Friday, April 26, 2024

West Yorkshire

Leeds-based housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise has been shortlisted in the Team of the Year category for the 2024 Northern Housing Awards. The accolade recognises housing teams which are “truly making a difference to the lives of residents and the communities” where they operate. Working alongside housing officers, Unity’s Employment...
A woman who progressed from being a childhood runaway to a globetrotter at the centre of the tech revolution of the 1980s will tell her story at one of the standout events of this year’s Humber Business Week. Ragini Annan will also reveal how she immersed herself in the traditions...
Flair Furniture, the rapidly expanding furniture retail group that owns Bed Kingdom, has acquired certain assets of Cuckooland, an e-commerce furniture retailer that faced challenges in the post-Covid trading environment. Flair has acquired stock and intellectual property from Dorchester-based Cuckooland, valued at over £800,000. The assets include various components crucial...
In today’s data-driven world, businesses increasingly rely on their ability to leverage information, which has led to a growing demand for data literacy. Oakland, a leading expert in data-driven business transformation, has partnered with Data Literacy Academy who are at the forefront of driving data literacy. The collaboration aims...
Leeds-based independent marketing services group, Audience Collective has invested £260,000 to support the launch of an innovative insights app. Driven by Spark Market Research, an agency acquired by Audience Collective in 2020, LifeStars is an ‘always-on’ research app – offering businesses unprecedented access to their customers in a quicker and...
Ilkley’s brand-new health and fitness venture, XO Fitness, is pledging its support to some of the region’s neediest families by becoming a patron of The Principle Trust Children’s Charity. XO’s owners Chris Cummins and Harry Morse have a long association with the Skipton-based children’s charity, raising thousands by hosting an...
Building products supplier and high-performing homes specialist Green Building Store has announced a full rebrand to 21°, in line with its refreshed vision and common purpose: to help customers create healthy and comfortable homes through optimising energy performance. The rebrand took full effect from 21st March 2024, with a fresh...
West Yorkshire accountancy firm Revell Ward have announced they are taking on the DJH name, becoming the Huddersfield office for the group. The name change comes six months after DJH announced the acquisition of Revell Ward in September 2023, further enhancing the UK top 50 firm’s presence in the Yorkshire...
A new collection of articles from University of Manchester academics dissecting the ever-growing education challenges facing pupils, teachers and policymakers in England has been warmly welcomed by members of both Houses of Parliament. School Matters, published online by Policy@Manchester examines five policy areas where the eight authors believe attention is...
Yorkshire-based construction firm, I&G, part of the wider Sewell Group, has been appointed by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to build the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease in Leeds; the first of its kind in the UK. The new facility, which will be located on the Seacroft...