26th June 2020

Solicitor strengthens Wake Smith’s litigation team

24th June 2020

Clarion adds experienced corporate finance lawyer to team

23rd June 2020

Out of Office

Out of office

Details presented for Leeds City Region decarbonisation plan

8th July 2020

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...

6th July 2020

Batley bed factory sees COVID-19 outbreak

2nd July 2020

Leeds-based logistics firm raises £30k for homelessness charity

30th June 2020

Vegan meat player secures funding from British broadcaster

Meatless Farm backs campaign to reduce meat in school meals

29th June 2020

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AMRC partners with drives makers to steer region’s green economic recovery

2nd July 2020

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...

30th June 2020

Report points to 2022 for manufacturing to recover to pre-COVID growth

29th June 2020

German tile maker enters UK market with new Barnsley sales HQ

24th June 2020

New low for manufacturing activity in June

23rd June 2020

Commercial Property

Tenant offers welcomed for Sheffield scheme

9th July 2020

Commercial Property

£7.8m affordable homes scheme completes in Yorkshire

8th July 2020

Commercial Property

Network Rail opens £14m facility in Doncaster

8th July 2020

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