Thursday, April 25, 2024

West Yorkshire

An award-winning national insurance broker which announced its arrival in Hull only two months ago has stepped up to support businesses in the city as the major sponsor of one of the highlights of Humber Business Week 2023. Clegg Gifford adopted a superhero theme for the opening of its new...
Property management and surveying firm Scanlans has expanded its team in Leeds following further growth in demand for its services. Neve Burnley has joined Scanlans as a property manager to manage sites at locations including Leeds city centre and suburbs, Wetherby, Ilkley and Selby. In her previous role she was responsible...
Growing employee benefits provider Aceso Health and Group Risk has made a new appointment in its group risk division, based at the firm’s Leeds head office. Carole Lennon joins Aceso as a group risk account handler and has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Aceso, which is...
Louise Longley and Ian Royle have been promoted to the position of partner in the Yorkshire region by leading rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. Having joined Begbies Traynor’s Leeds office in 2004 as an insolvency administrator, Louise qualified as an insolvency practitioner in 2011 and rose to the position...
Leeds-based Fenton Packaging Solutions has been sold by way of a Management Buyout (MBO). Ownership of the company has passed from former Managing Director Bob Clarke to: Sales Development Director Chris Warren; Supply Chain Director David Wilson; and Finance Director Sharon Dakin – who are now joint managing partners. “Over...
Embrace drummer Mike Heaton will be the special guest this Sunday (28 May) when Old Chapel Music Studios in Leeds open its doors for the latest round of free public tours. The historic venue launched the initiative in November 2022 and will continue to host monthly tours until February 2024. Embrace...
The employee owned business sector is growing at an annual rate of 10% with research showing that employee-owned businesses typically outperform their competitors with regards to productivity, staff retention and absenteeism. After 2 years of being an employee-owned business, Yorkshire-based, access platform hire and solutions company Horizon Platforms share...
Manningham Housing Association (MHA) has secured funds for a project to revive, preserve and promote the writing of Baul music in Bradford and Keighley. Originating in Bangladesh and the neighbouring Indian state of West Bengal, Baul music was especially popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As well as a...
One of the highlight events of Humber Business Week has already confirmed a full house after tickets were snapped up weeks in advance. The Elevenses chat between Biz Week founder Paul Sewell and Debbie Robinson – a giant of retail and an all-round high achiever with a low profile –...
Bradford-based printer, Dominion Print, has further enhanced its manufacturing facilities with a £500,000 investment in additional printing and production technology. The company has just commissioned a new Vutek Q5r super-wide reel to reel printer along with a fully automatic rolling machine and its second Zund G3 XL cutting system. With...