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Willerby celebrates outstanding loyalty of holiday homes industry’s most dedicated workforce
Hull-based manufacturer Willerby has celebrated the holiday homes industry’s most loyal workforce by presenting long service awards to more than 200 employees.

Yorkshire AI start-up raises £1.7m
A young Yorkshire entrepreneur has raised £1.7m in pre-seed funding for his new business. Joshua Port is just 26. He’s founder and CEO of Handshaik, an AI-native platform aiming to shake up the dealmaking market.

Quickline wins two top honours at the UK Fibre Awards 2026
Quickline has received national recognition for its rural broadband rollout and community impact across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards celebrate Yorkshire’s next generation of manufacturing talent
The Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards returned this week, with a rollcall of some of the brightest talent in West Yorkshire’s manufacturing and engineering industry.

Yorkshire business owners invited to new Picture Perfect PR webinar to learn how to use photos to gain media coverage
Yorkshire PR experts Linda Harrison and Jo Leatham have joined forces with national journalist Alex Lloyd and press photographer David Harrison to deliver a practical online masterclass explaining the power of photography for PR.

FlamePro wins place on major framework to provide life-saving kit to fire services
Yorkshire-based firefighter PPE manufacturer FlamePro has been awarded a place on the UK’s biggest framework to supply life-saving kit to fire services. FlamePro has been named on the National Firefighter PPE Framework, overseen by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC).

Free Manchester event for business owners launched by Newcastle Business Mentor Faye McCann
One of the UK’s biggest online entrepreneurial voices is bringing her acclaimed live business experience to the heart of Manchester, and she’s giving it away for free!

Hippo welcomes Andy Kemp as Chief Commercial Officer
The independent digital transformation consultancy has strengthened its executive team with key appointment of industry leader.

Quickline records strongest-ever start to the year as Sowden & Sowden partnership drives brand evolution
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire broadband provider Quickline Communications has recorded one of the strongest periods in its history, with record-breaking sales days, its highest-ever monthly installation figures and growing brand awareness across the region as the business continues its ambitious expansion…

Humber Business Week audience hears how career switch took economics graduate from Hull to Hollywood
A University of Hull economics graduate who became a global movie executive working on box office blockbusters worth more than a billion dollars told his audience at Humber Business Week that he only entered the industry because he was a…



