Thursday, April 25, 2024

North Yorkshire

A company director from Wharfedale is preparing to embark on a 3-day walking challenge in support of a Yorkshire children’s charity. Clocking up over 100,000 steps, 50 miles and 20 hours of rambling, Simon Thomas, Director of Otley-based Greenholme Carpets, will walk from Skipton to Blackpool to raise funds for...
The Yorkshire clothing brand has launched the first insole to be licensed by British Wool. The insoles are made from 100% British Wool and have been launched following over a year of product development by Edward Sexton, owner and partner at Glencroft, based in the Yorkshire Dales. Based in a 200-year-old...
Cement 2 Zero, a demonstrator project led by Middlesbrough-based Materials Processing Institute that is trialling the world’s first industrial scale zero-emissions cement, has officially launched following the first in a series of successful pilot-scale melts. The project, which secured £6.5million of Government funding from UK Research and Innovation as part...
Rural broadband provider Quickline Communications has announced its 2023 fibre rollout plan, with a target to transform internet access and speeds for scores of communities and tens of thousands of users. Quickline, which has already passed 300,000 premises with its existing next- generation fixed wireless broadband network, is rapidly blending...
A host of rural areas have raced out of the internet slow lane with fast and reliable full fibre broadband, thanks to East Yorkshire-based rural provider Quickline. Quickline has rolled out its fibre broadband, which offers customers speeds of up to 1 Gbps, to new areas across North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire...
Reed Boardall has been accredited with a Bronze award by the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) as an employer that supports defence personnel and inspires others to do the same. Already, the Yorkshire-based logistics business has 23 veterans, serving personnel employed part-time and reservists in the team at its...
Marrtree Investments has begun work on a new 2.4 acre business park on the site of the former B&M store at Clifton Moor in York. The developer will have invested £4.5m in the scheme on completion, which will create 27,000 sq ft of modern business space across four units...
East Yorkshire-based rural broadband provider Quickline Communications has reaffirmed its two-year price freeze, removing the fear of cost hikes. BT has confirmed its annual price increase will be an eye-watering 14.4%, with other major UK broadband providers also set to increase their monthly tariffs within weeks. In contrast, Quickline is standing...
Leading Yorkshire-based temperature-controlled food storage and distribution business Reed Boardall has battled through one of the most difficult years in its 30 year history as the industry reeled from Covid lockdowns with staff self-isolating while also facing the challenges of rising labour, fuel and energy costs, as well as...
Rural broadband provider Quickline Communications has appointed Craig Fairey as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to support the continuing growth of the ambitious business. Mr Fairey brings significant experience and skills to the role with the fast-growing company, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant over 25 years ago and held senior...