Thursday, April 25, 2024

West Yorkshire

A University of Manchester publication released today presents a series of evidence-led solutions to tackle regional inequalities and boost the levelling up agenda. The 44-page document begins with a characteristically incisive foreword from Lord Kerslake, former Head of the Home Civil Service. Power in Place – published by the University's policy...
Eleanor Temple, chair of the UK’s insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 in Yorkshire and a barrister at Kings Chambers in Leeds, responds to the publication of the May 2023 personal and corporate insolvency statistics for England and Wales: “Three years of economic turmoil is taking its toll on businesses....
Leeds-based, digital agency Flaunt Digital has been appointed by KEF to drive an international holistic SEO and paid media strategy following a highly competitive pitch. KEF is an award-winning company specialising in the design and production of a range of high-end audio products. Since 1961 KEF has been a proud...
Integrated marketing agency The Bigger Boat has announced the acquisition of global B2B communication specialist Scriba PR, for an undisclosed sum. The move — which follows almost eight years of the two Yorkshire firms working in close collaboration on a number of client projects — marks The Bigger Boat’s ambitions...
In 2022, the UK was expected to have almost 60 million e-commerce users¹—leaving only a minority of the population as non-digital buyers. As such, e-commerce has undeniably become the norm for shoppers everywhere in the UK, resulting in an increasingly competitive environment. With this in mind, and following a 7,900%...
Influential leaders from business, education and the third sector came together to tell uplifting stories of their career journeys as HullBID presented one of the highlights of Humber Business Week. The Inspiring People Dinner, which was added to the Biz Week calendar in 2015, attracted around 100 business people to...
A leader of the retail sector across Europe prioritised fairness for front line workers as she addressed an audience at Humber Business Week in Hull. Debbie Robinson, the Central Co-op CEO and European Vice President of Euro Co-ops, also rejected talk of “levelling up” and said what the north needs...
From “Run To You” to “Run With It”. Nineteen years almost to the day since Bryan Adams brought the KCOM Stadium to its feet with his rock anthems his manager returned to the venue – now the MKM Stadium – to talk about his near 50-year career in the...
Leeds-headquartered website monitoring specialist RapidSpike has launched the first of six new features designed to further boost the security of ecommerce websites, in readiness for PCI DSS 4.0. In response to rising ecommerce threats, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards will impose 63 new requirements on brands processing, storing...
Escape Studios, one of the UK’s leading animation, games and VFX schools, has unveiled a modernised and immersive online presence – thanks to its partnership with multi-award-winning creative design agency, The Bigger Boat (TBB). Designed to showcase its market-leading creative credentials to budding students while delivering a dedicated space packed...